Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water skimming or walking device – Surfboard
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-05
2010-12-07
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water skimming or walking device
Surfboard
Reexamination Certificate
active
07845999
ABSTRACT:
An aquatic gliding board such as a surfboard is constructed using a honeycomb material for the core. The composite outer skin of the surfboard is constructed of materials having similar flexibility properties as found in a traditional foam/fiberglass surfboard. In a particularly preferred embodiment an aluminum honeycomb core is employed along with a fiberglass skin in order to achieve a surfboard with decreased weight and increased strength to resist failure in bending relative to a traditional foam/fiberglass surfboard, but having similar flexibility characteristics to such a traditional surfboard, or having increased flexibility relative to such a traditional surfboard.
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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Swinehart Ed
Varial Surfing Technologies, LLC
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