IP Library Granted Patent US 10,611,438
Granted Patent B1
US 10,611,438 · App. 16/132,132 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Personal watercraft

Inventors: Toshio Araki (Kakogawa, JP); Hironori Kato (Kakogawa, JP); Toru Sato (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B63B25/002B63B35/731B60N3/10B63B2029/043
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Patent No.
US 10,611,438
App. No.
16/132,132
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A personal watercraft comprises a handle which is operated by a rider to steer a body of the personal watercraft; a steering shaft connecting the handle to the body; and a holder capable of holding a drink bottle, and a separating wall with a height larger than a height of an edge of the holder is provided between the steering shaft and the holder.

Claims (24)

1. A personal watercraft comprising:

a handle which is operated by a rider to steer a body of the personal watercraft;

a steering shaft connecting the handle to the body;

a holder capable of holding a drink bottle; and

a seat which can be straddled by the rider during steering,

wherein a separating wall with a height larger than a height of an edge of the holder is provided between the steering shaft and the holder,

wherein a cover is provided in a region that is in a vicinity of the steering shaft and is vertically penetrated by the steering shaft,

wherein a depressed part which is depressed in a downward direction is provided in a region of the cover, the region being in a vicinity of a location where the cover is penetrated by the steering shaft,

wherein the separating wall is provided at a location that is between the holder and the depressed part, and

wherein the holder is disposed at a location that is more distant from the seat than a location where the cover is vertically penetrated by the steering shaft.

2. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,

wherein the separating wall is provided outside a movable range of the steering shaft.

3. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,

wherein the separating wall is located rearward of the holder, in a forward and rearward direction of the body.

4. The personal watercraft according to claim 3 ,

wherein a first wall part is provided inward of the holder in a width direction of the body and has a height larger than a height of the edge of the holder.

5. The personal watercraft according to claim 4 ,

wherein a second wall part is provided outward of the holder in the width direction of the body and has a height larger than the height of the edge of the holder.

6. The personal watercraft according to claim 5 ,

wherein at least one of the separating wall, the first wall part and the second wall part partially includes a lower wall part.

7. The personal watercraft according to claim 5 ,

wherein the separating wall, the first wall part and the second wall part constitute a portion of the cover.

8. The personal watercraft according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holder is provided with a drain port for draining water accumulated inside the holder.

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 Sep 14, 2018
From: ARAKI, TOSHIO; KATO, HIRONORI; SATO, TORU
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046882/0416 →
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