Easy maintenance flying board

• US 9,555,863 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2015
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZipH20 SAS
• Original Assignee: FlyDive Inc.
• Inventors: Robinson, Brandon
• Primary Examiner(s): Sanderson, Joseph W
• Application Number:
  US14/750,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20150375833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 34/15 for hydroflight sports
• CPC Class Codes: B63H 11/00 Marine propulsion by water jets
• 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

Abstract

A water propelled flying board has a left and a right thrust nozzle. Each thrust nozzle has a knuckle joint attachment to a pressure water manifold. The thrust nozzles can be independently swiveled forward, backward, sideways or other directions relative to the rider. A left foot and a right foot platform are independently secured to the respective nozzle inlet to allow the rider to go toe up of toe down, they can rotate 360 degrees independently with each foot. This enables trick flying maneuvers including spinning like a top. The knuckle joint can be either a hose segment or a bearing. The left and right foot platforms or center blocks can be locked together and can have a spring return to neutral assembly.

Claims

1. A flying water board comprising:

a central housing having a high pressure water inlet on a base pipe;

said central housing having a left and a right elbow stemming from the base pipe;

a swivel joint on each left and right elbow;

a thrust nozzle mounted to each swivel joint at distal end thereof;

a left foot platform having a mounting means functioning to secure the left foot platform to the left thrust nozzle where tilting the left foot platform swivels the left thrust nozzle;

a right foot platform having a mounting means functioning to secure the right foot platform to the right thrust nozzle where tilting the right foot platform swivels the right thrust nozzle independently from the left foot thrust nozzle;

said swivel joint comprising a bearing to twist while allowing high pressure water to flow therethrough; and

a lock means functioning to lock the left foot platform to the right foot platform.

2. The flying water board of claim 1, wherein the base pipe further comprises a bearing above the high pressure water inlet, thereby enabling the base pipe to rotate.

3. The flying water board of claim 1, wherein the thrust nozzle further comprises a solid nozzle with a connection means functioning to removably connect to the foot platform.

4. The flying water board of claim 1 further comprising a spring means functioning to urge each of the left and right foot platforms to a neutral position, parallel to each other, above their respective swivel joints.

5. The flying water board of claim 4, wherein the spring means further comprises a crisscrossed or parallel pair of elastic bands attached to an underside of the left and right foot platforms.

6. The flying water board of claim 4, wherein the spring means further comprises a spring attached to an underside of the left and right foot platforms.

7. The flying platform of claim 1, wherein the lock means further comprises a left foot platform mounting means comprising a left center block and the right foot platform mounting means further comprises a right center block;

and an inter block lock means functioning to lock the left center block to the right center block.

8. A flying water board comprising:

a water hose inlet connected to a base of a Y housing;

a rotating bearing on the base of the Y housing mounted on top of the water hose inlet;

said Y housing having a left and right arm extending from the base of the Y housing;

a bearing connected to a distal end of each arm of the Y housing which is in turn connected to a thrust nozzle;

a left foot platform connected to the left bearing along with the left foot platform'"'"'s respective thrust nozzle;

a right foot platform connected to the right bearing along with the right foot platform'"'"'s respective thrust nozzle;

a manual latch locking and unlocking the left to the right foot platform; and

wherein a rider can point his left and his right toes up, down, or any direction and rotate the respective boot platform forward and backward and sideways and other directions.

9. The flying platform of claim 8 further comprising a spring means functioning to urge the left and the right foot platform to a neutral position on top of the platform'"'"'s respective bearings.