Patent ID: 7261611
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A63H,B63B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aquatic toy device which is directed by hand across a surface of a body of water, said toy device comprising: a buoyant hull including an upper portion, a lower portion, a bow portion, and a stern portion arranged about a longitudinal centerline, said upper portion including a means for grasping said aquatic toy for projecting said aquatic toy across the surface of a body of water, said lower portion including a substantially planer lower surface for maintaining a cushion of air between said bottom surface and said water surface, said bow portion including a substantially planer front surface, said front surface sloping downwardly and rearwardly from said upper portion to said lower portion of said hull; a pair of forward sponsons secured to said bow surface, said forward sponsons depending downwardly from said upper portion of said hull and extending toward the stern portion of said hull, said sponsons being spaced apart and lying on opposite sides of said longitudinal centerline of said hull, said sponsons each having a generally flat planing surface for providing lift and an inner surface constructed and arranged to direct air from said front surface to said lower surface, whereby said aquatic toy is constructed and arranged to be projected across the surface of said body of water by hand, whereby during forward motion of said aquatic toy device said sponson planing surfaces provide hydrodynamic lift and whereby said front surface and said inner surfaces of said sponsons cooperate to channel air between said lower surface of said hull and said water surface such that said air is compressed and said water will separate from said lower portion of said buoyant hull such that said directed air provides supporting lift to said buoyant hull for reduced drag.