IP Library Granted Patent US 10,569,845
Granted Patent B1
US 10,569,845 · App. 16/110,196 · Granted Feb 25, 2020

Personal watercraft

Inventors: Toshio Araki (Kakogawa, JP); Hironori Kato (Kakogawa, JP); Hiroshi Yagii (Himeji, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B63B35/81B63B35/731
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,569,845
App. No.
16/110,196
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A personal watercraft includes a recess formed in a deck and a lid member having a mesh-like appearance and made of elastic members crossing each other, wherein the lid member is removably attached to cover an opening of the recess. The recess is formed in a seat supporting section configured to support a seat for an operator to sit during an operation.

Claims (16)

1. A personal watercraft comprising:

a recess formed in a deck: and

a lid member having a mesh appearance and made of elastic members crossing each other, wherein

the lid member is removably attached to cover an opening of the recess,

the recess is formed in a seat supporting section configured to support a seat for an operator to sit during an operation,

the seat supporting section includes a rear grip member,

the rear grip member includes an upper grip portion and a lower grip portion provided at a position lower than the upper grip portion, and

the recess is formed at a position overlapping with the lower grip portion when a body is viewed from a rear.

2. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 , wherein the recess is formed in the seat supporting section at a position facing rearward of the body.

3. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 , wherein the lower grip portion includes a through opening penetrating in a vertical direction at a position overlapping with the lid member when the body is viewed from above.

4. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 , wherein the seat supporting section includes a hooking member, and

the recess is formed at a position in proximity to the hooking member.

5. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 , comprising:

a pin having an enlarged diameter portion at an end, the pin being attached to the deck; and

an insertion hole formed in the lid member,

wherein the lid member is attached to the deck to cover the recess by allowing the enlarged diameter portion to pass through the insertion hole with the lid member being deformed, and inserting the pin into the insertion hole.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060300/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: ARAKI, TOSHIO; KATO, HIRONORI; YAGII, HIROSHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046679/0962 →