Apparatus for walking on water or land

Details Apparatus for walking on water or land Apparatus for walking on water or land

1986-10-24

1987-10-06

Nase, Jeffrey V.

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Water skimming or walking device

Water walking device

A63C 932

Patent

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046980393

ABSTRACT:
The subject apparatus comprises a pair of floats, each having propulsion apparatus attached to its bottom. There is a foot well in each float, extending from top to bottom and fitted with toe retaining and heel support elements. The propulsion apparatus comprises an I-beam having a top flange, web and bottom flange and pairs of flaps hinged to the web, one of each pair on each side of the web. The pairs are spaced equidistant from each other along the web. The hinge axes are vertical. Each flap hinges between the closed position (against the web) to the open position (about 90.degree. to the web). The longitudinal axis of the I-beam is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the float to which it is attached and the web functions as a keel. The bottom flange is angled slightly upward toward the front end. The midpoints of the lengths of the foot wells and propulsion apparatus are somewhat aft of the lengthwise midpoints of the floats. The propulsion apparatus is about half as long as the float.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3758898 (1973-09-01), Dougherty
patent: 3777324 (1973-12-01), Jenkins
patent: 3936897 (1976-02-01), Schaumann

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