Patent ID: 7168388
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
1. A foot brace for a watercraft comprising: an elongated slide channel mountable in a watercraft; a base unit slidable along the channel; a footrest carried by the base unit; and an elongated control rod extending lengthwise of the channel and rotatably mounted therein for rotation about an axis extending lengthwise of the control rod and the channel, the control rod and channel having cooperating members that interfit and lock the base unit to the slide channel when the control rod is in a first rotated position, the cooperating members being freed from each other to permit movement of the base unit lengthwise of the slide channel when the control rod is rotated from the first rotated position to a second rotated position, the control rod having a handle portion extending beyond the slide channel and oriented so as to be spaced from the slide channel in the direction of the user for manipulation by a user.