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Water walking apparatus

  • US 5,607,331 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1995
  • Issued: 03/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Water walking apparatus for moving a user across water, comprising:

  • a float member having top and bottom surfaces with a front and rear end and defining a longitudinal axis;

    a pair of left and right elongated chambers extending between the top and bottom surfaces and defining top and bottom openings respectively, wherein each chamber has a major axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the float;

    each chamber communicating with an exhaust opening at the bottom of the float that is directed towards the rear end;

    valve means at the bottom opening of each left and right chamber extending along the major axis of each chamber for permitting water to enter through said bottom openings;

    a flexible bladder membrane extending across each chamber to define a sub-chamber with said valve at the bottom opening within each left and right chamber; and

    a foot engageable piston in each left and right chamber supported on said bladder membrane whereby, when pressure is applied by a person'"'"'s foot to said piston, water is displaced from the sub-chamber through the exhaust opening to create a jet action for moving said float across the water.

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