Surface piercing hydrofoil wing
View Patent ↗A hydrofoil for a user on a body of water includes a fuselage with a V-shaped front wing and a rear stabilizer. A mast has a lower end projecting upwardly from the fuselage and an upper end fixed with an elongated deck such that the deck is parallel to the fuselage. In use, the user is pulled forward in the body of water by either a towing device, an impeller device, wave swells, or the like, such that the front wing, through hydrofoil action, raises the deck above a surface of the water. As the deck raises higher above the water, the distal tips of the front wing surface and lose lift, stabilizing the elevation of the deck above the water.
1. A hydrofoil for a user in a body of water, comprising:
a fuselage having a front end and a rear end;
a front wing with distal tips, the front wing being generally V-shaped and fixed at a lower portion thereof proximate the front end of the fuselage, wherein the front wing is spaced away from and attached aft of the front end of the fuselage;
a rear stabilizer rigidly attached with the rear end of the fuselage;
a mast having a lower end and an upper end, wherein the mast is disposed intermediate the front wing and the rear stabilizer and projects substantially vertically from the fuselage, and wherein the lower end of the mast is disposed closer to the front wing than to the rear stabilizer; and
a deck having a top side, a lower side, a front end, and a rear end, the deck attached with the upper end of the mast and being generally parallel to the fuselage;
whereby the user riding on the deck may be pulled forward in the body of water with a tow rope, by wave swells, or by imparting a pumping action to the deck, such that when propelled forward the front wing through hydrofoil action raises the deck above a surface of the water such that as the deck rises out of the water, the distal tips of the front wing surface out of the water and lose lift, thereby stabilizing the elevation of the deck above the surface of the water, the user able to raise the deck by leaning backward, to lower the deck by leaning forward, and to steer the hydrofoil by leaning left or right or imparting a twisting force to the hydrofoil.
2. The hydrofoil of claim 1 wherein the mast has a cross sectional shape of a vesica piscis with a longitudinal axis parallel to that of the fuselage.
3. The hydrofoil of claim 1 wherein the top side of the deck includes at least one foot binding, whereby one or both feet of the user are secured to the deck.
4. The hydrofoil of claim 1 wherein the front end of the fuselage is pointed.
5. The hydrofoil of claim 1 wherein the rear end of the fuselage is pointed.
6. The hydrofoil of claim 1 wherein the distal tips of the front wing are substantially parallel to the deck.