Personal watercraft orifice injury mitigation system

Abstract

A personal watercraft orifice injury mitigation system comprising: a passenger lanyard 9 with a key 10 and attachment 11 at opposite ends of said lanyard 9 ; a kill switch 12 , where the key 10 is inserted into the kill switch 12 and the attachment 11 is attached to a passenger on the personal watercraft; electrical contacts 14 attached to the kill switch 12 and a controller/logic circuit 15 , wherein if the passenger falls of the personal watercraft the key 10 activates the control logic circuit 15 , such that if the personal watercraft is traveling less than X mph the kill switch 12 shuts off the engine so that there is no high energy water jet that exits the rear of the personal watercraft thus eliminating the possibility of serious orifice injuries that would be caused by passenger interaction with the high energy water jet.

1 . A passenger kill switch for use in personal watercraft vehicles comprising:
 a lanyard ( 9 ) with a key ( 10 );   a kill switch ( 12 ) with a logic signal output;   a logic signal from the personal watercraft speedometer based on a nominal speed and a controller logic circuit ( 15 ) with an output to engine kill circuitry;   wherein said lanyard ( 9 ) is attached to the passenger on one end and said key ( 9 ) is inserted into said kill switch ( 12 ).   
     
     
         2 . The passenger kill switch according to  claim 1 , wherein when a passenger falls off the personal watercraft and said key ( 10 ) separates from said kill switch ( 12 ) such that at low speeds, less than X mph, said controller logic circuit ( 15 ) stops the high energy water jet from exiting the vehicle. 
     
     
         3 . The passenger kill switch according to  claim 2 , wherein said low speeds, X mph, are approximately 15 to 20 mph. To be determined more precisely for each model of PWC by testing. 
     
     
         4 . A personal watercraft orifice injury mitigation system comprising: a passenger lanyard ( 9 ) with a key ( 10 ) and attachment ( 11 ) at opposite ends of said lanyard ( 9 );
 a kill switch ( 12 ), wherein said key ( 10 ) is inserted into said kill switch ( 12 ) and said attachment ( 11 ) is attached to a passenger on the personal watercraft;   electrical contacts ( 14 ) attached to said kill switch ( 12 ) and a controller/logic circuit ( 15 ),   wherein if the passenger falls of the personal watercraft the key ( 10 ) activates the control logic circuit ( 15 ), such that if the personal watercraft is traveling less than x mph the kill switch ( 12 ) shuts off the engine of so that there is no high energy water jet that exist the rear of the personal watercraft thus eliminating orifice injuries that would be caused by the high energy water jet.   
     
     
         5 . The personal watercraft orifice injury mitigation system according to  claim 4 , wherein X is approximately 15 to 20 mph.