| US 7,343,709 B2 | ||
| Line recoil device | ||
| Edgar R. van Weenen, 19120 Winslow Ter., Boca Raton, Fla. 33434 (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/905,288. | ||
| Application 10/905288 is a division of application No. 10/394882, filed on Mar. 21, 2003, granted, now 6,834,459. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0120610 A1, Jun. 09, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 91/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 43—27.4 [43/4; 43/4.5; 43/43.12; 43/43.13] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method of recoiling outrigger lines which are attached to a telescoping outrigger, including the steps of:
automatically applying counter balanced tension to each end of an outrigger line such that the outrigger line remains taught
when the outrigger is telescoped between the extended and the retracted positions; and
spooling excess length of outrigger line such that when the telescoping outrigger is moved from an extended to a retracted
position, the outrigger line is automatically recoiled;
whereby the counter balanced tension automatically keeps the outrigger line taught as the telescoping outrigger is moved from
extended to retracted positions.
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