Towable watercraft
OwnerRoland K. Bowler, IIinventor
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Abstract
A towable watercraft including a body member having a tow-rope hitch coupled to a front portion thereof and first and second elongated stabilizing members extending beyond an aft portion of the body member is disclosed. The stabilizing members may be coupled to the hitch or an intermediate portion between the stabilizing member may be retained about a circumferential portion of the body member, wherein first and second end portions of the first and second elongated stabilizing members having corresponding stirrups are laterally movable away from, and back toward, each other.
Claims17
A towable watercraft comprising:
- a body member;
- a tow-rope hitch coupled to a front portion of the body member;
- two non-inflatable elongated stabilizing members coupled to the body member, each non-inflatable elongated stabilizing member having an end portion extending beyond an aft portion of the body member;
- a stirrup coupled to the end portion of each non-inflatable elongated stabilizing member,
- the end portions of the two non-inflatable elongated stabilizing members movable laterally away from, and back toward, each other;
- and the non-inflatable elongated stabilizing members are coupled to the tow-rope hitch, wherein a load on the elongated stabilizing members is transferred to the tow-rope-hitch.
A towable watercraft comprising:
- a body member;
- a tow-rope hitch coupled to a front portion of the body member;
- a first elongated stabilizing member having a first end portion extending beyond an aft portion of the body member;
- a second elongated stabilizing member having a second end portion extending beyond the aft portion of the body member;
- an intermediate portion disposed between the first elongated stabilizing member and the second elongated stabilizing member, the intermediate portion disposed at least partially about the front portion of the body member;
- a first stirrup coupled to the first end portion of the first elongated stabilizing member;
- a second stirrup coupled to the second end portion of the second elongated stabilizing member,
- wherein the first and second end portions of the first and second elongated stabilizing members are laterally movable away from, and back toward, each other.
A towable watercraft comprising:
- a body member including an inflatable bladder and a sheath disposed over and at least partially about a front portion of the inflatable bladder,
- a tow-rope hitch coupled to the front portion body member;
- a first elongated stabilizing member extending from the sheath and having a first end portion extending beyond an aft portion of the body member;
- a second elongated stabilizing member extending from the sheath and having a second end portion extending beyond the aft portion of the body member;
- a first stirrup coupled to the first end portion of the first elongated stabilizing member;
- a second stirrup coupled to the second end portion of the second elongated stabilizing member,
- wherein the first and second end portions of the first and second elongated stabilizing members extending beyond an aft portion of the body member are laterally movable away from, and back toward, each other;
- and wherein the sheath is disposed at least partially over top and bottom sides of the inflatable bladder, and the first and second elongated stabilizing members extend from a portion of the sheath disposed over the top or bottom sides of the inflatable bladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.