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US 8,573,146 B2Granted
Self-propelled watercraft
AssigneeJackson Kayak, Inc.
InventorsTony Lee, Drew Gregory, Scott Henderson
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Abstract
Various embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to recreational self-propelled watercraft. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a self-propelled watercraft including a hull, a deck comprising a first seat receiver configured to support a seat at a higher position and a second seat receiver configured to support the seat at a lower position, and a seat securing mechanism configured to be operable by a user to selectively secure the seat to the deck.
Claims20
A self-propelled watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a seat;
- a deck;
- a first seat receiver disposed on the deck and configured to support the seat at a higher position relative to an underlying surface of the deck, the first seat receiver including a first, higher seat support surface for a leg of the seat and also including one or more walls that prevent movement of the seat alone the deck when the seat is in the higher position, and
- a second seat receiver disposed on the deck and configured to support the seat at a lower position relative to the first seat receiver, the second seat receiver including a second, lower support surface for the leg of the seat and also including one or more walls that prevent movement of the seat fore and aft when the seat is in the lower position.
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A self-propelled watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a seat;
- a deck, comprising:
- a first seat receiver configured to support the seat at a higher position relative to an underlying surface of the deck, the first seat receiver including a first, higher seat support surface for a leg of the seat and also including one or more walls that prevent movement of the seat fore and aft when the seat is in the higher position, and
- a second seat receiver configured to support the seat at a lower position relative to the underlying surface of the deck, the second seat receiver including a second, lower support surface for the leg of the seat and also including one or more walls that prevent movement of the seat fore and aft when the seat is in the lower position;
- and
- a seat securing mechanism configured to be operable by a user to selectively secure the seat to the deck.
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A self-propelled watercraft, comprising:
- a hull;
- a seat;
- and
- a deck comprising:
- a first seat receiver molded into the deck, the first seat receiver comprising a first, higher seat support surface for a leg of the seat and also including first front and rear walls that prevent movement of the seat fore and aft when the seat is in a higher position, and
- a second seat receiver molded into the deck, the second seat receiver including a second, lower support surface for the leg of the seat and also including second front and rear walls that prevent movement of the seat fore and aft when the seat is in a lower position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.