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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2023
Malibu Boats, Llc, Loudon, TN (US);
Cory Wade Dugger, Maryville, TN (US);
Rachael Marie Green, Lenoir City, TN (US);
Jeffrey Lee Predmore, Knoxville, TN (US);
Scott Thomas Ward, Knoxville, TN (US);
Matthew Welton, Sarasota, FL (US);
Malibu Boats, LLC, Loudon, TN (US);
Abstract
A foil displacement system includes one or more foils that can be deployed and stowed. When deployed, each foil can exert downforce or uplift depending on its orientation. For example, each foil may be positioned to have an angle of attack that creates a downward force effectively transmitted to the hull to pull the hull deeper within the water to, for example, create a larger wake. Use of the foil displacement system can enhance or replace the use of a ballast tank system, can be integrated into a new boat or retrofitted to existing boats, can be electronically or manually positioned, can enhance activities such as wake surfing, wake boarding, water skiing or other similar or related water sports.