US 12,728,969 B2 · Hydrofoil sled for payload transport

Abstract

The multiple embodiments of the present invention involve a watercraft payload carrying system for which a payload can be carried and moved in a liquid such as water. The system includes a hydrofoil that when the system is accelerated, the hydrofoil lifts the system and the payload is raised relative to the waterline. In an embodiment the watercraft payload carrying system can have multiple interconnected modules where each module has a hydrofoil and receiver for carrying a payload. In an embodiment, the watercraft payload carrying system is modularly designed where the hydrofoil and receiver are removably attached.

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Dependent claims

A watercraft payload carrying system comprising

a first longitudinally extending body;
a connector located on a tow side for coupling with a towing watercraft;
a first receiver comprising a contoured portion that is complimentary in shape to a portion of the payload and having an opening facing away from a top of said first longitudinally extending body, said first receiver coupling a payload to said first longitudinally extending body;
and
a first hydrofoil coupled to an underside of said longitudinally extending body and having a chord thickness greater on the tow side, wherein said first hydrofoil is a surface-piercing hydrofoil having a base portion and at least one wing element extending upward at an angle from the base portion;
and
a structural support connecting said first longitudinally extending body to said first hydrofoil.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Hydrofoil sled for payload transport

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Hydrofoil sled for payload transport

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Abstract

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