Water propelled flying board

• US 9,145,206 B1
• Filed: 10/30/2013
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ZipH20 SAS
• Original Assignee: Brandon Robinson
• Inventors: Robinson, Brandon
• Primary Examiner(s): Benedik, Justin
• Application Number:
  US14/066,997
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 244/23.A
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 32/00 Water sports boards; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 34/15 for hydroflight sports
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 71/00 Designing vessels; Predicting their performance
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 11/107 Direction control of propulsive fluid B63H11/101 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 2011/006 with propulsive medium supplied from sources external to propelled vessel, e.g. water from public water supply
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 2011/008 Arrangements of two or more jet units
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 21/22 the propulsion power units being controlled from exterior of engine room, e.g. from navigation bridge; Arrangements of order telegraphs
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 23/26 fluid

Abstract

A sport amusement device consists of a snowboard like board integrated into a unibody inlet nozzle that accepts a high pressure fire hose. The inlet nozzle pivots and has a quick disconnect collar for the fire hose. The base includes land support columns to enable preparation for launch. A jet ski or other pump powers the fire hose. With horsepower ranges from 80 to 300 the board flies even forty feet into the air and can propel the rider underwater in a dolphin like manner. The board floats. Quick disconnect bindings allow the rider to quickly dismount. The rider'"'"'s hands are completely free to help balance and steer the board in flight.

Claims

1. A flying board comprising:

a board having a left and right binding to secure a standing rider thereto;

the left binding secured to a left foot platform having a left swivel joint connection to a left side of a central inlet housing;

said left foot platform having a downward facing thrust nozzle with a fluid communication through the left swivel joint connection to the inlet of the central inlet housing;

the right binding secured to a right foot platform having a right swivel joint connection to a right side of the central inlet housing;

said right foot platform having a downward facing thrust nozzle with a fluid communication through the right swivel joint connection to the inlet of the central inlet housing; and

wherein high pressure water pumped into the high pressure hose lifts the flying board and the rider into the air.

2. The flying board of claim 1 further comprising a C shaped nozzle at each end, each of said C shaped nozzles fed by the central inlet.

3. The flying board of claim 2 further comprising a diverter valve means functioning to adjust a shared water flow between the thrust nozzles and the C shaped nozzles.

4. The flying board of claim 3, wherein the diverter valve means further comprises a separate manually adjustable valve for each of the thrust nozzles.

5. The flying board of claim 1, wherein the flying board floats on water.

6. The flying board of claim 1 further comprising an adapter means for the high pressure hose to enable a connection to a jet ski thrust nozzle collar.

7. The flying board of claim 5, wherein the flying board has a narrowed midsection.

8. The flying board of claim 5, wherein the left and right bindings each have a quick disconnect mount.

9. The flying board of claim 7, wherein the narrowed midsection further comprises an underside with land grips.

10. The flying board of claim 1, wherein the swivel joint further comprises a pop out telescoping collar.

11. The flying board of claim 1 further comprising a second thrust nozzle under each of the left foot platform and the right foot platform.

12. The support board of claim 6 further comprising a hand held, wireless controller to activate a jet ski wireless kill switch and wireless throttle activator.

13. A method to propel a rider, the method comprising the steps of:

forming a housing having a support board to support a rider thereon;

forming a left and a right section of the support board that may swivel in relation to one another;

forming one inlet on the housing for a high pressure hose which is also connected to a jet ski;

forming at least one thrust nozzle on the housing to enable the jet ski to pump sufficient water to the inlet to lift the rider at least ten feet in the air; and

forming a swivel joint on the inlet to allow the high pressure hose to maintain a vertical orientation as the support board tilts.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of forming a left thrust nozzle on the left section of the support board and a right thrust nozzle on the right section of the support board.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of forming a curtain nozzle for the left thrust nozzle and a curtain nozzle for the right thrust nozzle.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of the rider using his feet to direct the support board from above a body of water to a downward diving position to a dive into the water position and then to an above the water flying position.

17. A propulsion device, comprising:

a central inlet housing having a swivel joint connection means on its bottom functioning to allow a hose to swivel in an inlet of the central inlet housing;

a left foot platform having a left swivel joint connection to a left side of the central inlet housing;

a left foot platform having a left swivel joint connection to a left side of the central inlet housing;

said left foot platform having a downward facing thrust nozzle with a fluid communication through the left swivel joint connection to the inlet of the central inlet housing;

a right foot platform having a right swivel joint connection to a right side of the central inlet housing;

said right foot platform having a downward facing thrust nozzle with a fluid communication through the right swivel joint connection to the inlet of the central inlet housing;

wherein high pressure water pumped into the hose lifts the propulsion device and a rider standing on the left and the right foot platforms into the air; and

wherein the rider can independently control a swivel movement of the left and the right foot platforms relative to the central inlet housing.

18. The propulsion device of claim 17, wherein the swivel joint connection means further comprises a quick disconnect fitting.

19. The propulsion device of claim 18, wherein the quick disconnect fitting further comprises a swivel joint connection to the inlet to provide a conical area of movement of the hose under the central inlet housing while the propulsion device remains in a horizontal orientation.

20. The propulsion device of claim 17, wherein each of the left and the right foot platforms has a boot mounting pad.

21. The propulsion device of claim 20, wherein each of the left and the right foot platforms has a release button for its respective boot mounting pad.

22. The propulsion device of claim 17 further comprising a wireless hand operated transmitter with a control circuit to control a speed of a remote engine that pumps the high pressure water into the hose.

23. The propulsion device of claim 22, wherein the wireless hand operated transmitter with a control circuit further comprises an engine kill switch.

24. A propulsion system comprising:

a platform for a rider to be mounted on

said platform having at least one downward facing thrust nozzle with a fluid connection to an inlet port for a hose;

wherein high pressure water is pumped into the hose from a watercraft having an engine powered pump;

wherein the pump is connected to a distal hose thereby forming a tether with the hose forming the tether from the platform to the watercraft; and

a wireless hand operated transmitter with a control circuit to control a speed of the engine.