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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Walter Judson Bennett, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Matthew Gunn, Queens Creek, AZ (US);
John Bushey, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Walter Judson Bennett, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Matthew Gunn, Queens Creek, AZ (US);
John Bushey, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for creating a surfing wave in a body of water. An apparatus for the purpose of efficiently producing a variety of surfing waves having a repetition rate and size suitable for surfing. The waves are generated using a controlled up and down motion of mechanical plungers in a way that allows the control of the shape and therefore surf characteristics of the wave. A linear array of plungers is used so that they interact in different ways with bathometry of the body of water and can be changed to further alter the surfing characteristics of the waves. The motion of the individual plungers can be adjusted so that effects of different wave travel distance to the bathometry can be compensated for consistent wave characteristics.