Personal watercraft
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorTetsuya Iwata
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Abstract
A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body; a handlebar provided on an upper front part of the watercraft body; a seat provided on an upper part of the watercraft body and extending in a front-rear direction behind the handlebar; and a pair of floats provided so as to protrude outward in a watercraft width direction from left and right side surfaces of the watercraft body in order to additionally give buoyancy to the watercraft body. Each of the floats extends in the front-rear direction alongside the seat and is arranged limitedly in a region behind the handlebar.
Claims18
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a watercraft body;
- a handlebar provided on an upper front part of the watercraft body;
- a seat provided on an upper part of the watercraft body and extending in a front-rear direction behind the handlebar;
- and
- a pair of floats provided so as to protrude outward in a watercraft width direction from left and right side surfaces of the watercraft body in order to additionally give buoyancy to the watercraft body,
- wherein each float extends in the front-rear direction alongside the seat and is arranged only in a region behind the handlebar,
- the watercraft body includes a hull and a deck joined on the hull, and
- each float includes a first coupling portion coupled to the hull and a second coupling portion coupled to the deck.
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a watercraft body;
- a handlebar provided on an upper front part of the watercraft body;
- a seat provided on an upper part of the watercraft body and extending in a front-rear direction behind the handlebar;
- a pair of floats provided so as to protrude outward in a watercraft width direction from left and right side surfaces of the watercraft body in order to additionally give buoyancy to the watercraft body;
- and
- a pair of stabilizers protruding outward in the watercraft width direction from left and right side surfaces of a rear part of the watercraft body, wherein
- the pair of floats extend in the front-rear direction alongside the seat and above the pair of stabilizers, and are arranged only in a region behind the handlebar, and
- the pair of floats are separated from the pair of stabilizers in an up-down-direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.