Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Seat and foot support
Patent
1999-01-29
2000-03-14
Sotelo, Jesus D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Seat and foot support
114 5547, B63B 1700
Patent
active
060358025
ABSTRACT:
A personal watercraft body has an elongate seat for the rider, elongate foot wells each disposed below a respective opposite elongate side of the seat, and sidewalls each extending from a respective opposite elongate side of the seat to a said foot well. Each foot well is defined by a said sidewall, a floor, and an outer wall disposed in facing relation to the sidewall. A back-of-the-leg support member is releasably attached within each foot well beneath each elongate side of the seat and at least part of the bottom of the support member is disposed above a floor of the foot well to define a water passageway. The support members brace the back of the rider's lower legs during riding. Each support member is formed from resilient foam or is pneumatically cushioned and is inflatable, and releasable attachment is provided by frictional engagement between the foot well and the support member. If a rider is thrown from the personal watercraft with sufficient force against the bracing force of a support member, the support member releases from the watercraft to minimize injury to the rider.
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PWC Magazine; Jan./Feb. 1999; Day Tripping by Bruce Hampson; picture of watercraft on p. 25.
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