Patent ID: 8978571
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A63B,B63B

Abstract:
1. A body board having a heat engine, performing the function of towing a user through the water, the body board comprising: a hull providing buoyancy, said hull being a body board ( said hull remaining partially above the surface in a travelling phase, said hull having a small size, such that said hull does not provide sufficient buoyancy to allow an adult user a travelling position standing thereon and said hull does not float with an adult user lying thereon out of the water, said hull having a throttle control ( said hull having hand-holds ( and a propulsion unit situated underneath the hull or in the hull, said propulsion unit containing a heat engine ( said propulsion unit containing an electric starter ( the exhaust pipe being equipped with a water non-return system, preventing water reaching the engine via the exhaust pipe, when the engine is stopped, wherein the water non-return system comprises an electric micro air pump (