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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Kiyoaki Maeda, Kobe, JP;
Kanji Kiyohara, Akashi, JP;
Takeru Oshima, Kobe, JP;
Yukio Asakura, Akashi, JP;
Kiyoaki Maeda, Kobe, JP;
Kanji Kiyohara, Akashi, JP;
Takeru Oshima, Kobe, JP;
Yukio Asakura, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
In a personal watercraft and a buffer member of the present invention, a gunnel or the buffer member (bumper) functions as a sponson. An elongate-plate shaped sponson portion is protruded in a lower portion of a corner bumper provided on a side portion of a body along the longitudinal direction of the body. The sponson portion extends such that its longitudinal direction substantially corresponds with the longitudinal direction of the body. A rear end portion of the sponson portion has a width larger than that of a front end portion thereof. The corner bumper functions as the sponson as well as the conventional buffer member.