US 12,404,688 B2
Return channel for a surf pool
Clement Ginestet, Saint Quen (FR)
Assigned to WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD., Richmond (CA)
Filed by WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD., Richmond (CA)
Filed on May 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/654,442.
Application 18/654,442 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/057,150, previously published as PCT/CA2021/000045, filed on May 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/026,508, filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0279947 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. E04H 4/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/0006 (2013.01) [A63B 69/0093 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surf pool, comprising:
a surf basin;
a wave generator disposed on a first side of the surf basin and configured to generate waves that travel from the first side of the surf basin to a second side of the surf basin opposite the first side of the surf basin; and
a return channel comprising a peripheral channel portion extending along at least a portion of a periphery of the second side of the surf basin and a central channel portion that is connected to and protrudes from the peripheral channel portion and into a central region of the surf basin, the return channel configured to capture water therein, the central channel portion extending only partially across the surf basin from the second side towards the first side to reintroduce the captured water back into the surf basin at a middle region thereof between the first side and the second side;
wherein movement of the water captured in the peripheral channel portion is limited to movement along the periphery of the surf basin until the water enters the central channel portion at which point the water is able to move directly toward the first side of the surf basin.