US 12,187,389 B2
Personal watercraft
Erik Rogers, Cadillac, MI (US); and Michael T. Yobe, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US)
Filed by Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,314.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,685, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266951 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 3/48 (2006.01); B63B 5/24 (2006.01); B63B 29/04 (2006.01); B63H 20/02 (2006.01); B63H 21/21 (2006.01); B63H 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 3/48 (2013.01) [B63B 5/24 (2013.01); B63B 29/04 (2013.01); B63H 20/02 (2013.01); B63H 21/213 (2013.01); B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63B 2029/043 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal watercraft comprising:
a hull bottom having a fore portion and an aft portion;
a port sponson and a starboard sponson each fixed to the hull bottom and extending from the fore portion to the aft portion, the port sponson including a port groove extending forwardly from an aft edge thereof, and the starboard sponson including a starboard groove extending forwardly from an aft edge thereof; and
a deck fixed to the port sponson and the starboard sponson, the deck spaced above the hull bottom, the deck extending from the fore portion to the aft portion such that the hull bottom, the port sponson, the starboard sponson and the deck cooperating to define a flotation cavity, and the deck including a port key sized to be slideably received within the port groove and a starboard key sized to be slideably received within the starboard groove.