Personal watercraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10689069-B2
Application number	US-201816110165-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2018
Priority date	Aug 23, 2018
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 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. The deck includes a depressed part formed by depressing a portion of the deck which is rearward of the seat. The depressed part includes a bottom wall surface extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward 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 depressed part formed by depressing a portion of the deck which is rearward of a rear end of the seat,
wherein the depressed part includes:
a bottom wall surface extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction, the bottom wall surface being configured for seating of a player; and
side wall surfaces extending upward from side ends of the bottom wall surface and inclined outwardly in the rightward and leftward direction, and

wherein, in a top view, the bottom wall surface has a dimension in the rightward and leftward direction which increases from a front to a rear, and the side wall surfaces have a dimension in the rightward and leftward direction which decreases from the front to the rear.

2. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the depressed part has an inner space surrounded by the bottom wall surface, the side wall surfaces and a front wall surface extending upward from a front end of the bottom wall surface, and
wherein the inner space of the depressed part opens in a rearward direction.

3. The personal watercraft according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a rear grip protruding in the rearward direction from a rear portion of the seat,
wherein the rear grip has a rear end located forward of an upper end of the front wall surface of the depressed part.

4. The personal watercraft according to claim 2 ,
wherein the side wall surfaces are inclined in an upward direction from the side ends of the bottom wall surface to lateral sides, and
wherein the front wall surface is inclined in the upward direction from the front end of the bottom wall surface to a front.

5. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the side wall surfaces has a dimension in an upward and downward direction, which increases from a rear to a front.

6. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bottom wall surface is inclined in a downward direction from a front to a rear.

7. The personal watercraft according to claim 3 ,
wherein the rear grip includes a first grip part and a second grip part disposed below the first grip part, and
wherein the second grip part has a rear end located rearward of a rear end of the first grip part.

8. The personal watercraft according to claim 6 ,
wherein the deck includes a seat support part which extends upward from an upper surface of a deck floor of the deck and supports the seat, and
wherein the seat support part has a rear portion inclined in an upward direction, from a rear to a front.

9. The personal watercraft according to claim 6 ,
wherein the depressed part has a maximum width that is larger than a maximum width of the seat.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B63B32/20 Primary

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

• B63B34/10 Primary

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