US 12,168,498 B2
Removable seat for watercraft
Michael Cordery, Tallebudgera (AU)
Appl. No. 17/045,172
Filed by Michael Cordery, Tallebudgera (AU)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050301
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/191813, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901139 (AU), filed on Apr. 6, 2018; and application No. 2018902102 (AU), filed on Jun. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0155324 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. B63B 34/26 (2020.01); B63B 3/48 (2006.01); B63B 29/04 (2006.01); B63B 34/21 (2020.01); B63B 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 34/26 (2020.02) [B63B 3/48 (2013.01); B63B 29/04 (2013.01); B63B 34/21 (2020.02); B63B 2029/043 (2013.01); B63B 29/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removable seat, for a watercraft of the type having a hull or underside and a deck, and wherein the deck is connected to the hull by side portions or rails, and said deck includes retaining means in the form of one or more recesses formed in or attached to the deck, said seat including:
a seat base;
a backrest that is connected to said seat base such that said backrest may generally pivot relative to said seat base;
structural means associated with said back rest for maintaining a preferred shape of said backrest;
anchoring means connected to said structural means, said anchoring means extending generally away from a lower portion of said backrest and a rear portion of said seat base, said anchoring means having a distal end portion that is generally spherical in shape, said distal end portion being locatable within the retaining means and capable of limited pivotal movement relative thereto;
first releasable securing means connected to an upper portion of said backrest and connectable to a location on the deck or the rails generally forward of said seat, and
second releasable securing means connected to an upper portion of said backrest and connectable to a location on the deck or the rails generally rearward of said seat.