Patent ID: 7137348

Claim:
A steering device of a small watercraft, comprising: a steering column oriented to incline rearward with respect to a vertical direction, wherein the steering column includes an upper steering column component that is coupled with a steering handle of the watercraft at an upper end portion thereof, and a lower steering column component that is rotatably coupled with a body of the watercraft about the longitudinal axis thereof for interlocking movement with a steering nozzle of the watercraft, the upper steering column component and the lower steering column component are coupled together so as to be movable relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the steering column, and to be rotatable together relative to the watercraft body; and a fastening device configured to selectively lock the relative longitudinal movement of the upper and lower steering column components; wherein one of the upper and lower steering column components includes a first elongated hole which is concaved in a left-and-right direction and is elongated in the longitudinal direction of the steering column, the other of the upper and lower steering column component includes a protrusion extended in the left-and-right direction so as to be accommodated in the first elongated hole and to be guided by the first elongated hole in the longitudinal direction of the steering column; and wherein the upper and lower steering column components each include a contact surface having a plurality of engaging teeth arranged in the longitudinal direction of the steering column, the upper and lower steering column components being configured to engage with each other in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction by engaging the engaging teeth, upon adjusting the fastening device to lock the relative movement of the upper and lower steering column components.