US 11,873,061 B2
Lifesaving boat hull handle system
James Salmela, Palm Bay, FL (US)
Filed by James Salmela, Palm Bay, FL (US)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/196,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/341,142, filed on May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365231 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 17/00 (2006.01); B63C 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 17/00 (2013.01) [B63C 9/28 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle system for a watercraft, comprising:
a shell forming a cavity in a substantially vertical exterior surface of the watercraft, said cavity having an interior volume;
a handle comprising an opening therethrough, said opening creating a grasping portion of the handle;
wherein the handle is rotatably attached in a rotatable attachment to an upper interior surface of the shell when the watercraft is disposed in an upright position;
wherein the handle hangs in the shell with the grasping portion of the handle oriented in a downward position when the watercraft is in said upright position; and
wherein, when the watercraft is capsized into an upside-down position, the handle rotates away and outward from the shell on said rotatable attachment;
wherein the grasping portion is sized to be grasped by a hand of a person in a body of water both when the watercraft is upright and when the watercraft is capsized.