Patent ID: 8069803
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B63H,F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tiller restraining device to be used on a boat that is steered with a tiller for selectably securing said tiller in any position along its steering arc, with a rope substantially taut crossing the steering area being attached to opposite sides of the cockpit, said tiller restraining device having means of attachment to said tiller, the device comprising a rope clutch to grip or release said rope passing therethrough to restrain or free the movement of said tiller, said rope clutch having an integral manually-operated lever with pivot means, said lever having a load arm internal to the device, said rope clutch having a substantially horizontal rope passage, said lever having a first position wherein said load arm pinches and restrains said rope from axial movement within said rope passage and said lever having a second position wherein said rope is liberated to slip unrestrained through said rope passage, the device also having an internal spring that acts on said load arm to aid the restraint of said rope, one end of said spring being restrained within the device, the other end of said spring engages the end of said lever's load arm to pivot therewith.