Foil Arrangement and Water Sports Apparatus

Abstract

Disclosed is a foil arrangement in which a fuselage is connected to a mast without any tools. Further, foil arrangement is disclosed, for which end sections of the mast are inserted into receiving pockets of a mast batten, a shoe or a fuselage, wherein intermediate pieces can be provided on the upstream and/or downstream side.

1 . Foil arrangement for a water sports apparatus, in particular for a surf-, SUP-, windsurf- or kiteboard, with a mast ( 4 ) which can be fixed to the water sports apparatus and whose end section, which is distant from the water sports apparatus, is detachably connected to a fuselage ( 8 ) which is designed to carry wings,
 wherein the mast ( 4 ) can be connected to the fuselage ( 8 ) without any tools,   wherein the mast ( 4 ) has a shoe ( 20 ) which can be inserted in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner into a receptacle ( 22 ) on the fuselage-side and can be fixed there in position by means of at least one fixing means,   characterized in that   the fixing means has a handle ( 52 ), which preferably plunges, in a fixing position, approximately flush into a pocket ( 58 ) of the fuselage ( 8 ) when the shoe ( 20 ) is connected to the mast ( 4 ).   
     
     
         2 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoe ( 20 ) and the receptacle ( 22 ) are butted in an insertion direction. 
     
     
         3 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the fixing means is a tensioning element, preferably a tensioning screw ( 48 ), a tensioning bolt or a tensioning lever. 
     
     
         4 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , comprising a securing means for securing the fixing means in the fixing position. 
     
     
         5 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 4 , wherein the securing means is formed with locking protrusions on the one hand and corresponding locking recesses on the other hand. 
     
     
         6 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 4 , wherein the securing means has a cover ( 78 ), which is preferably held pivotably on the fuselage ( 8 ), and which, in the fixing position, covers the pocket ( 58 ) and the tensioning element. 
     
     
         7 . Foil arrangement according to one of the preceding patent claims, wherein the fuselage ( 8 ) is connected to the mast ( 4 ) by means of two fixing means spaced apart from each other. 
     
     
         8 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoe ( 20 ) is insertable into the receptacle ( 22 ) by angling. 
     
     
         9 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 8 , having a pivot bearing which is fixed in the receptacle ( 22 ) or on the shoe ( 20 ) and with which a counterpart ( 70 ) is associated on the shoe ( 20 ) or on the receptacle ( 22 ), wherein the counterpart ( 70 ) is designed such that the pivot bearing and the counterpart ( 70 ) are engaged in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner in the fixing position. 
     
     
         10 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 9 , wherein the pivot bearing has a pin ( 42 ), which is inserted into the receptacle ( 22 ) and which, in the fixing position, plunges into a recess ( 24 ) and is engaged behind by the peripheral wall thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 9 , wherein the pivot bearing has a pivoting pocket ( 72 ) which is formed in accordance with the pivoting radius and into which the correspondingly formed counterpart ( 70 ) plunges in the fixing position. 
     
     
         12 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 9 , wherein the fixing means is formed on the downstream side at a distance from the pivot bearing. 
     
     
         13 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 3 , wherein the tensioning screw ( 48 ) has a fine thread. 
     
     
         14 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the handle ( 52 ) is a rotary lever whose axis of rotation is coaxial with an axis of the fixing means. 
     
     
         15 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 14 , wherein the rotary lever is a pivoting lever ( 74 ) which can be pivoted into the pocket ( 58 ) in the fixing position. 
     
     
         16 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 14 , wherein a peripheral wall of the pocket ( 58 ) is formed approximately circularly corresponding to the area covered by the rotary lever during actuation. 
     
     
         17 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein a depth of the pocket ( 58 ) is approximately equal to a height of the rotary lever. 
     
     
         18 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 14 , wherein a circumference of the rotary lever is rounded according to the radius (R) of the pocket ( 58 ). 
     
     
         19 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein a tool attachment ( 68 ) is formed on the handle ( 52 ). 
     
     
         20 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoe ( 20 ) plunges into the mast ( 4 ) with a mast-side fixing protrusion. 
     
     
         21 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the mast ( 4 ) and the shoe ( 20 ) are formed integrally. 
     
     
         22 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the mast ( 4 ) is inserted with at least one end section into a receiving pocket of a mast plate, a shoe ( 20 ) or the fuselage ( 8 ) on the water-sports-apparatus-side or on the fuselage-side, wherein upstream and downstream regions of the mast are tapered or rounded and this taper or rounding extends into the receiving pocket, into which an intermediate piece ( 98 ,  100 ) is inserted which fills a space between the peripheral wall of the receiving pocket and the end portion of the mast ( 4 ). 
     
     
         23 . The foil arrangement according to  claim 22 , wherein the intermediate piece ( 98 ,  100 ) is made of plastic. 
     
     
         24 . The foil arrangement according to patent  claim 22 , wherein the intermediate piece ( 98 ,  100 ) has a bottom wall ( 108 ) on which the end portion of the mast ( 4 ) rests. 
     
     
         25 . Water sports apparatus with a foil arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein a frontwing ( 10 ) and a rearwing ( 12 ) are held on the fuselage ( 8 ).