US 9,474,983 B2 · Surfing toy

Abstract

Surfing toys and methods of attaching and detaching different types of upwardly protruding objects on the surfing toy with a hydrofoil underneath comprising a skeg and a wing/vanes. The assembled toy can ride incoming waves back to shore. The hydrofoil can have weights being extra weight or thickened portions at any location on the wing vanes, skegs, any combination, or have no extra weight. The wings/vanes can be bendable to different positions to enhance the toy's performance. Different versions of pegs can be used to attach the main wing, skeg, flotation device and upwardly protruding objects together. The upwardly protruding objects can include figurines, vehicles, toys, sails and the like, and the surfing toy can be used without an upwardly protruding object. The surfing toy can also be pulled through the water with motorboats and/or fishing poles.

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Dependent claims

A surfing toy, comprising:

an elongated flotation device with front and rear ends, and top and bottom surfaces;
an upwardly protruding object being attachable and detachable to the top surface adjacent to the rear end of the flotation device, the upwardly protruding object having an upwardly protruding object weight;
a skeg having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end is attachable and detachable to the bottom surface of the flotation device underneath the upwardly protruding object;
and
a main wing with a left rearward extending vane and a right rearward extending vane, wherein a mid portion of the main wing is attached to the lower end of the skeg, the main wing and skeg having a weight heavier than the weight of the upwardly protruding object so as to cause the surfing toy to move to a standup position in water.

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