Patent ID: 6105526
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B25B,B63B

Abstract:
An apparatus for separating a first section of a sailboard mast from a second section of a sailboard mast, said apparatus comprising:a) a mast holding means, said mast holding means including a first supporting means and a second supporting means, said first and second supporting means being removably and replaceably connectable to one another, said mast holding means having a first connecting means for connecting said mast holding means to one of the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast;b) said first supporting means having a first end portion and a second end portion, said first end portion formed with an aperture, said aperture of said first end portion being configured to removably and replaceably receive one of the first section of said sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said second end portion of said first supporting means having a cradle supporting means, said cradle supporting means being configured to removably and replaceably receive one of the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said first end portion and said second end portion each having a means for removably and replaceably connecting said first supporting means to said second supporting means;c) said second supporting means having a first end portion and a second end portion, said first end portion formed with an aperture, said aperture of said first end portion being configured to removably and replaceably receive one of the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said second end portion having a cradle supporting means, said cradle supporting means being configured to removably and replaceably receive one the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said first end portion and said second end portion each having a means for removably and replaceably connecting said second supporting means to said first supporting means; andd) a leverage means, said leverage means being securable to the other of the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said leverage means having an arm engaging means and a second connecting means for connecting said leverage means to the other of the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said arm means having a cradle engaging means, said cradle engaging means configured to receive the other of the first section of the sailboard mast and the second section of the sailboard mast, said cradle engaging means having a configuration that is substantially complementary to the shape of the section of the sailboard mast received in said cradle engaging means, said second connecting means having a first portion connected to said arm means and a second portion removably and replaceably connectable to the section of the sailboard mast positioned in said cradle engaging means of said second portion of said second connecting means frictionally engaging the section of the sailboard mast positioned in said cradle engaging means;(e) said first portion of said first supporting means and said first portion of said second supporting means being connectably aligned in a first configuration such that said aperture in said first portion of said first supporting means and said aperture in said first portion of said second supporting means are coaxial, said second portion of said first supporting means and said second portion of said second supporting means being connectably aligned in a second configuration such that said cradle supporting means in said second portion of said first supporting means and said cradle supporting means in said second portion of said second supporting means cooperate to form an aperture means, said first configuration being usable in connection with sections of a sailboard mast having a first diameter, said second configuration being usable in connection with sections of a sailboard mast having a second diameter, said first diameter being greater than said second diameter.