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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2016
Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Adam Fincham, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kelly Slater, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Adam Fincham, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kelly Slater Wave Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A wave park includes a body of water, and a track positioned in or proximate the body of water. The wave park further includes at least one foil coupled to move along the track, the foil being at least partially submerged in the body of water. Each foil has a curvilinear cross-sectional geometry that includes a leading surface that is concave about a vertical axis to provide drag to generate a primary wave laterally in water of the body of water that contacts the leading surface of the foil, and a trailing surface that narrows from a maximum width of the foil adjacent the leading surface to a point at an end of the foil, the trailing surface to decrease the drag of the foil and to minimize oscillatory waves that trail the primary wave from the water moving past the leading surface of the foil.