Personal watercraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625829-B2
Application number	US-201816110141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2018
Priority date	Aug 23, 2018
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A personal watercraft comprises a body including a deck; and a seat disposed on the deck at a location that is forward of a rear end of the deck, wherein the deck includes a deck floor extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction, at a location that is lateral of the seat, and wherein when viewed from a side, inclined parts which are inclined in an upward direction from a front to a rear, are provided in regions of the deck floor, the regions vertically overlapping with a portion of the seat, the portion being rearward of a center of the seat in the forward and rearward direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A personal watercraft comprising:
a body including a deck; and
a seat disposed on the deck at a location that is forward of a rear end of the deck,
wherein the deck includes a deck floor extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction, at a location that is lateral of the seat, the deck floor further extending to include regions that are rearward of the seat,
wherein when viewed from a side, inclined parts which are inclined in an upward direction from a front to a rear, are provided in regions of the deck floor, the regions vertically overlapping with a portion of the seat, the portion being rearward of a center of the seat in the forward and rearward direction, and
wherein when viewed from above, the inclined parts are integrally continuous with regions of the deck floor that overlap with the seat in the forward and rearward direction and that further extend rearward of the seat.

2. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inclined parts have a dimension in the rightward and leftward direction, which increases from the front to the rear.

3. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the deck further includes side wall parts extending in the forward and rearward direction, at locations that are lateral of the inclined parts, and
wherein upper ends of the side wall parts are located above upper surfaces of the inclined parts, respectively.

4. The personal watercraft according to claim 3 ,
wherein the deck further includes a seat support part which extends upward from an upper surface of the deck floor and supports the seat, and
wherein each of the inclined parts is located between the seat support part and corresponding one of the side wall parts.

5. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rear grip protruding rearward from a rear portion of the seat,
wherein when viewed from a side, the inclined parts are provided at locations where the inclined parts vertically overlap with the rear grip.

6. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the inclined parts includes a first inclined part extending in the forward and rearward direction, and a second inclined part extending rearward from a rear end of the first inclined part, and
wherein when viewed from a side, the second inclined part is inclined in the upward direction from the front to the rear at an angle larger than an angle at which the first inclined part is inclined.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Araki Toshio
• Kato Hironori
• Minesaki Tadao
• Kanamori Minoru

Classifications

• B63B34/10 Primary

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

• B63B32/20 Primary

  Boards specially adapted for use in a prone position, e.g. wild-water sledges (towed water sledges B63B34/54) · CPC title

• B63B35/81 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic