Patent ID: 6240866
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
In an anti-vibration structure for a watercraft including a plastic hull having longitudinally extending side walls and a plastic deck which are joined together in a vertical direction and form a gunwale having a generally horizontally extending top edge, wherein a part of the deck extends upwardly to form a plurality of upright side walls defining a seat platform that forms an opening upon which a straddle type seat is disposed, the improvement comprising:a first vibration damping material affixed to a surface of at least one of said seat platform side walls located at a longitudinal position in the side walls located beneath the opening and at least a part of the first damping material located so that it is intersected by a first imaginary generally horizontal plane including the top edge of the gunwale; anda second vibration damping material affixed to inner surfaces of said hull side walls at a longitudinal location on the hull where it is intersected by a second generally horizontal imaginary plane that also intersects a portion of the first damping material.