# US 8,997,679 B2 · Pleasure boat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,997,679 B2 - Document ID: US8997679B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/988,188 - Filed: 2011-11-17 - Published: 2013-09-12 - Granted: 2015-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2010-11-18 - Assignees: Enrico Giovanni Puppi - Applicants: Mauro Ricci - Inventors: Mauro Ricci - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8997679B2 ## CPC - B63H 16/20: using rotary cranking arm - B63B 34/00: Vessels specially adapted for water sports or leisure; Body-supporting devices specially adapted for water sports or leisure (water sports boards B63B32/00; swimming frameworks A63B35/00; propulsion arrangements actuated by muscle power B63H16/00) - B63C 11/16: with air supply by suction from diver, e.g. snorkels - B63H 2016/202: {specially adapted or arranged for being actuated by the feet of the user, e.g. using bicycle-like pedals} - B63H: MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles B60V1/14; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, B63G; specially adapted for torpedoes F42B19/00) - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - B63C: LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS (floating nets, floating slipways, or the like for recovering aircraft from the water B63B35/52) ## Abstract The present invention refers to a pleasure boat and particularly but not exclusively to a pedal boat. According to the invention, in order to make sea excursions with said pleasure boat more attractive, the boat comprises a jetted tub on board, preferably fed with seawater drawn directly from the surrounding environment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Pleasure boat comprising at least one hull, propulsion means arranged for moving the boat on the water; and a platform mounted on said at least one hull, said boat further comprising a jetted tub provided on said platform, said jetted tub having a water recirculation system; and a pump commanding device for driving surrounding water into said jetted tub; wherein said pump commanding device comprises at least one suction tube arranged to draw water from the sea; a plurality of circulation ducts terminating with outlet mouths directed towards a plurality of positions provided in said jetted tub; a drawing pump connected to said suction tube, said drawing pump being arranged to suck water from the suction tube and transport the water through the circulation ducts to said plurality of positions provided in said jetted tub; said drawing pump being selectively connectable to said suction tube or to said recirculation system; so that when the drawing pump is connected to the suction tube, the water recirculation system is disconnected from said drawing pump, and when the suction tube is disconnected from said drawing pump the recirculation system is connected to said drawing pump and the jetted tub can continue to function with its own water; and wherein said pleasure boat is a pedal boat having pedals and respective pedal seats, said circulation ducts terminating with further outlet mouths directed toward said pedal seats. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Pleasure boat according to claim 1, wherein said outlet mouths are directed towards respective positions in said boat corresponding to user seats. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Pleasure boat according to claim 1, wherein said boat also comprises electrical power supply means for supplying power to said drawing pump. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) Pleasure boat according to claim 2, wherein said boat also comprises electrical power supply means for supplying power to said drawing pump. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) Pleasure boat according to claim 3, wherein said electrical power supply means comprise one or more batteries. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) Pleasure boat according to claim 3, wherein said electrical power supply means also supply power to the electric circuits provided on said boat. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) Pleasure boat according to claim 3, wherein said electrical power supply means comprise an electric generator connected to said propulsion means of said boat, the mechanical energy developed by said propulsion means being converted into electrical energy for said electrical power supply. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) Pleasure boat according to claim 3, wherein said electrical power supply means comprise one or more photovoltaic panels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Pleasure boat according to claim 1, wherein said pedals are mechanically connected to a blade wheel for the propulsion of said pedal boat. ### Claim 10 Pleasure boat comprising at least one hull, propulsion means arranged for moving the boat on the water; and a platform mounted on said at least one hull, said boat further comprising a jetted tub provided on said platform, said jetted tub having a water recirculation system; and a pump commanding device for driving surrounding water into said jetted tub; wherein said pump commanding device comprises at least one suction tube arranged to draw water from the sea; a plurality of circulation ducts terminating with outlet mouths directed towards a plurality of positions provided in said jetted tub; a drawing pump connected to said suction tube, said drawing pump being arranged to suck water from the suction tube and transport the water through the circulation ducts to said plurality of positions provided in said jetted tub; said drawing pump being selectively connectable to said suction tube or to said recirculation system; so that when the drawing pump is connected to the suction tube, the water recirculation system is disconnected from said drawing pump, and when the suction tube is disconnected from said drawing pump the recirculation system is connected to said drawing pump and the jetted tub can continue to function with its own water; and wherein said pleasure boat is a rowboat. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Pleasure boat according to claim 1, wherein said pleasure boat is a dinghy. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) Pleasure boat according to claim 1, wherein said pleasure boat is a sailboat. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) Pleasure boat according to claim 1, wherein said pleasure boat is a motorboat. ### Claim 14 Pleasure boat, comprising: at least one hull, propulsion means arranged for moving the boat on the water; and a platform mounted on said at least one hull, said boat further comprising a jetted tub provided on said platform, said jetted tub having a water recirculation system; and a pump commanding device for driving surrounding water into said jetted tub; wherein said pump commanding device comprises at least one suction tube arranged to draw water from the sea; a plurality of circulation ducts terminating with outlet mouths directed towards a plurality of positions provided in said jetted tub; a drawing pump connected to said suction tube, said drawing pump being arranged to suck water from the suction tube and transport the water through the circulation ducts to said plurality of positions provided in said jetted tub; said drawing pump being selectively connectable to said suction tube or to said recirculation system; so that when the drawing pump is connected to the suction tube, the water recirculation system is disconnected from said drawing pump, and when the suction tube is disconnected from said drawing pump the recirculation system is connected to said drawing pump and the jetted tub can continue to function with its own water; and wherein said pleasure boat is a pedal boat having pedals and respective pedal seats. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) Pleasure boat according to claim 10, wherein said pleasure boat is a dinghy.