US PATENT SUBCLASS 114 / 126
.~ Fins and boards


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121  DF  BALLASTING {5}
126.~ Fins and boards


DEFINITION

Classification: 114/126

Ballasting devices in which lee or weather boards or fins, plated, blades, etc., are adapted to project from the vessel's sides or keel laterally, obliquely, or horizontally to form a resistance-surface to prevent careening or capsizing and to enable a vessel to point or sail closer to the wind and prevent making leeway.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

135, and 142, for center-boards, lateral, which partake of the nature of fins and leeboards, though used as centerboards or keels; and 152 for diving-fins.