Patent ID: 8555799

Claim:
A personal watercraft comprising: a hull; a deck disposed above the hull; and a seat supported on the deck; wherein the deck includes: a platform disposed at a stern of the personal watercraft, the platform disposed along a horizontal plane at a position lower than a rear end of the seat; an outer wall disposed between the seat and the platform, the outer wall being inclined such that an upper end of the outer wall is positioned forward relative to a lower end of the outer wall; and an inner wall disposed forward relative to the outer wall, the inner wall being arranged such that at least a portion of the outer wall and the inner wall overlap each other from a rearward view of the personal watercraft; wherein the outer wall defines an opening accessible to an article storage space provided between the outer wall and the inner wall, and a lid is arranged to open and close the opening; the deck further includes a hinge provided on the lid and arranged to join the lid and the deck such that the lid rotates around the hinge between a closed position at which the lid closes the opening and an opened position at which the lid opens the opening; and the hinge is visible from the rearward view of the personal watercraft in a state in which the lid is at the closed position.