Patent ID: 6994396

Claim:
A rotatable safety seatback for attachment to a personal watercraft having a seatback control circuit and a seat with a longitudinal axis extending between the front of the seat and the rear of the seat, the rotatable safety seatback comprising: a seatback having an upright position and a boarding position; seatback rotational mounting means adapted to rotatably attach said seatback to the personal watercraft such that said seatback is rotatable through approximately 180 degrees about the longitudinal axis between said upright position and said boarding position; and electromagnetic locking means integral to said rational mounting means for retaining said seatback in said upright position; wherein said seatback rotation means and said electromagnetic locking means are controlled by the seatback control circuit such that when the seatback circuit is activated said seatback rotates to said boarding position and when said seatback circuit is deactivated the seatback returns to said upright position.