Personal watercraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279876-B1
Application number	US-201816110515-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 23, 2018
Priority date	Aug 23, 2018
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A personal watercraft comprises a body including a seat support section in which a storage is accommodated; a front seat which is mountable on the seat support section; a rear seat which covers the storage in a state in which the rear seat is secured onto the seat support section; an opening/closing mechanism including a pivot section provided at a front end portion of the rear seat and opens and closes the rear seat and a slider section which guides the pivot section and slides the rear seat in a rearward direction. In a closed state in which the front seat and the rear seat are secured onto the seat support section, a rear end of the front seat is located rearward of and above a front end of the rear seat, and the pivot section is located below and forward of the rear end of the front seat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A personal watercraft comprising:
a body including a seat support section in which a storage is accommodated;
a front seat which is mountable on a front portion of the seat support section and on which a rider is seated in a state in which the rider straddles the front seat;
a rear seat which covers the storage from above in a state in which the rear seat is secured onto a rear portion of the seat support section, and on which a passenger is seated on the rear seat in a state in which the passenger straddles the rear seat; and
an opening/closing mechanism including a pivot section which is provided at a front end portion of the rear seat and opens and closes the rear seat around a rotational axis line extending in a rightward and leftward direction, and a slider section which guides the pivot section and slides the rear seat in a rearward direction, the rear seat being configured to be opened to expose the storage,
wherein in a closed state in which the front seat and the rear seat are secured onto the seat support section, a rear end of the front seat is located rearward of and above a front end of the rear seat, and the pivot section is located below and forward of the rear end of the front seat.

2. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the opening/closing mechanism further includes a positioning section which supports the rear seat such that the rear seat is inclined in a forward direction, in an open state in which the rear seat exposes the storage.

3. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the front seat includes a front cushion member and a front bottom plate provided at an underside of the front cushion member,
wherein the rear seat includes a rear cushion member and a rear bottom plate provided at an underside of the rear cushion member, and
wherein the opening/closing mechanism is provided at the front bottom plate and the rear bottom plate.

4. The personal watercraft according to claim 3 ,
wherein the front bottom plate includes:
a front bottom plate body mounted on a lower surface of the front cushion member;
a guide block protruding rearward from the front bottom plate body; and
a pair of right and left guide grooves provided in side surfaces, respectively, of the guide block,

wherein the rear bottom plate includes:
a rear bottom plate body mounted on a lower surface of the rear cushion member;
a pair of right and left arms protruding forward from the rear bottom plate body; and
a pair of right and left pins protruding from tip end portions of the pair of right and left arms, respectively such that the pins are closer to each other, and
wherein the pivot section includes the pair of right and left pins, and the slider section includes the pair of right and left grooves.

5. The personal watercraft according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a lock mechanism which locks a rear portion of the rear seat to the seat support section,
wherein the pair of right and left guide grooves are inclined in an upward direction, from a front to a rear.

6. The personal watercraft according to claim 4 ,
wherein each of the pair of right and left guide grooves has a front region in which corresponding one of the pair of right and left pins is located, in a state in which the rear seat is at a closed position, a rear region in which the corresponding one of the pair of right and left pins is located, in a state in which the rear seat is at an open position, and a middle region between the front region and the rear region, and
wherein a distance in the rightward and leftward direction between bottom surfaces of middle regions of the pair of right and left guide grooves is longer than a distance in the rightward and leftward direction between bottom surfaces of front regions of the pair of right and left guide grooves, and a distance in the rightward and leftward direction between bottom surfaces of rear regions of the pair of right and left guide grooves.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Araki Toshio
• Sato Toru
• Onohata Azusa

Classifications

• B63B2029/043

  Seats; Arrangements thereof on vessels · CPC title

• B63B35/81 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B63B34/10 Primary

  Power-driven personal watercraft, e.g. water scooters (water jet propulsion B63H11/00; jet steering B63H25/46); Accessories therefor · CPC title