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US 4,437,840 AGranted
Swimming wheel apparatus
OwnerMakram I. Filipposinventor
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Abstract
An aquatic craft for a swimmer; including a pair of pontoons, a frame therebetween on which the swimmer reclines, and a paddle wheel powered by the swimmer.
Claims2
A swimming wheel apparatus comprising in combination:
- a frame;
- a pair of hollow pontoons separated by said frame and made an integral part thereof, so that said pontoons and said frame together physically touch and support a reclining rider;
- a paddle wheel powered by said rider for propelling said craft on a water surface, said paddle wheel disposed on straight beams extending from and colinear with said pontoons;
- a pair of stirrups disposed at one end of said pontoons for said rider's feet, wherein means to steer said craft include a mechanism to tilt said paddle wheel, said mechanism utilizing a manually rotatable knob connected by a flexible shaft to a screw which supports a bearing block which further supports one end of a paddle wheel shaft.
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