Albert W Evenson

US Patent:

59477822, Sep 7, 1999

Filed:

Nov 12, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/968410

Inventors:

E. Robert Siladke - Sterling Heights MI
Albert W. Evenson - New Baltimore MI

International Classification:

B63C 908

US Classification:

441129

Abstract:

A propulsion apparatus is mounted on at least one end of a flexible tubular flotation member which is mountable about the body of the user. The propulsion apparatus is capable of propelling the tubular member and the user in the water. In one embodiment, a housing containing a motor driven propeller is fixedly mountable over one end of the tubular member. A guard containing an open mesh surrounds the propeller. In another embodiment, the housing and the propulsion means are mounted in a bore in the end of the tubular member, with the propeller projecting outward from the end of the tubular member.