Anchor rail for personal watercraft
AssigneeYamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
InventorsScott Jeffery Watkins, Erik Allen Holmen, Robert Owen Brady, Brian Travis Johnson, Louis Robert Doucette, Michael James Ricciardi
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Abstract
A personal watercraft with cargo-carrying surface and an anchor rail mounted on a surface of the personal watercraft. The anchor rail being adjacent to the cargo-carrying surface and exposed to an environment. The anchor rail can include an outwardly facing surface exposed to the environment, and the anchor rail is secured to the personal watercraft in such a manner that the outwardly facing surface is recessed relative to the cargo-carrying surface to form a recess or that the outwardly facing surface is flush with the cargo-carrying surface.
Claims30
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a cargo-carrying surface;
- and
- at least one anchor rail mounted on a surface of the personal watercraft, the at least one anchor rail being adjacent to the cargo-carrying surface and exposed to an environment,
- wherein the at least one anchor rail comprises an outwardly facing surface exposed to the environment, and the at least one anchor rail is secured to the personal watercraft in such a manner that the outwardly facing surface is recessed relative to the cargo-carrying surface to form a recess or that the outwardly facing surface is flush with the cargo-carrying surface.
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a cargo-carrying surface;
- and
- at least one anchor rail mounted on a surface of the personal watercraft, the at least one anchor rail being adjacent to the cargo-carrying surface and exposed to an environment, wherein the at least one anchor rail includes a pair of anchor rails extending in a front-rear direction and spaced apart from each other in at least a left-right direction.
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a cargo-carrying surface;
- and
- at least one anchor rail mounted on the personal watercraft, the at least one anchor rail being adjacent to the cargo-carrying surface and exposed to an environment, wherein the personal watercraft includes at least one receiving groove in which the at least one anchor rail is placed,
- wherein a longitudinal length of the receiving groove is greater than a longitudinal length of the at least one anchor rail, and
- wherein a longitudinal end of the at least one anchor rail is located closer to a center of the personal watercraft than a longitudinal end of the receiving groove in a direction along the longitudinal length of the receiving groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.