Stand up paddle board
OwnerIan Parkinson, Kerri Kellyinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is a stand up paddle board with left and right oars attached to left and right transmissions respectively mounted in the hull of the paddle board. The hull of the paddle board also includes a bow, stern and foot pads upon which the operator stands on. The oars pivot around an oar pivot in a longitudinal direction and paddle arms attached to the oars pivot around an arm pivot in a longitudinal direction. The paddle arms terminate in at a lower at a paddle so that when the operator urges the oars in a rearward and forward motion, the paddle arms pivot around an arm pivot and propel the paddle board.
Claims15
A stand up paddle board water craft comprising:
- a) a hull which includes a bow and stem and foot pads, wherein the hull is adapted for an operator to stand on the foot pads while underway;
- b) a left and a right oar extending upwardly from the hull and attached to a left and right transmission respectively, the transmissions mounted in the hull and includes an oar pivot, each oar pivoting about the oar pivot in a longitudinal direction parallel to a vertical plane;
- c) a left paddle arm and a right paddle arm operably connected at an upper end of each paddle arm to the left and right oars respectively at each respective transmission;
- each paddle arm at a lower end terminating at a paddle;
- d) each paddle arm pivoting about an arm pivot, wherein the oars dimensioned to be grasped in the hands of the operator and urged in a rearward and forward motion and wherein the transmissions convert the forward motion of the oar into a forward paddle action and the rearward motion of the oar produces a rearward paddle action to propel the paddle board forward.
The stand up paddle board water craft claimed in claim 2 wherein each oar pivoting about the oar pivot in a longitudinal direction parallel to a vertical plane and each paddle arm pivoting about the arm pivot in a longitudinal direction parallel to a vertical plane.
In combination a water craft paddle board and a propulsion system, the combination comprises:
- a) a hull which includes a bow, a stern, a bottom, and a top which includes foot pads wherein the hull is adapted for an operator to stand on the foot pads while underway;
- b) the propulsion system includes left and right oars extending upwardly from the hull to a preselected height above the hull top, the oars positioned to the left and right of a longitudinal center of the hull such that the operator stands behind the oars and grips an oar in each hand while in a standing position;
- c) the left and right oars are attached at a oar bottom end to a left and right transmission respectively, the transmissions mounted in the hull and includes an oar pivot, each oar pivoting about the oar pivot in a longitudinal direction parallel to a vertical plane;
- d) the propulsion system includes a left paddle arm and a right paddle arm operably connected at an paddle arm top end of each paddle arm to the left and right oars respectively at each respective transmission;
- each paddle arm at a lower end terminating at a folding paddle;
- e) each paddle arm pivoting about an arm pivot in a longitudinal direction parallel to a vertical plane, wherein the oars dimensioned to be grasped in the hands of the operator and urged in a rearward and forward motion and wherein the transmissions convert the forward motion of the oar into a forward paddle action and the rearward motion of the oar produces a rearward paddle action to propel the paddle board forward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.