Patent ID: 6158378
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A deck floor for a personal watercraft in which a seat is formed to protrude upwardly from the deck floor at a central portion in a direction of a width of the personal watercraft and to extend in a direction of a length of the personal watercraft, and a handlebar is provided in front of the seat, the deck floor comprising:a pair of floor faces positioned so that one of the pair of floor faces is on each side of the seat, each one of the floor faces receiving a sole of a foot of an operator to establish a steering posture;a pair of step faces such that one of the pair of step faces is formed forward of each of the floor faces, each one of the floor faces receiving the sole of the foot of the operator to establish a steering posture;a pair of intermediate step faces such that one of the pair of intermediate step faces is formed between each of the floor faces and the step faces, each one of the intermediate step faces receiving the sole of the foot of the operator to establish a steering posture, wherein the floor faces include first plane portions which are substantially horizontal and continue to the intermediate step faces, the step faces include second plane portions which continue to the intermediate step faces and are inclined to be raised forward, and the intermediate step faces are planes which are inclined at a middle inclined angle between an inclined angle of the first plane portions and an inclined angle of the second plane portions.