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US 4,907,520 AGranted
High performance boat hull with anti-spin sponson
OwnerHoward W. Pipkorninventor
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Abstract
A tunnel hull boat with enhanced turning stability is provided. The boat hull hereof includes a pair of sponsons defining an air capturing tunnel. Each sponson includes front, middle, and rear sections delineated by distinct inclinations of the sponsons's inner sidewall. The forward sections of the sponson inner sidewalls are angled generally downwardly and outwardly to allow the sponson bow to slide towards a desired direction. The rear section of the sponson inner sidewalls are angled downwardly and inwardly to inhibit skidding of the stern in a direction opposite to a desired turn.
Claims3
An improved sponson for a tunnel hull boat, comprising:
- a sponson bottom wall;
- opposed inboard and outboard sponson sidewalls extending upwardly from said bottom wall, each of said sponson inboard sidewalls presenting spaced apart, generally vertical shear lines dividing the sponson into a sponson forward portion, a sponson middle portion, and a sponson rear portion,
- the sponson forward portion including a downwardly sloped forward panel extending outboard towards said sponson bottom wall, and said sponson rear portion including a downwardly sloped rear panel extending inboard towards said sponson bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.