Patent ID: 6036555
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B63B,B63H

Abstract:
In combination with a floating structure adapted to support a person in a prone or sitting position, a completely self-contained propulsion unit comprising a casing, a closure and a single handle fixedly mounted on said propulsion unit, said handle adapted to be grasped by only one hand of a person, whereby said propulsion unit is manipulated solely by one hand, and a flexible elongated tether for tethering said propulsion unit to said floating structure in such a way as to permit the propulsion unit as a whole to be manipulated angularly and translationally with respect to said floating structure by one hand of a person supported by said structure, said casing housing a battery and an electric motor, and a switch in said handle electrically connected, when said closure is mounted on said casing, to said battery and said motor, said switch having a part positioned to be engaged by one hand grasping said handle.