Water Sports Boards Having Pressurizable / Inflatable Baffle Chamber Structures Therein, which are Manufacturable by way of 3D Printing

摘要

A water sports board includes a top deck forming portions of an outer surface of the water sports board; an underside forming portions of the outer surface; a set of internal baffle chamber structures disposed between the top deck and the underside, each baffle chamber structure fluidically isolated from another baffle chamber structure and including a plurality of pressurizable/inflatable baffle elements therein having hollow elongate internal passages that are fluidically coupled to one another; and a set of inflation/deflation valves fluidically coupled to the set of baffle chamber structures, wherein each inflation/deflation valve is accessible from the outer surface of the water sports board. The water sports board can also include a concavity adjustment mechanism by which concavity of the underside of the water sports board is adjustable. Essentially the entire water sports board is manufacturable by way of 3D printing.

主权项

1. A water sports board having an outer surface and a length between a tip and a tail of the water sports board, the water sports board comprising:
a top deck forming portions of the outer surface of the water sports board; a bottom deck forming portions of the outer surface of the water sports board; a set of baffle chamber structures disposed internal to the water sports board between the top deck and the bottom deck, each baffle chamber structure including a plurality of pressurizable/inflatable baffle elements therein having hollow elongate internal passages that are fluidically coupled to one another; and a set of inflation/deflation valves fluidically coupled to the set of baffle chamber structures, wherein each inflation/deflation valve is accessible from the outer surface of the water sports board, wherein the top deck overlays the set of baffle chamber structures and the bottom deck underlies the set of baffle chamber structures.