Easily Transportable Personal Watercraft
AssigneeBoat in a Box, LLC
InventorsClint Donaldson, David Yonce
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Abstract
A personal watercraft has a saddle with a seating surface, first and second opposite sides, and front and back ends. A pair of footing surfaces proceed from proximate lower edges of first and second opposite sides. A front recess is defined in the front end and has upper and lower portions that extend further away from the saddle than a medial portion. A back recess is defined in the back end and has upper and lower portions that extend further away from the saddle than a medial portion. The front and back recesses are configured to secure an inflatable body that substantially surrounds the saddle with the footing surfaces at least partially exposed.
Claims20
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a saddle having a seating surface, first and second opposite sides, and front and back ends;
- a pair of footing surfaces proceeding from proximate lower edges of first and second opposite sides;
- a front recess defined in the front end and having upper and lower portions that extend further away from the saddle than a medial portion;
- a back recess defined in the back end and having upper and lower portions that extend further away from the saddle than a medial portion;
- wherein the front and back recesses are configured to secure an inflatable body that substantially surrounds the saddle with the footing surfaces at least partially exposed.
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a saddle having a substantially vertical passage therethrough;
- and
- a motor having a control head on an upper end attached to an upper shaft, and having a propeller assembly on a lower and attached to a lower shaft, the upper and lower shaft connecting by a hinge;
- wherein the propeller assembly may be retracted and the hinge bent such that the upper shaft may lie substantially horizontally over the saddle while the lower shaft remains in the passage;
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- wherein hinge may be straightened and the propeller assembly extended by moving the upper shaft at least partially into the passage.
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a saddle having a seating surface and an adjacent vertical passageway through the saddle;
- a motor support insert at least partially occupying the vertical passageway;
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- a motor having an upper shaft with a control unit and hinged to a lower shaft with a propeller unit;
- wherein the support insert provides a first configuration that supports the motor with the propeller unit extended by retaining the upper and lower shaft in a fixed relationship but allowing rotation of the shafts, and the support insert provides a second configuration that allows the propeller unit to retract and the upper and lower shaft to bend relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.