Water sports device
OwnerRobert C. Woolley, Michael J. Murphyinventors
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Abstract
A water sports device for supporting a seated human rider while the rider and the device are towed behind a powered water craft, including an elongate board to which a seat and foot holder are secured, an elongate arm extending downward from the board and a planing blade secured to the arm generally parallel to the board so that the planing blade provides essentially no lift when the board is horizontal. The positioning of the seat and the planing blades at the rear of the board, the use of a single vertical strut, the size of the planing blade and the positioning of the foot holders at least two feet in front of the seat provides a water sports device which is relatively easy to ride, while at the same time being highly maneuverable and capable of high jumps.
Claims26
A water sports device for supporting a seated human rider while said rider and said device are towed behind a powered watercraft, comprising:
- an elongate board having a front end and a back end;
- a seat secured to said board for supporting the buttocks of a seated rider at a position spaced above said board;
- a holder spaced toward the front end of said board from said seat for securing at least one foot of said rider over the top of said board;
- an elongate strut perpendicular to and extending downward from said board;
- a support having a forward end and a rearward end fixed at a point between its forward end and rearward end to said strut at a position spaced below said board;
- a forward planing blade secured proximate the forward end of said support, generally parallel to said board, wherein said forward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face;
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- a rear planing blade secured proximate the rearward end of said support, generally parallel to said board, said rear planing blade positioned below said board at least as far back as the back one-quarter of said board, said forward planing blade and said rearward planing blade having a combined lower surface area of at least 100 square inches, wherein said rearward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face.
A water sports device for supporting a seated human rider while said rider and said device are towed behind a powered watercraft, comprising:
- an elongate board having a front end and a back end;
- a seat secured to said board for supporting the buttocks of a seated rider in a position spaced above said board;
- a holder spaced toward the front end of said board from said seat for securing at least one foot of said rider over the top of said board;
- a single elongate strut perpendicular to and extending downward from said board;
- an elongate support having a forward end and a rearward end fixed at a point between its forward end and rearward end to said strut at a position spaced below the bottom of said board;
- a forward planing blade secured proximate the forward end of said support, generally parallel to said board, wherein said forward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face;
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- a rear planing blade secured proximate the rearward end of said support, generally parallel to said board, said rear planing blade positioned below said board at least as far back as the back one-quarter of said board, wherein said rearward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face.
A water sports device for supporting a seated human rider while said rider and said device are towed behind a powered watercraft, comprising:
- an elongate board having a front end and a back end;
- a seat secured to said board for supporting the buttocks of a seated rider at a position spaced from and roughly centered above and back one-third of said board;
- a holder spaced toward the front end of said board from said seat for securing at least one foot of said rider over the top of said board;
- an elongate strut perpendicular to and extending downward from said bottom of said board;
- an elongate support having a forward end and a rearward end fixed at a point between its forward end and rearward end to said strut at a position spaced below the bottom of said board;
- a forward planing blade secured to the forward end of said support, generally parallel to said board, wherein said forward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face;
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- a rear planing blade secured to the rearward end of said support, generally parallel to said board, wherein said rearward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face.
A water sports device for supporting a seated human rider while said rider and said device are towed behind a powered watercraft, comprising:
- an elongate member having a front end and a back end;
- a seat secured to said member for supporting the buttocks of a seated rider at a position spaced from and roughly centered above the back portion of said member;
- a holder spaced toward the front end of said member from said seat for securing at least one foot of said rider over the top of said member;
- an elongate strut perpendicular to and extending downward from said bottom of said member;
- an elongate support having a forward end and a rearward end fixed at a point between its forward end and rearward end to said strut at a position spaced below the bottom of said member;
- a forward planing blade secured to the forward end of said support, generally parallel to said member, wherein said forward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face;
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- a rear planing blade secured to the rearward end of said support, generally parallel to said member, wherein said rearward planing blade has a generally flat upper face and a generally flat lower face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.