Shock-absorber mounted seat for personal watercraft and boats
AssigneeMardikian 1991 Irrevocable Trust
InventorAlbert Mardikian
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Abstract
A shock absorbing seat is provided in a personal watercraft or boat. The seat has an elongated configuration and is mounted at the front end thereof to the hull or other structural member of the watercraft for limited pivoting motion relative to the hull or structural member. A shock absorber assembly which includes a fluid filled cylinder, a piston therein, and a coil spring externally mounted to the cylinder piston combination, is mounted for limited motion relative to the hull or other structural member of the watercraft, and to the seat so as to support at least a substantial portion of the weight of the seat and occupant thereof, and to absorb forces generated between the hull and the seat while the watercraft is in motion.
Claims12
A personal watercraft of the type which accommodates its driver in a seated position, comprising a hull section, and a seat mounted to the hull in a cantilevered position by mounting means which permit movement of the seat relative to the hull, the seat being configured for accommodating a driver of the watercraft in said seated position, and
- shock absorber means including an enclosed fluid filled cylinder having a piston moving therein against resistance of the fluid, the shock absorber means being mounted to the hull and to the seat for being positioned between the hull and the seat with a substantially inclined longitudinal axis and for absorbing forces generated by movement of the seat relative to the hull when the personal watercraft travels on the water, the shock absorbing means being the only force absorbing means which supports the seat in a vertical direction.
In a personal watercraft of the type which accommodates its driver in a seated position and which has a hull and an elongated seat configured to accommodate a driver of the watercraft in said seated position, the improvement comprising:
- first means for mounting for limited up and down pivoting motion the elongated seat substantially at the front end thereof to the hull of the watercraft, and
- shock absorber means including an enclosed fluid filled cylinder having a piston moving therein against resistance of the fluid, the shock absorber means being mounted for limited relative motion to the hull and mounted for limited relative motion to the seat, for being positioned between the hull and the seat with a substantially inclined longitudinal axis and for absorbing forces generated between the seat and the hull while the watercraft is traveling on water, the shock absorbing means being the only force absorbing means which supports the seat in a vertical direction.
In a personal watercraft of the type which accommodates its driver in a seated semi-prone position and which has a hull and a seat configured to accommodate its driver in said seated semi-prone position, the improvement comprising:
- first means for mounting a seat in a cantilevered position for limited up and down pivoting motion about a horizontal axis of pivot relative to the hull, and
- shock absorber means including an enclosed fluid filled cylinder having a piston moving therein against resistance of the fluid, mounted to the hull and to the seat for being positioned between the hull and the seat with a substantially inclined longitudinal axis and for absorbing forces generated between the seat and the hull while the watercraft is traveling on water, the shock absorbing means being the only force absorbing means which supports the seat in a vertical direction.
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