Personal bipedal watercraft

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-03
BUCK DANIEL C
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This patent describes a personal bipedal watercraft with skis and paddle assemblies that can be moved between a closed position and an open position to change the water resistance of each ski. The paddles can be pulled backward to increase water resistance or forward to decrease water resistance. This allows the user to easily adjust the swimming style and provides better control and efficiency.

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However, all of these products support the weight of the user with a single buoyant device and require another source of propulsion such as a wave in surfboard or a paddle with paddle board, kayak, or standup paddle boards.

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[0013]FIGS. 1-3 depict an exemplary embodiment of a personal bipedal watercraft 10. FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of an embodiment of the personal bipedal watercraft. FIG. 2 is a front view of an exemplary embodiment of a ski 12 of the personal bipedal watercraft and FIG. 3 is a side view of the ski 12. The bipedal watercraft 10 includes a pair of skis 12. The skis 12 are constructed of a hull 13 which is exemplarily constructed of fiberglass. In another embodiment, the hull 13 may be constructed of other material, including, but not limited to plastic or Kevlar®. In still further embodiments, a hydrophobic material can be used to construct the hull or to coat the hull to reduce drag on the skis 12 when in use. The hull 13 surrounds a floatation core. The floatation core is exemplarily constructed of Styrofoam, but may be any of a variety of buoyant materials, including, but not limited to closed cell materials. It will be recognized that other materials and construction as reco...

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A personal bipedal watercraft includes a pair of skis. Each ski of the pair of skis includes a floating hull. A deck is secured to the hull. A binding on each deck is configured to receive a foot of a user. A plurality of paddle assemblies are moveably secured to an underside of the floating hull. The paddle assemblies each include a blade and a fin.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 289,618, filed on Feb. 1, 2016, the content of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND[0002]A variety of self-propelled personal watercraft are available for aquatic recreation. These include surfboards, paddleboard, kayaks, standup paddle boards, and the like. However, all of these products support the weight of the user with a single buoyant device and require another source of propulsion such as a wave in surfboard or a paddle with paddle board, kayak, or standup paddle boards. An aquatic recreation device which enables bipedal aquatic locomotion provides new aquatic recreation opportunities and is an advancement in the field.BRIEF DISCLOSURE[0003]An exemplary embodiment of a personal bipedal watercraft includes a pair of skis. Each ski of the pair skis includes a floating hull. A deck is secured to the hull. A bindi...

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IPC IPC(8): B63B35/83B63H16/08B63H1/32B63B35/81B63B34/56
CPCB63B35/83B63B35/81B63B2035/813B63H16/08B63H1/32B63B35/812B63B32/60B63B34/56B63B34/565B63B32/30
Inventor BUCK, DANIEL C.
Owner BUCK DANIEL C
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