US 12,077,077 B2
Raised seating system for a personal watercraft
Marc Vachon, St-Denis-de-Brompton (CA); Simon Baldachino, Bromont (CA); Magali Bitsch, Saint-Francois-Xavier-de-Brompton (CA); Melissa Theberge, Stoke (CA); and Carl Begin, Sherbrooke (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed by BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,704.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/142,742, filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234566 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B63B 34/10 (2020.01); B63B 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/68 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02 (2013.01); B63B 34/10 (2020.02); B60N 2002/022 (2013.01); B60N 2002/684 (2013.01); B63B 2029/043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal watercraft comprising:
a hull;
a deck disposed on the hull;
a motor disposed between the hull and the deck;
a propulsion system operatively connected to the motor;
a motor control unit operatively connected to the motor for controlling at least one parameter associated with the motor;
a seat assembly supported on the deck, the seat assembly comprising a seat portion being selectively connected to the deck;
a seat support selectively connected to the deck, the seat support selectively supporting the seat portion above the deck;
a sensor connected to at least one of the hull and the deck, the sensor communicating with the motor control unit; and
in response to the seat support being connected to the deck, the sensor detecting a presence of the seat support, and
in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the seat support, the motor control unit limiting at least one of the at least one parameter associated with the motor.