US 5,700,174 AGranted

Kneeboard

AssigneeSwimways Corporation

InventorsRobert Lee Churchill, Douglas Geller

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Abstract

The improved watersports board includes an outer shell that is filled with a rigid foam core. The outer shell includes a hull and a deck connected by a lip. The deck includes an integrated passenger contact area which in turn includes a strengthener for resisting bending, shear and fatigue stresses. The strengthener forms contours within the passenger contact area and allows the lip to be of less thickness than the average thickness of the passenger contact area over the hull. In addition to the above features, the device may also include optional flexible foam padding attached to the passenger contact area and an optional kneestrap attached to the shell to provide increased maneuverability and comfort.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A kneeboard comprising:

(a) a core having a dorsal and a ventral surface;
and
(b) a shell surrounding the core, said shell comprising:
i. a hull adjoining the ventral surface of the core, said hull having a ventral surface;
ii. a deck adjoining the dorsal surface of the core;
said deck comprising a passenger contact area;
the passenger contact area having a first lateral side, a middle lateral area, a second lateral side, a front transverse portion, and a most dorsal portion;
the passenger contact area comprising means for strengthening integrated into the passenger contact area, said strengthening means forming a plurality of contours in the passenger contact area;
and
iii. a lip connecting the hull to the deck, said lip having a dorsal surface and a ventral surface;
wherein the thickness between the dorsal surface of the lip and the ventral surface of the lip is less than the average thickness of the shell measured between the dorsal portion of the passenger contact area and the ventral surface of the hull.

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