Diving board with nonlinear leaf springs

• US 20080020901A1
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Hagerty
• Original Assignee: Michael Hagerty
• Inventors: Hagerty, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/904,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20080020901A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/30
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2009/008 with water spraying means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/02 with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/76 with means enabling use in the dark, other than powered illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 5/10 for aquatic sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

Disclosed is a composite diving board supported by nonlinear leaf springs, in which the spring cross section transitions from wide and thin at the ends to narrower and thicker at the center, while always maintaining approximately the same cross section at all points. Additional embodiments of the invention include a water feature and an illumination feature integrated into the board design.

Claims

1. A diving board assembly comprising a board with a forward end for extending over a swimming pool, a water emitter attached under the forward end and a water supply carrier to bring water from a source to the emitter.

2. The diving board of claim 1 wherein the emitter is a sheer waterfall propagator.

3. The diving board of claim 2 wherein the waterfall propagator comprises an input for receiving turbulent water, a series of internal baffles and an exit slot for releasing the water as a laminar flow.

4. The diving board of claim 2 wherein the water supply carrier is attached under the board.

5. The diving board of claim 2 wherein the water supply carrier comprises a flexible tube that is carried in a channel molded into an integral rib under the board.

6. The diving board of claim 2 including a plurality of sheer waterfall propagators connected to the water supply conduit.

7. The diving board of claim 1 wherein the water emitter is a nozzle that projects a stream of water.

8. The diving board of claim 7 including a plurality of nozzles connected to the water supply carrier.

9. The diving board of claim 8 wherein at least one nozzle is adjustable to emit flows ranging from a fine mist to a full jet of water.

10. The diving board of claim 2 further including a light source attached to the waterfall propagator so as to illuminate water emitted from the waterfall propagator.

11. The diving board of claim 6 further including a plurality of light sources positioned so as to illuminate water emitted from the waterfall propagators.

12. An assembly for adding a water emitter to a diving board comprising a water emitter configured for attachment under the board at a forward end thereof, a conduit configured for attachment under the board from a base end thereof to the water emitter, and a water tube for carrying water through the conduit from a water source to the water emitter.

13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein the water emitter is a sheer waterfall propagator.

14. The assembly of claim 13 further including a plurality of waterfall propagators.

15. The assembly of claim 13 further including a light source attached to the waterfall propagator so as to illuminate water emitted from the waterfall propagator.

16. The assembly of claim 14 further including a plurality of light sources positioned so as to illuminate water emitted from the waterfall propagators.