Surfboard with safety mechanism
OwnerLakdas Nanayakkara, Pravin Nanayakkarainventors
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Abstract
A surfboard for supporting a surfer to swim on or below surface of water includes a supporting body having an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge. The leading edge including a protrusion contoured for supporting the surfer's face and the upper surface to support the surfer. The surfboard also includes a cover plate mounted on the lower surface underneath the leading edge, a propeller mounted on the lower surface underneath the leading edge, a steering system mounted on the lower surface underneath the leading edge, and a safety enclosure for protecting face of the surfer. The surfboard may be provided with wings extensible from the sides of the body to provide support and stability to surfers of larger size.
Claims6
A surfboard for supporting a surfer to swim on or below a surface of water, the surfboard comprising:
- (a) a supporting body having an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge, said leading edge having a protrusion contoured for supporting and protecting a face of said surface and surface;
- (b) a steering system including a propeller mounted on said lower surface underneath said leading edge of said supporting body, said steering system comprising a first crank arm and a second crank arm, both journalled within said propeller, each arm having an handle, in which said steering system is mounted proximally to said leading edge of said supporting body by mounting brackets, in which said propeller is positioned within a pair of mounting brackets and said propeller is operably engaged to said first crank arm and said second crank arm;
- (c) a control fin mounted underneath said supporting body;
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- (d) a pair of stationary fins mounted underneath said trailing edge of said supporting body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.