Patent ID: 7527007

Claim:
A personal watercraft comprising a) a hull; b) a deck disposed on the hull, the deck having a raised pedestal thereon; c) a jet propulsion unit connected to the hull; d) a power source supported by the hull and operatively connected to the jet propulsion unit to propel the watercraft; e) a steering device disposed on the deck, the steering device having handlebars and being operatively connected to the jet propulsion unit for steering the watercraft; f) a bucket seat disposed on the deck rearward of the pedestal, the seat being removably connected to the deck via a mechanical fastener; g) a pair of footwells laterally disposed on each side of the pedestal; h) a pair of footrests, each footrest being located at a forward end of its respective footwell, and each footrest being forward of the steering device; and i) a misinstalled seat indicator.