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Multi-use watercraft

  • US 5,353,730 A
  • Filed: 07/22/1993
  • Issued: 10/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a boat intended to float in a water medium while coupled and powered by a personal watercraft, the personal watercraft having a bow, a stern, a starboard, and a port, the bow of the personal watercraft having a hull configuration thereat, the bow and stern of the personal watercraft having a keel configuration therebetween, the keel configuration of the personal watercraft having an intake port for taking in a stream of water of the water medium and also having an output port aft of the intake port for outputting the stream of water, the personal watercraft further having a jet pump for pumping the stream of water from the intake port to the output port so as to impel the personal watercraft while floating in the water medium, and having a power plant for driving the jet pump, the personal watercraft also having a steering mechanism for controlling the angle of the output port with respect to both the port and starboard of the personal watercraft so as to control the impelled direction of the personal watercraft, the personal watercraft further having a jet pump throttle mechanism for controlling the jet pump to vary the flow rate of the water stream exiting the output port so as to control the rate of propulsion of the personal watercraft in the water medium, said boat comprising:

  • a bow, a stern, a starboard, a topside comprising a cargo area and a port, said stern of said boat comprising;

    docking means for slidably receiving and at least in part circumscribing a portion of the hull configuration of the personal watercraft, said docking means comprising;

    a forward portion;

    releasable attachment means for holding the hull configuration of the personal watercraft within said docking means;

    means for maintaining the intake port of the personal watercraft within the water medium while the boat is underway comprising;

    a plate having a longitudinal length and a trailing edge which extends in width from one side to the other of said docking means, said plate when the hull configuration of the personal watercraft is received within the docking means such that the bow of the personal watercraft is in contact with the forward portion of the docking means, is in contact with and supports a portion of the keel configuration of the personal watercraft and the width of said trailing edge is located forward of said intake port of the personal watercraft;

    said boat further comprising;

    steering means for a user to control the impelled direction of the boat in the water medium, comprising;

    a user steering interface situated in the cargo area; and

    a steering linkage means, connected to the steering mechanism of the personal watercraft and also connected to the user steering interface, for moving the steering mechanism of the personal watercraft so as to control the angle of the output port;

    throttle means for a user to control the jet pump, comprising;

    a user throttle interface located in the cargo area; and

    a throttle linkage means, connected to the jet pump throttle mechanism and also connected to the user throttle interface, for moving the jet pump throttle mechanism via the user throttle interface.

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