IP Library Granted Patent US 9,845,138
Granted Patent B2
US 9,845,138 · App. 14/916,595 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Water sport device having a fin

Inventor: Benjamin Köhnsen (Scharbeutz, DE)
Assignee: Sophia Verwaltungs GmbH
B63H11/113B63B35/7926B63B35/7943B63H21/17
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Patent No.
US 9,845,138
App. No.
14/916,595
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a water sport device having a sitting or standing surface ( 2 ) for a person practicing water sports, a jet drive ( 8 ) and a pivotable nozzle ( 13 ), wherein a fin ( 23 ) is disposed at the nozzle ( 13 ) and is arranged in a fixed position relative to said nozzle.

Claims (9)

1. A surfboard, comprising:

a sitting or standing surface ( 2 ) for a person practicing water sports,

a jet drive ( 8 ),

a pivotable nozzle ( 13 ),

wherein a fin ( 23 ) is provided on the pivotable nozzle ( 13 ) and is mounted in a fixed position relative to the pivotable nozzle ( 13 ) and by an inlet ( 19 ) in an underwater surface ( 16 ) of the surfboard and wherein water is sucked in through the inlet ( 19 ) and is accelerated by a propeller ( 21 ) provided in a water channel between the inlet ( 19 ) and the nozzle ( 13 ) and is pushed out of the pivotable nozzle ( 13 ); and

wherein the fin ( 23 ) has a rear control surface ( 23 a ) located behind the axis of rotation (D) of the nozzle ( 13 ) in a direction of movement of the surfboard and a front control surface ( 23 b ) provided in front of an axis of rotation (D) of the nozzle ( 13 ) in the direction of movement.

2. The surfboard according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle ( 13 ) the fin ( 23 ) are mounted to pivot around an axis of rotation (D).

3. The surfboard according to claim 1 , wherein the sitting or standing surface ( 2 ) for a person practicing water sports and in that the axis of rotation (D) perpendicularly oriented to the sitting or standing surface ( 2 ).

4. The surfboard according to claim 1 , wherein the fin ( 23 ) is fixed to a water side of the nozzle ( 13 ) by nylon screws ( 22 a , 22 b ).

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2021
From: LAMPUGA GMBH
To: WBV WEISENBURGER BAU+VERWALTUNG GMBH
Reel/Frame 057461/0133 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 10, 2019
From: SOPHIA VERWALTUNGS GMBH
To: LAMPUGA GMBH
Reel/Frame 049720/0257 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2017
From: SASHAY GMBH
To: SOPHIA VERWALTUNGS GMBH
Reel/Frame 043279/0578 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: KOHNSEN, BENJAMIN
To: SASHAY GMBH
Reel/Frame 039981/0238 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2013 103 977 U · Sep 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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