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US 6,520,814 B1Granted
Jet propelled device
AssigneeSweet & Rich, Inc.
InventorsRichard Elias, Larry Sweet
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Abstract
A device coupleable to a remote source of pressurized fluid for producing fluid that can be discharged by the device and thereby propel the device over or through a surface. The device comprises a buoyant hull with one or more fluid communicators for directing fluid flow. A nozzle at the distal end of each fluid communicator creates a fluid discharge from the fluid communicator directed horizontally or at an angle away from horizontal. Flexible tubes connect the fluid communicators to the remote fluid source.
Claims13
A device comprising:
- a buoyant hull;
- at least one fluid communicator along the buoyant hull, having a proximal end and a distal end, for communicating fluid from the proximal end to the distal end;
- a nozzle, coupled to the distal end of the fluid communicator, for discharging the fluid communicated to the distal end with sufficient velocity to propel the buoyant hull across a surface;
- a tube, coupled to the proximal end of the fluid communicator, for providing fluid from a remote pressurized fluid source to the fluid communicator and thereby to the nozzle;
- a wedge-shaped bow for enduring impacts;
- a substantially flat bottom;
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- a recessed aft end for allowing unobstructed coupling of each fluid communicator to the tube.
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A water toy, comprising:
- a semi-submersible hull;
- a plurality of fluid communicators along the semi-submersible hull, each having a proximal end and a distal end, for directing propellant flow;
- a nozzle, coupled to the distal end of each fluid communicator, for discharging the fluid communicated to the distal end of the fluid communicator;
- a tube, coupled to the proximal end of each fluid communicator at a first end of the tube and coupled to a stream splitter at a second end of the tube, for receiving and providing water from at least one remote water source;
- a source splitter, coupled to the at least one remote water source, for directing flow to the tubes, wherein at least one nozzle is directed up and at least one nozzle is directed down for submerging and surfacing the semi-submersible hull.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.