US 11,807,339 B2
Deck extender for watercraft
Scott Jeffery Watkins, Canton, GA (US); Erik Allen Holmen, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US); Robert Owen Brady, Sarasota, FL (US); Brian Travis Johnson, Canton, GA (US); Louis Robert Doucette, Acworth, GA (US); and Michael James Ricciardi, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA
Filed by Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, Cypress, CA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,408.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,059, filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0371056 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. B63B 34/10 (2020.01); B63B 34/75 (2020.01); B63B 27/14 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 34/10 (2020.02) [B63B 27/146 (2013.01); B63B 34/75 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A deck extender kit for a personal watercraft, comprising:
first and second mount members configured for mounting to an upper deck of a personal watercraft, the first and second mount members comprising first and second support surfaces, respectively, configured to be downwardly facing when the first and second mount members are mounted to the upper deck of the personal watercraft; and
a deck member comprising an upper support surface, a lower surface, and first and second mounting tabs;
wherein the first and second mounting tabs are configured to fit beneath the first and second support surfaces of the first and second mount members and above the upper deck of the personal watercraft respectively, and the upper support surface of the deck member having a dimension sufficiently large so as to extend beyond an outer edge of the upper deck of the personal watercraft when the first and second mounting tabs are disposed below the first and second support surfaces and above the upper deck of the personal watercraft, respectively; and
wherein the first and second mount members are configured to support the deck member in a cantilevered manner with a portion of the deck member extending over an edge of the personal watercraft, in use.