Throttle device and method for personal watercraft

摘要

A throttle device for personal watercraft includes a body portion having an arch shape with a central axis extending perpendicular to a top of the arch shape. A first arm extends from the body portion away from the central axis, where the first arm has a first arm end portion for engaging a throttle lever of the watercraft. A second arm extends from the body portion away from the central axis in a spaced-apart relation to the first arm, where the second arm has a second arm end portion for engaging a handgrip of the watercraft. The throttle device is resilient, thereby allowing the arms to be spread apart during installation and biased to return towards a resting position with a resiliency sufficient to maintain a hand-operable throttle lever of the personal watercraft in a desired throttle position.

主权项

1. In combination, a motorized vehicle and a throttle device, the combination comprising:
a motorized vehicle having a handle bar with a handgrip and a hand-operable throttle lever extending generally along the handlebar handgrip, the throttle lever operable in a throttle position from a fully-released position to a full-throttle position; and a throttle device comprising:
a body portion with a central axis;a first arm extending from the body portion in a first direction away from the central axis and having a first arm end portion curving back towards the central axis; anda second arm extending from the body portion in a second direction away from the central axis in a diverging, spaced-apart relation with the first arm, the second arm having a second arm end portion curving back towards the central axis;wherein the throttle device is made of a resilient material, thereby allowing the first arm and the second arm to be spread apart during installation on the throttle lever and handgrip, and biasing the first arm and second arm to return towards a resting position with a resiliency sufficient to maintain the throttle lever of the motorized vehicle in a desired throttle position when the throttle lever and the handgrip are received between and engage the first arm and the second arm.