Device for generating a plume of water

US6409555B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Rave Sports Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thomas M. Plante · Woodbury, US
• Mary S. Slagle · Roseville, US
• Michael J. Nanoff · Bloomington, US
• Valdin Omvig · Fairmont, US
• Christopher Root · Cambridge, CA
• Mark Brandenhoff · Bloomington, US
• Adam Stapleton · Eagan, US
• Daniel Paul Longhenry · Bloomington, US
• H. Peter Gardner · Edina, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 8, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T70/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention features a device for generating a plume of water, the device including a) a first side wall, b) a second side wall extending at an angle to the first side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall defining a tapered channel, the channel including i) a first end, ii) a second end, and iii) a longitudinal extent extending between the first end and the second end, c) a first flange extending at an angle to the first side wall, and d) a second flange extending at an angle to the second side wall.