US 11,926,401 B2 · Personal watercraft

Abstract

A personal watercraft includes a floatation member, a thrust assembly, a steering assembly, and a braking assembly. The assemblies may be actuated either mechanically or electrically. The thrust assembly is human powered, solar powered, or electric powered. The thrust, steering, and braking assemblies can be added after-market to an existing stand-up paddle board (SUP), or built into one or a plurality of SUPs during initial manufacturing. When the thrust assembly is human powered, it is leg or arm powered. When the thrust assembly is leg powered, the legs can move backward and forward in a sliding motion, up and down in a stomping fashion, or move in a loop trajectory. When the thrust assembly is arm powered, the arms can move forward/backward together or separately. The thrust assembly includes one or a plurality of paddles or flippers that are positioned to the side or under the SUP.

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Dependent claims

A thrust assembly for a single standup paddle board (SUP), said thrust assembly comprising:

a foot support for supporting a foot;
and
a thrust member for applying force to water and propelling said SUP when said foot support is moved;
wherein said thrust member is other than a paddle wheel and is for attaching to said foot support, said attaching including attachment structure configured for extending over a right, left, front, or rear side edge of said SUP for positioning said thrust member in at least one position from the group consisting of
(a) above and not in water, and to said side of said SUP;
(b) in water and mostly under said side edge of said SUP;
and
(c) in water and entirely under said SUP.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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