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US 12,654,830 B2Granted
Watercraft and method of propulsion of a watercraft
OwnerCollin Ashley Schmidtinventor
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Abstract
A watercraft having a body with an opening for a user, a seat, at least one drive mechanism placed at least partially within the opening; an intake configured to allow a flow of water from a body of water surrounding the watercraft; a pump configured receive the flow of water and accelerate the flow of water, and a user controlled discharge configured to receive the flow of accelerated water from the pump and discharge the accelerated water to the water surrounding the watercraft such that the watercraft moves in a direction chosen by the user.
Claims1
A watercraft comprising:
- at least one body;
- a seat configured to support a user;
- at least one drive mechanism actuated in complete revolutions by the user, wherein the drive mechanism is a pedal driven sprocket with an associated chain;
- an inlet configured to allow a flow of water from a body of water surrounding the watercraft;
- a pump configured to receive the flow of water and accelerate the flow of water;
- and a discharge configured to receive the flow of accelerated water from the pump and discharge the accelerated water to the water surrounding the watercraft, wherein the chain connects the drive mechanism and the pump and wherein the pump is a reciprocating vane pump, wherein at least one vane within the pump is capable of travel through a center axis of a pump rotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.