US Patent Issued to Rigging Projects on Nov. 18 for "Automatic locking sail track car systems and apparatus" (British, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,064, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rigging Projects Ltd (Southhampton, Great Britain).

"Automatic locking sail track car systems and apparatus" was invented by Nicholas Black (Suffolk, Great Britain) and Antoine Delaperriere (Paterna, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (100) for actuating a locking mechanism (12) of a locking sail track car (10) comprises a latch formation (116) disposed in a fixed position with respect to the track (14), a control surface (112) spaced from the latch formation (116) in a hoisting direction, and an actuator assembly (120) for attachment to the car (10). The actuator assembly (120) ...