May 21, 1968
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`D.E. REMLEY
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`WATER SPORT GAME APPARATUS
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`Filed July 10, 1967
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`petitors will endeavor to score points by hitting the op­
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`ponent with his water gun.
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`will center upon!n order to insure that the competition
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`skill and tactics of the drivers, certain restrictions are
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`Donald E. Remley, 1138-A Howe Ave.,
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`onof the boat and in particular 5 placed on the construction
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`Sacramento, Calif. 95825
`Filed July 10, 1967, Ser. No. 652,153
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`the power of the propulsion means. Because rapid high
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`speed man�uvers are required
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`in this type of sport, I pre­
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`the poten­f�r hydro-Jet propulsion as this will eliminate
`tial danger of having a spilled
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`driver being overrun by the
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`or the like.lO other boat and injured by a propeller
`ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
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`The Hydro-Fighting game will be limited to a small
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`This invention is primarily concerned with apparatus
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`area of water. It is therefore feasible that Hydro-Fighting
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`for engaging in an aquatic sport or game which I prefer
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`can be built that would satisfy the requirements
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`to call Hydro-Fighting, in which a boat or other buoyant
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`thus bringing exciting water sports competition to area�
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`body is equipped with hydro or other form of propulsion
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`The boats will15 that have heretofore had no water sports.
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`means having a gun at its bow by which a jet of water un­
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`be small, low-powered and inexpensive in construction and
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`der the control of a player in the boat may be projected
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`will provide exciting water sports competition for people
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`upon an adversary and with manually operating means in
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`who are unable to take part in existing competitive events
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`the form of push rods connected to a tiller post with hand
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`because of the lack of necessary funds and equipment.
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`grip members carried thereupon by which the maneuver-
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`Reference is now made to the accompanying drawing
`ing and speed of the boat and the water gun may be con-20
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`in the main a buoyantwherein the numeral 10 designates
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`trolled in a simultaneous manner.
`member in the form of a boat having an open cockpit
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`sub­with an occupant accommodating seat 12 disposed
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`stantially centrally therein. Forward of the cockpit 11 and
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`My present invention relates to an aquatic sports game,
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`25 mounted upon the deck of the boat 10 there is a water
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`such as hydro-fighting involving water guns for projectin
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`jet directing gun 13 having an "on" and "off" valve 14
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`Je,s o water on an adversary, and more particularly the
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`by which the firing of the gun is controlled as will be de­
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`buoyant members or boats with water guns and propulsion
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`scribed in more detail hereinafter. At the rear of boat
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`means with controls by which the maneuvering
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`10 and located in the cockpit 11 of the boat there is a
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`of the boat and the operation of the water guns may be
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`30 low horsepower gasoline engine 15 shown as direct-con­
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`controlled during the course of a game.
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`nected to a centrifugal pump 16. The pump 16 has an
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`The principal object of my invention is to provide ap­
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`intake at the bottom of the boat and an exhaust conduit
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`paratus for a novel water sports game which wia be simple
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`which17 with a rearwardly extending nozzle 18 through
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`in operation and safe in use to both the occupant and any
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`a jet of water is discharged as the boat propelling means.
`person in the water therearound.
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`35 A pipe conection 19 is also provided for conducting water
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`Another object of the invention is to provide a hydro­
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`the valveunder pressure from the pump 16 and through
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`jet propelled buoyant body or boat having combined
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`steering and propulsion control means and a novel type of
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`shown in FIGURE 2The nozzle 18, as is more clearly
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`water jet projecting gun with control by which the speed
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`of the drawing has a swivel type mounting 20 by which
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`and direction of the boat and operation of the water gun
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`40 the direction of a jet producing nozzle
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`will at all times be under the control of the occupant of
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`to provide for a steering of the boat. To control the noz­
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`zle 18 with its swivel mounting 20 there is an upstanding
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`Other objects and advantages will be in part evident to
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`extending tiller 21 having oppositely arms 22 and 23. The
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`those skilled in the art and in part pointed out herein­
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`re-arms 22 and 23 of the tiller rod 21 are connected
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`after in connection with the accompanying drawing,
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`45 spectively to longitudinally slidable rods 24 and 25 that
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`wherein there is shown by way of illustration and not of
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`upwardly fromare mounted upon supports 26 extending
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`limitation a preferred embodiment of the invention.
