Marine propulsion – Operator powered drive for propelling means
Patent
1998-10-08
1999-08-17
Swinehart, Ed L.
Marine propulsion
Operator powered drive for propelling means
440 24, 440 17, B63H 1600
Patent
active
059384891
ABSTRACT:
A new leg-powered boat for propelling through water by using one's legs. The inventive device includes a boat portion defined by an open upper end, a closed lower end, forward and rearward ends, and opposed side walls extending between the forward and rearward ends. The closed lower end has an interior surface. The interior surface has a rail that extends a portion of a length of the interior surface. The rail has a channel formed therein extending a length of the rail. A seat portion is slidably coupled with respect to the boat portion. The seat portion has a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion has a bracket that extends through the channel. A pulley system has a plurality of pulleys and a cable that extends around the pulleys. The cable is coupled to the bracket of the seat portion. The closed lower end of the boat portion has a track that extends therein from a lower surface of the closed lower end. A flap portion is slidably disposed in the track of the closed lower end of the boat portion and is coupled to the cable of the pulley system.
REFERENCES:
patent: 780071 (1905-01-01), Stasny
patent: 2056475 (1936-10-01), Marx
patent: 3369517 (1968-02-01), Rosenthal
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