Device and system for propelling a passenger
AssigneeZiph2O
InventorFranky Zapata
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Abstract
A propulsion device including a platform on which a passenger is positioned, said platform comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, and cooperating with means for collecting and distributing a pressurized fluid to a primary nozzle expelling said fluid from a fluid outlet in a given direction, said means being supplied with pressurized fluid by a fluid supply conduit, the device being characterized in that: the primary nozzle is oriented substantially from the bow to the stern of the platform; the fluid expulsion direction fits in a median plane of the platform; the fluid expulsion direction of the primary nozzle describes an angle comprised between −10° and +45° with a longitudinal axis of the platform contained in said median plane.
Claims20
A propulsion device, comprising:
- a platform defining an upper surface, a lower surface, a bow, and a stern, wherein the platform defines a longitudinal axis extending from the bow to the stern;
- a fluid collector coupled to the lower surface of the platform such that at least a portion of the fluid collector extends below the upper surface of the platform, the fluid collector being positioned at the stern of the platform and facing in a bow-to-stern direction such that fluid enters the fluid collector in a stern-to-bow direction;
- a flexible fluid supply conduit coupled to the fluid collector for providing pressurized fluid to the collector;
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- a primary nozzle in fluid communication with the fluid collector and configured to expel a fluid towards the stern, wherein the primary nozzle is selectively adjustable such that a projection, in a vertical plane, of a direction of the fluid expelled from the primary nozzle defines an angle a with the longitudinal axis, the angle α being selectively adjustable between −10° and +45°.
A propulsion device, comprising:
- a platform defining an upper surface, a lower surface, a bow, and a stern, wherein the platform defines a longitudinal axis extending from the bow to the stern;
- a fluid collector coupled to the lower surface of the platform such that at least a portion of the fluid collector extends below the upper surface of the platform, the fluid collector being positioned at the stern of the platform and facing in a bow-to-stern direction such that fluid enters the fluid collector in a stern-to-bow direction;
- a flexible fluid supply conduit coupled to the fluid collector for providing pressurized fluid to the collector;
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- a primary nozzle in fluid communication with the fluid collector and configured to expel a fluid towards the stern, wherein a projection, in a vertical plane, of a direction of the fluid expelled from the primary nozzle defines an angle α with the longitudinal axis, the angle α being between −10° and +45° .
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.