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`the deck and support the slidable rods 24 and 25 for
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`In the drawing wherein like numerals refer to like parts
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`movement along opposite sides of the cockpit 11. These
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`throughout the several views:
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`rods 24 and 25 are connected to the tiller arms 22 and
`FIGURE 1 is a top view of a boat with the water gun
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`50 23 by cables 27 and 28 in such a manner that when these
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`mounted at its forward deck with the jet propulsion and
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`and rearwardly the
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`rods are moved alternately forwardly
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`steering means as controlled from the cockpit of the
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`to effect a steer­position of the nozzle 18 will be changed
`boat.
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`ing of the boat. The longitudinally extending rod 24 is
`FIGURE 2 is a side view of the boat shown in FIG­
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`here shown as having an upstanding vertical hand grip
`URE 1 with a portion
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`cable connection 30 with the
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`the seating and interior arrangement of the parts.
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`extending ?asoline engine 15 and the longitudinally
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`For a full understanding and appreciation of my inven­
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`1s shown as having a similar upstanding extending hand
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`object is to pro­tion it should be stated that the primary
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`grip 31 which operates through a flexible cable connec­
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`vide apparatus for a water sport involving the direct com­
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`the valvetion 32 to control the flow of water through
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`retition between two players and their boats, called Hydro­
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`60 14 and to the water jet gun 13. Leading from the valve
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`Fighters. These boats will be similar in design and size
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`connection 14 there is a by-pass or discharge 33 throuoh
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`and will be equipped with a water gun. The competition
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`whic� the water flowing to the valve 14 through the pi;e
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`to the19 will be exhausted when the valve 14 is closed
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`will be held in an enclosed area of water and the com-
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`gun. In this manner a constant flow of water is provided for a game player, a variable speed motor-driven propul­
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`sion means, tiller means for controlling the movements ,Jf
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`at the gun controlling valve 14 in such a manner that
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`said boat-like member when under propulsion, a jet pro­
`water will be availabie at all times when the pump 16
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`jecting water gun mounted upon the deck of said boat­
`is in operation.
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`like member forward of said cockpit, a first longitudinally
`While I have shown the propulsion means as embody-5
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`movable means extending along one side of said cockpit
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`ing a gasoline engine-driven centrifugal pump as a pro­
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`pulsion jet means, it will be understood that the boat may
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`connected with said tiller means, a motor speed controlling
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`be operated with different forms of pump or propulsion
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`grip carried by said first longitudinally movable means,
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`along a second longitudinally movable means extending
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`means. In the event that the hydro-jet is not employed
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`the other side of said cockpit and connected with said
`as a boat propelling means it will be understood
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`independent source of waler under pressnre will be pro­
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`tiller means, said first and second longitudinally movable
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`vided for the operation of the water gun 13.
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`means being adapted and arranged by their joint action
`A feature of the water gun 13 is that it is mounted upon
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`to control the steering of said boat-like member, and a
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`a trunnion-like support 34 at the forward deck of boat 10
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`water gun valve controlling grip carried
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`longitudinally movable means, whereby
`a player in the
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`only an adjustment for elevation. Associated with the gun
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`cockpit of said boat can maneuver the boat, control ils
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`there is an arcuate plate 35 having radially spaced holes
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`speed and the operation of said water gun without re­
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`In this 36 through which a pin or pins 37 are projected.
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`leasing a hold on the control grips carried by said :first
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`manner the maneuvering of the boat 10 in making hits
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`and second longitudinally movable means.
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`upon an opponent is rendered the important activity of 20
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`2.The invention as set forth in claim 1, characterized
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`the game. In other words, in playing lhe gamc,, the players
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`by the fact that the motor-driven propulsion means car­
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`will rely mainly ur,on their skill in maaeuvering the boats
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`ried by the buoyant boat-like member consists of a hydro­
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`to bring the water gun :1.3 into a firing position. The only
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`jet with means by which the direction of th<; jet may be
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`variable being that the gun can be elevated to determine
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`changed to affect a steering of the boat-like member.
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`by the fact that the jet projecting water gun is fixed
`While I have, for the sake of clearness and in order to
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`on the deck of the boat-like member in alignment with
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`disclose my invention so that the same can be readily
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`the axis of the boat with means for securing it at differ­
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`understood, described and illustrated a speci0.c form and
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`arrangement, I desire to have it understood that this in-30
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`vention is not limited to the specific fo,m disclosed, but
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`may be embodied in other ways that will suggest them­
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`selves to persons skilled in the art. It i5 believed ti;at this
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`invention is new and all such changes as come within the
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`Having thus described my invention, what I claim and
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`MILTON BUCHLER, Primary Examiner.
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`desire to secure by Letters Patent is:
`TRYGVE M. BLIX, Examiner.
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`1.A water sport game apparatus, comprising a buoyant
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`boat-like member having a cockpit with accommodations 40
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