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EP 0158171 B1 19880921 - SAIL FOR VEHICLES DRIVEN BY THE WIND

Title (en)

SAIL FOR VEHICLES DRIVEN BY THE WIND

Publication

EP 0158171 B1 19880921 (DE)

Application

EP 85103196 A 19850319

Priority

DE 3410041 A 19840319

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO8504142A1] Sail for wind-propelled crafts, particularly sail-boards, comprised of a double sail and having a drop-like aircraft wing profile obtained by using elastic profiled sail battens which are slid on either side into batten pockets, said profile enabling an improvement of the propulsion with respect to known sails.

IPC 1-7

B63B 35/82; B63H 9/06

IPC 8 full level

B63B 35/79 (2006.01); B63H 9/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B63H 8/20 (2020.02); B63H 8/40 (2020.02)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 8504142 A1 19850926; AT E37329 T1 19881015; DE 3410041 A1 19850919; DE 3565082 D1 19881027; EP 0158171 A1 19851016; EP 0158171 B1 19880921

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 8500088 W 19850319; AT 85103196 T 19850319; DE 3410041 A 19840319; DE 3565082 T 19850319; EP 85103196 A 19850319