MUMBAI, India, Nov. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547085212 A) filed by Thome, Philippe, Pompignan, France, on Sept. 8, for 'water craft sail assembly and water craft comprising same.'
Inventor(s) include Thome, Philippe.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 21, under issue no. 47/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a sail assembly (80) for a watercraft comprising a deck, the sail assembly comprising: - a mast (81) which is mounted at an incline with respect to the deck of the craft on a motorised shaft having an axis of rotation which is inclined with respect to the deck of the craft; - a plurality of spars (85) mounted at an incline with respect to the mast on either side of the mast; - between the ends of two consecutive spars located on the same side of the mast, a sail (83) and motorised means for deploying and folding this sail. Embodiments of the present application disclose at least one sail comprising a rigid upstream half-sail (83) and a rigid downstream half-sail (82) which are connected together by a hinge (86) mounted between the two ends of the consecutive spars (85)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 07, 2024, under International application No.PCT/EP2024/055977.
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