Wet rider watercycle

摘要

An elongate and tubular body of a watercycle, featuring a fish, for recreation and for exercise in the water, includes two humps on its back serving as saddle for a rider. The seated rider gets wet up to about the waist. The watercycle and the rider are floated by a highly buoyant material located within the upper body of the watercycle. Forward movement is initiated by manipulating the pedals to get the propellers in the body turning.

主权项

1. A watercycle for exercise and for recreation in water comprising:
(a) an elongate, generally tubular body having open front and rear ends defining a passage of water flow entering said front open end and exiting said rear open end when a rider manipulates pedals for forward movement of the watercycle: (b) a propeller shaft rotatably mounted horizontally, transversely through openings on opposing sidewalls of said tubular body at a location intermediate said front and rear open ends, said shaft being provided on each end with external pedal means thereof; (c) float means disposed within an upper portion of said body is provided, said float means for buoying up of said rider and said watercycle; (d) steering means including a first pulley attached onto a bottom end portion of a handlebar shaft, and a second pulley attached onto an intermediate location on a rudder shaft means, said first and second pulleys being interconnected by a cord in a figure-8 arrangement, whereby when said handlebar, and hence the first pulley, is rotated in one direction, the rudder shaft with rudder, will rotate in the opposite direction; (e) diversion means for guiding water flow within said body, said diversion means includes a perpendicular wall disposed on a lower portion of said body, having opposed ends attached to respective inboard sides of said sidewalls.