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US 7,028,628 B2Granted
Side mirror structure of small watercraft
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinori Tsumiyama, Tsutomu Shimizugami
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Abstract
A side mirror structure of a small watercraft is provided. The small watercraft includes a steering handle, a hatch cover disposed in a deck portion in front of the steering handle, and a side mirror assembly fixed to the deck portion below the hatch cover lower.
Claims4
A small watercraft comprising:
- a steering handle;
- a hatch cover disposed in a deck portion in front of the steering handle, the hatch cover including a side wall having a cut-out portion formed therein, the cut-out portion and the deck portion below the cut-out portion defining an opening;
- and
- a side mirror assembly having a stay portion and a mirror portion, wherein the stay portion includes an internal stay portion and an external stay portion with a plate-shaped region;
- wherein the internal stay portion includes a first end surface fixed to the deck portion below the hatch cover and a second end surface removably coupled with the mirror portion through the plate-shaped region of the external stay portion positioned therebetween;
- wherein the second end surface of the internal stay portion is located in proximity to the opening, facing outside through the opening;
- wherein the external stay portion is configured to cover the internal stay portion from at least above and laterally so that the internal stay portion is substantially unexposed to outside;
- and
- wherein the mirror portion is removably coupled to the external stay portion in a corresponding location on an opposite side of the external stay portion from the second end surface of the internal stay portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.