Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Water skimming or walking device – Water ski
Patent
1998-05-28
1999-06-15
Swinehart, Ed L.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Water skimming or walking device
Water ski
434253, B63B 100
Patent
active
059116110
ABSTRACT:
A water ski training apparatus is provided which includes a training apparatus body that is adapted to be connected to a water ski tow rope. The training apparatus body supports the user's feet directly or the water skis which in turn support the feet. The apparatus body is disengagable from the skis once the skier rises to a standing position in the water. In one form, the ski training apparatus body has left and right openings for left and right skis. The openings are larger than the skis so that the skis are able to slide easily within the openings and ultimately slide off the front end of each ski once the skier becomes at least partially elevated out of the water to a standing position. A tow rope clamp is supported on the training apparatus body for connecting the body to the tow rope so that the user can hold the end of the tow rope with his hands while the training apparatus body is secured to another portion of the rope by the clamp. In this way the user can be towed by the rope with his feet supported by the training apparatus body.
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Harmon James V
Swinehart Ed L.
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