US 9,517,819 B2Granted

Apparatus for walking and resting upon the water with improved walking stability

OwnerKelly K. Souterinventor

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Abstract

A water walking apparatus having two inflatable pontoons, each with respective holes in their top surfaces for a footwell. A platform support may expand and contract when in use so as to accommodate variable spacing between the pontoons. The platform support may include curved saddle, which straddles over the curved outer surface of a pontoon, securing the platform support to the pontoons. A platform upon which a user may sit may be connected to the platform support by a neck received into a hole in the bottom of the platform. The platform may include a backrest member, and a strap that may serve as a ladder step when the backrest member is rotated rearwardly and down, into the water to allow a user to step on the continuous strap and climb up onto the platform.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for walking and resting upon water, the apparatus comprising:

two inflatable pontoons each having a top and bottom surface with respective holes in the top surface for a footwell;
forward and rearward platform supports that expand and contract when in use so as to accommodate variable spacing between the pontoons while connecting the pontoons together;
a platform including a top, and bottom, so as to allow a user to sit on the top of the platform;
wherein each platform support further comprises a neck, the bottom of the platform comprising corresponding holes into which the necks of the platform supports are received so as to hold down and secure the platform to the platform support while allowing the platform to ride freely above the platform supports as each neck rotates freely within the corresponding hole in the bottom of the platform.

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Facts

Application: 14/693,462Filed 22 Apr 2015 · continuation in part
Priority: 13 Jan 2011
Published: US 2015/0225046 A113 Aug 2015
Granted: 13 Dec 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B63B 34/56
Body-supporting buoyant devices, e.g. bathing boats or water cycles: for use in a standing position, e.g. water shoes, water walking devices or…
B63B 34/52
Body-supporting buoyant devices, e.g. bathing boats or water cycles: inflatable or partly inflatable
B63B 34/565
Body-supporting buoyant devices, e.g. bathing boats or water cycles: accessories, e.g. sticks for water walking
B63B 35/34
Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for: pontoons

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Application12/930,647Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 Jan 2011
Application14/167,438Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 29 Jan 2014
US 8,641,465 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 4 Feb 2014
US 2015/0225046 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Aug 2015
US 9,290,244 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2012/0184163 A1Published application
US 2014/0148071 A1Published application
US 9,517,819 B2This patent

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