Patent ID: 6918348
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: B63B,B63J

Abstract:
1. A personal watercraft propelled by an engine, comprising: a body; a hull constituting a lower portion of the body; a deck having deck floors formed on both side portions of the body in a width direction and a raised portion at least extending from a center portion of the body to a rear end portion of the body in a longitudinal direction and being raised from center-side end portions of the deck floors on both sides in a width direction so as to form an engine room inside thereof that contains the engine, the deck covering the hull from above and constituting an upper portion of the body; a straddle-type seat mounted over an upper end of the raised portion of the deck for a rider to straddle with feet put on the deck floors on both sides; and a rear cowling mounted behind the seat such that a rear portion thereof extends rearwardly from a rear end of the seat and front portion thereof extends downwardly and forwardly from the rear end of the seat to the raised portion of the deck along a side surface of the seat, wherein a gap is formed between the rear cowling and the side surface of the seat and the rear cowling and the raised portion of the deck so as to communicate with an ambient side, and an air-intake chamber is formed within the rear portion of the rear cowling so as to communicate with the gap and allow the air-intake chamber and the engine room to communicate with each other.