Patent ID: 11873061
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A watercraft, comprising:
a watercraft exterior surface;
wherein said watercraft exterior surface comprises a handle system, said handle system 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.