Patent ID: 11878775
Assignee: KAI CONCEPTS, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A method of using a leash system to disable a personal watercraft when a user of the watercraft falls off the watercraft, the method comprising:
attaching an attachment end of an anchoring cord to an anchor point on the personal watercraft;
securing a key affixed to a key end of a switch cord to a kill switch;
attaching a first end portion of a leash cord to the user, wherein the leash cord includes a second end portion attached to a free end of the anchoring cord, and wherein the second end portion of the leash cord is also affixed to a free end of the switch cord;
pulling the leash cord taut against the anchoring cord, thereby pulling the switch cord and causing the key end of the switch cord to disconnect the key from the kill switch to cause the personal watercraft to cease operation;
wherein the user remains tethered to the personal watercraft when the key is disconnected from the kill switch via the leash cord through its attachment to the anchoring cord and the anchoring cord through its attachment to the personal watercraft,
wherein one of the switch cord and the anchoring cord extends through an opening in the other of the anchoring cord and the switch cord, wherein moving the second end portion of the leash more than a predetermined distance draws the key toward the opening.