Patent ID: 6250983
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: B63B,B63C

Abstract:
A personal watercraft, comprising:a hull with a bow at a front end and a stern at a rear end, wherein said hull is comprised of: a center portion;a pair of elongated side pontoons attached to opposite sides of said center portion, wherein said pontoons extend substantially behind said center portion, and said center portion projects substantially above said pontoons;a rear surface on said center portion defining an integral seat back; anda seat attached to a bottom end of said seat back, wherein a top surface of said seat is substantially below top surfaces of said pontoons, and a bottom surface of said seat is generally coplanar with a bottom of said center portion, said seat is rigid for protecting a rider from injury when striking hard underwater objects; whereinsaid stern of said hull behind said seat and between said pontoons is open for enabling said rider to freely kick for propulsion; andsaid bow including a substantially slanted bottom, and sides converging generally to a point for improving speed and gliding over seaweed.