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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2005
David K. Legatzke, Granada Hills, CA (US);
David K. Legatzke, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A swimmers paddle wheel () that utilizes a crankshaft () with a pair of ends () containing crank arms (). Each crank arm () is out of angular alignment relative to each other, and each crank arm includes a handle grip () with a rotating cylinder () and a resilient hand grip () such that a swimmer may grasp a handle grip () with each hand and rotate the crankshaft (). Floats () are disposed on each end () of the crankshaft (), with the floats () having a plurality of paddle blades () extending outward to provide propulsion when manually rotated within a body of water. A removable swimmer seat () is attached to the crankshaft () and is used to support a swimmer when stationary in the water or when the paddle blades () are rotated.