Apparatus for walking on water

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR WALKING ON WATER, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF SPACED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FLOATS; A RIGID FRAME SECURED TO AND EXTENDING OUTBOARD OF EACH OF SAID FLOATS, SAID RIGID FRAMES HAVING FRAME ENDS REMOTE FROM SAID FLOATS; A PAIR OF CONNECTING BARS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS AND ABOVE SAID PAIR OF FLOATS AND HAVING CORRESPONDING OPPOSITE ENDS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME ENDS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AXES SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID CONNECTING BARS, WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF EITHER OF SAID FLOATS IN ONE DIRECTION COMPELS MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER SAID FLOATS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION; A SEAT SUPPORTED CENTRALLY ABOVE SAID CONNECTING BARS FOR CARRYING A RIDER; HANDLEBARS ADJACENT SAID SEAT AND ADAPTED TO BE GRASPED BY A RIDER; A PAIR OF FOOT PEDALS ADJACENT TO SAID SEAT AND SUPPORTED FOR ACCURATE MOVEMENT ABOUT SECOND AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID CONNECTING BARS; MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH OF SAID FOOT PEDALS IN DRIVING RELATION WITH ONE OF SAID RIGID FRAMES, SAID CONNECTING MEANS CAUSING MOVEMENT OF SAID RIGID FRAME IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAID FOOT PEDALS; FINS SUPPORTED AT THE ENDS OF SAID FLOATS FOR FREE SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXES, SAID FINS BEING DISPLACEABLE INTO A VERTICAL POSITION UPON SUBMERGENCE OF THE FLOAT CARRYING THE SAME; AND STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FLOATS FOR STOPPING SAID FINS AT SAID VERTICAL POSITION WHEREIN SAID FINS ACT ON THE WATER TO RESIST BACKWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FLOAT CARRYING THE SAME.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR WALKING ON WATER, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF SPACED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FLOATS; A RIGID FRAME SECURED TO AND EXTENDING OUTBOARD OF EACH OF SAID FLOATS, SAID RIGID FRAMES HAVING FRAME ENDS REMOTE FROM SAID FLOATS; A PAIR OF CONNECTING BARS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS AND ABOVE SAID PAIR OF FLOATS AND HAVING CORRESPONDING OPPOSITE ENDS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME ENDS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AXES SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID CONNECTING BARS, WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF EITHER OF SAID FLOATS IN ONE DIRECTION COMPELS MOVEMENT OF THE OTHER SAID FLOATS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION; A SEAT SUPPORTED CENTRALLY ABOVE SAID CONNECTING BARS FOR CARRYING A RIDER; HANDLEBARS ADJACENT SAID SEAT AND ADAPTED TO BE GRASPED BY A RIDER; A PAIR OF FOOT PEDALS ADJACENT TO SAID SEAT AND SUPPORTED FOR ACCURATE MOVEMENT ABOUT SECOND AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID CONNECTING BARS; MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH OF SAID FOOT PEDALS IN DRIVING RELATION WITH ONE OF SAID RIGID FRAMES, SAID CONNECTING MEANS CAUSING MOVEMENT OF SAID RIGID FRAME IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAID FOOT PEDALS; FINS SUPPORTED AT THE ENDS OF SAID FLOATS FOR FREE SWINGING MOVEMENT ABOUT GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXES, SAID FINS BEING DISPLACEABLE INTO A VERTICAL POSITION UPON SUBMERGENCE OF THE FLOAT CARRYING THE SAME; AND STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FLOATS FOR STOPPING SAID FINS AT SAID VERTICAL POSITION WHEREIN SAID FINS ACT ON THE WATER TO RESIST BACKWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FLOAT CARRYING THE SAME.