Patent Application
20170137094
This invention relates to a lightweight vessel with a kart-like appearance of the type consisting of a lightweight vessel shell, the deadworks thereof being built with all the additions of a kart.
The field of the invention is within the marine industry, especially lightweight vessels industry and industrial components industry, meaning by components engines, transmissions and body panels.
Nowadays, there are a lot of karts driving. To be able to drive a kart, it is usually necessary to be in a specially designed circuit.
Driving karts is relatively simple since most users are accustomed to driving their own cars. Hence, users are familiar with the use of, for example, the wheel to control the direction toward they want to move.
On the other hand, nowadays there are lightweight vessels known with a lot of acceptance, the jet-skis. These vessels can be used by only one person o by several. In case they are for one person only, they might not have a seat, in which case the user will be standing. In all other cases, people sit in a seat designed for it.
A difficulty encountered by people who want to ride a jet ski is that many of them are not accustomed to driving vehicles with handlebars or they don not know how to control the twists that need to be done on the handlebars of the bike to increase or decrease power.
Furthermore, jet-skis are expensive and they need to be kept in ports or docks when they are not being used or withdrawn.
The advocated links the feeling of a lightweight vessel behavior with the ease of use of a kart, so it constitutes a unique element.
Accordingly, we consider that this invention features are new and they are not anticipated all together in any embodiment.
To the inventor's knowledge there is no previous known background incorporating the provisions set out by the current invention or the benefits entailed by said provisions.
Lightweight vessel with a kart-like appearance of the type consisting of a lightweight vessel shell, the deadworks thereof being built with all the additions of a kart, being a preferred embodiment consisting of a shell of a light vessel (1), in the middle part of which there is a propulsion motor which transmits the power to the suitable driving means (4) via transmission means, the deadworks consisting of an assembly of elements that form part of the aesthetics of a competition kart, especially consisting of an aerodynamic seat surrounded by aerodynamic side panels, an aerodynamic front panel, an aerodynamic rear panel, and four wheels with the corresponding mudguards (15) thereof.
Collectively, these panels are protected by a protective strip, rubber or other elastic and impact absorbent material.
At the rear of the vessel, a rear platform is distinguished and on the hull of the vessel and forward of the seat there is a steering bar ended with a steering wheel, where both elements are those that move the steering wheel with the help of the media transmission direction, and the steering bar is protected by an aerodynamic and protective panel which is crowned by a panel of control clocks, and being located on one side of the aerodynamic panel and protecting guard a control lever with three positions: forward, neutral and reverse.
In front of the aerodynamic seat and on the floor under the steering wheel, there is a drawer intended to contain a battery and below this drawer, a gas tank, being located on both sides of the battery drawer two separate control pedals having each of them footrests extending throughout the cabin.
Thus a new amusement model is created for karts users, similar to the amusement encountered by jet-skis.
Furthermore, this invention provides an economical way to offer users the ability to move over a body of water individually.
During winter, the lightweight vessels hulls not to be used can be kept in any type of warehouse or garage, so the expenses are much lower than for other types of vessels.
To complement the description being made and in order to aid to a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention according to a preferred practical embodiment thereof, accompanying as an integral part of said description there is a set of drawings that are illustrative and not limitative character, and representing the following:
And in said figure, same references denote identical elements, among those we can see:
Lightweight vessel with a kart-like appearance of the type consisting of a lightweight vessel shell, the deadworks thereof being built with all the additions of a kart, the vessel consisting in a preferred embodiment of a shell of a light vessel (1), in the middle part of which there is a propulsion motor (2) which transmits the power to the suitable driving means (4) via transmission means (3), the deadworks consisting of an assembly of elements that form part of the aesthetics of a competition kart, especially consisting of an aerodynamic seat (6) surrounded by aerodynamic side panels (12), an aerodynamic front panel (17), an aerodynamic rear panel, and four wheels (14) with the corresponding mudguards (15) thereof.
Collectively, these panels are protected by a protective strip, rubber or other elastic and impact absorbent material.
At the rear of the vessel, a rear platform (13) is distinguished and on the hull of the vessel (1) and forward of the seat there is a steering bar (8) ended with a steering wheel (9), where both elements are those that move the steering rudder (11) with the help of the media transmission direction (10), and the steering bar (8) is protected by an aerodynamic and protective panel (21) which is crowned by a panel of control clocks (23), and being located on one side of the aerodynamic panel and protecting guard (21) a control lever with three positions: forward, neutral and reverse (16)
In front of the aerodynamic seat (6) and on the floor under the steering wheel (9), there is a drawer (19) intended to contain a battery and below this drawer (19), a gas tank (20), being located on both sides of the battery drawer (19) two separate control pedals (7) having each of them footrests (22) extending throughout the cabin.
Having described sufficiently the nature of the invention, as well as how to putting it into practice, it should be stated that the provisions set out above and represented in the accompanying drawings are susceptible to modifications in terms of detail as long as they do not alter its main principles, set out in the paragraphs above and summarized in the following claims,
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| U 201430883 | Jun 2014 | ES | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/ES2015/070006 | 1/12/2015 | WO | 00 |
