Personal watercraft

Details Personal watercraft Personal watercraft

2000-01-12

2001-02-27

Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)

Ships

Boats, boat component, or attachment

Seat and foot support

C114S055500

Reexamination Certificate

active

06192823

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a rear deck floor for a personal watercraft (also called a PWC) that planes along the surface of the water.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, personal watercraft have come into wide use for recreational purposes or sports.
Personal watercraft have recently been used for water-skiing or the like which has been conventionally performed using a leisure boat. For this reason, a storage box covered with an openable hatch cover has been conventionally provided as a storage means in a front portion of personal watercraft. In addition to the above-mentioned storage box, a storage box having a small capacity which can house very small articles such as gloves, sunglasses or the like has been provided between the riding seat and the steering handlebar arranged in front thereof.
However, in the case where the personal watercraft is used for water-skiing, for example, it is necessary to provide a storage box capable of housing a rope for pulling a water-skier and a flag which is used as a marker. Furthermore, it is also necessary to have a space where the water-skier sits when getting into the water or a space for embarkation when coming out of the water into a watercraft.
As prior art, Japanese Patent No. 2,716,942 has disclosed a structure which is effective in coming out of the water into a watercraft.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In consideration of such circumstances, it is an object of the invention to provide a personal watercraft having a rear deck floor which can store goods necessary for water-skiing and has a space where a water-skier sits when getting into the water or a space for embarkation when coming out of the water into a watercraft.
A first aspect of the invention is directed to a personal watercraft comprising a riding seat located in an almost central portion of a body of a watercraft to the rear portion thereof, a steering handle in front of the riding seat, an engine for propulsion below the riding seat, and a water jet pump behind the engine, the water jet pump being provided with an outlet port rearward and being driven by the engine,
wherein a rear deck floor having a space for at least one adult to sit is provided behind the riding seat and has an openable hatch cover formed thereon, and a rear storage box is formed under the hatch cover.
According to the personal watercraft of the invention, the space formed behind the riding seat can be utilized for sitting when a skier gets into the water or for embarkation when he or she comes out of the water into the watercraft. A rear storage box provided in this space can storage a rope for pulling water skis, a flag and the like.
If most of the rear deck floor in the personal watercraft is flat, it is possible to have a structure which can easily be used by the water-skier.
If an upper edge of the rear storage box is formed integrally with a floor face on a periphery thereof and a bottom face of the rear storage box is attached integrally with a bulkhead of a pump chamber, for housing the water jet pump, provided thereunder in the personal watercraft, the structure can have high rigidity and the stern portion of the personal watercraft can have high rigidity even if a larger space than in the prior art is formed behind the riding seat and most of the space is constituted by a flat area.
If a handgrip is formed on both side ends of the rear deck floor in the personal watercraft, the skier can hold the handgrip when getting into the water or coming out of the water into the watercraft Consequently, it is easy for the skier to get in and out of the water. When goods are to be loaded into the space, the rope for holding the goods can be bound to the handgrip. Moreover, when the personal watercraft is to be moored at a pier or the like, the handgrip may be utilized.
Furthermore, if the handgrip forms a streamline shape integral with a deck fin which is streamlined on both boards of the personal watercraft, the shape of the watercraft will have a nice appearance.


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