Engine cover assembly for watercraft

Abstract

A watercraft of the type having an engine access opening for accessing an engine compartment concealed therein. The watercraft comprises an engine cover operatively connected to the watercraft, so as to be displaceable between an engine cover closed position, and an engine cover opened position for allowing access to the engine access opening. The engine cover has a first cover opening and a second opening for accessing the engine access opening. A first door and a second door are operatively connected to the engine cover, so as to each be displaceable between a door closed position in which the doors shut a respective one of the cover openings in the engine cover, and a door opened position in which the doors are away from the respective cover openings for allowing access to the engine access opening.

1 . A cover assembly for a watercraft having an access opening, comprising: 
 a cover movably connectable to the watercraft, so as to be movable between a cover closed position in which the cover covers the access opening, and a cover opened position in which the cover allows access to the access opening, the cover having at least one cover opening therein allowing access to the access opening when the cover is in the cover closed position;    a first door movably connected to the cover, so as to be movable between a first door closed position in which the first door covers at least a first portion of the cover opening, and a first door opened position in which the first door allows access to the cover opening for allowing access to the access opening;    a second door movably connected to the cover, so as to be movable between a second door closed position in which the second door covers at least a second portion of the cover opening, and a second door opened position in which the second door allows access to the cover opening for allowing access to the access opening.    
   
   
       2 . The cover assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the first door and the second door are pivotally mounted to the cover, with a pivot axis of each of the doors being generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the watercraft.  
   
   
       3 . The cover assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the pivot axes of the doors are respectively spaced from the central longitudinal axis of the watercraft, such that the doors are openable generally away from the central longitudinal axis of the watercraft.  
   
   
       4 . The cover assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising an cover latch for latching the cover to the watercraft.  
   
   
       5 . The cover assembly according to  claim 4 , further comprising a lock for locking the first door in the first door closed position and the second door in the second door closed position, the lock being accessible only when the cover is in the cover opened position.  
   
   
       6 . The cover assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein the lock has a slide bolt locking the first door in the first door closed position, and a tab at the second door cooperating with the first door so as to be retained in the second door closed position when the first door is in the first door closed position.  
   
   
       7 . The cover assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising a door latch being actuatable for releasing the first door from the first door closed position.  
   
   
       8 . The cover assembly according to  claim 7 , wherein the latch is actuated by a handle protruding from a space between the first door and the second door.  
   
   
       9 . The cover assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the first door and the second door form a sundeck when in their respective closed positions.  
   
   
       10 . The cover assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the cover opening comprises two cover openings, with the first door covering a first one of the cover openings in the first door closed position, and the second door covering a second one of the cover openings in the second door closed position.  
   
   
       11 . A watercraft having a hull, a deck connected to the hull, a compartment defined between the hull and the deck, and an access opening for accessing the compartment, comprising: 
 an cover movably connected to the watercraft, so as to be movable between a cover closed position in which the cover covers the access opening, and a cover opened position in which the cover allows access to the access opening, the cover having at least a first cover opening therein allowing access to the access opening when the cover is in the cover closed position;    a first door movably connected to the cover, so as to be movable between a first door closed position in which the first door covers at least a first portion of the first cover opening, and a first door opened position in which the first door allows access to the first cover opening for allowing access to the access opening; and    a second door movably connected to the cover, so as to be movable between a second door closed position in which the second door covers at least a second portion of the first cover opening, and a second door opened position in which the second door allows access to the first cover opening for allowing access to the access opening.    
   
   
       12 . The watercraft according to  claim 11 , further comprising a storage compartment accessible from the access opening, such that the storage compartment is accessible by any one of the cover being in the cover opened position, the first door being in the first door opened position, and the second door being in the second door opened position.  
   
   
       13 . The watercraft according to  claim 12 , wherein the storage compartment has a storage tray panel held in the access opening.  
   
   
       14 . The watercraft according to  claim 11 , further comprising a second cover opening in the cover, with the second door covering the second cover opening in the second door closed position, and allowing access to the second cover opening in the second door opened position for allowing access to the access opening.  
   
   
       15 . The watercraft according to  claim 11 , wherein the first door and the second door define a sundeck when in their respective closed positions.  
   
   
       16 . The watercraft according to  claim 11 , wherein the first door and the second door are pivotally mounted to the cover, with a pivot axis of each of the doors being generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the watercraft.  
   
   
       17 . The watercraft according to  claim 16 , wherein the pivot axes of thee doors are respectively spaced from the central longitudinal axis of the watercraft, such that the doors are openable generally away from the central longitudinal axis of the watercraft.  
   
   
       18 . The watercraft according to  claim 11 , wherein the second door has a tab cooperating with the first door so as to be retained in the second door closed position when the first door is in the first door closed position.  
   
   
       19 . The watercraft according to  claim 18 , further comprising a latch for latching the first door in the first door closed position.  
   
   
       20 . The watercraft according to  claim 18 , further comprising a lock for locking the first door in the first door closed position.