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US 8,555,799 B2Granted
Personal watercraft
AssigneesYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
InventorsKenichi Otsuka, Michael Knoblett
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Abstract
A personal watercraft includes a hull, a deck disposed above the hull, and a seat supported on the deck. The deck includes a platform disposed at a stern of the personal watercraft, an outer wall disposed between the seat and the platform, and an inner wall disposed forward relative to the outer wall. The outer wall defines an opening accessible to an article storage space provided between the outer wall and the inner wall. The outer wall includes a lid arranged to open and close the opening.
Claims11
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck disposed above the hull;
- and
- a seat supported on the deck;
- wherein the deck includes:
- a platform disposed at a stern of the personal watercraft, the platform disposed along a horizontal plane at a position lower than a rear end of the seat;
- an outer wall disposed between the seat and the platform, the outer wall being inclined such that an upper end of the outer wall is positioned forward relative to a lower end of the outer wall;
- and
- an inner wall disposed forward relative to the outer wall, the inner wall being arranged such that at least a portion of the outer wall and the inner wall overlap each other from a rearward view of the personal watercraft;
- wherein
- the outer wall defines an opening accessible to an article storage space provided between the outer wall and the inner wall, and a lid is arranged to open and close the opening;
- the deck further includes a hinge provided on the lid and arranged to join the lid and the deck such that the lid rotates around the hinge between a closed position at which the lid closes the opening and an opened position at which the lid opens the opening;
- and
- the hinge is visible from the rearward view of the personal watercraft in a state in which the lid is at the closed position.
11 more elements
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck disposed above the hull, the deck including a seat support portion;
- and
- a seat supported on the seat support portion;
- wherein
- the deck includes:
- a platform disposed at a stern of the personal watercraft, the platform being disposed along a horizontal plane at a position lower than a rear end of the seat;
- and
- a cover covering at least a portion of the seat support portion at a height between the rear end of the seat and the platform from a rear view of the personal watercraft;
- wherein
- the deck defines an article storage space provided between the seat support portion and the cover, and an opening accessible to the article storage space;
- the deck further includes a lid covering the opening, and a hinge provided on the lid and arranged to join the lid and the deck such that the lid rotates around the hinge between a closed position at which the lid closes the opening and an opened position at which the lid opens the opening;
- the hinge is visible from the rear view of the personal watercraft in a state in which the lid is at the closed position;
- a concave portion is provided at the lid, the concave portion extending inward from an outer edge of the lid from the rearward view of the personal watercraft;
- and
- at least a portion of the hinge is disposed in the concave portion.
13 more elements
A personal watercraft comprising:
- a hull;
- a deck disposed above the hull;
- and
- a seat supported on the deck;
- wherein
- the deck includes:
- a platform disposed at a stern of the personal watercraft, the platform disposed along a horizontal plane at a position lower than a rear end of the seat;
- an outer wall disposed between the seat and the platform, the outer wall being inclined such that an upper end of the outer wall is positioned forward relative to a lower end of the outer wall;
- and
- an inner wall disposed forward relative to the outer wall, the inner wall being arranged such that at least a portion of the outer wall and the inner wall overlap each other from a rearward view of the personal watercraft;
- wherein
- the outer wall defines an opening accessible to an article storage space provided between the outer wall and the inner wall, and a lid is arranged to open and close the opening;
- a gap communicated with the article storage space is provided between either the platform or the inner wall and the lower end of the outer wall;
- at least a portion of the gap is disposed at a height equal to a bottom surface of the article storage space;
- and
- the gap is visible from the rearward view of the personal watercraft.
13 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.