Inflatable watercraft with portable engine package

Claim 1

A manually portable watercraft comprising, in combination: (a) a rigid hull member having a relatively wide, generally rectangular stern portion tapering to a more narrow bow portion; (b) a plurality of tubular inflatable chamber members secured to said hull member and extending along the opposed side edges thereof from said stern portion to said bow portion; (c) a baseplate permanently inset in said hull member midway between said opposed side edges proximate the stern portion, said baseplate including a water inlet port extending therethrough; (d) a manually portable internal combustion engine driven pump module, the pump in said module having a low pressure water inlet and a high pressure water outlet; (e) deflector means pivotally coupled about a vertical axis relative to said high pressure water outlet for controlling the direction of the water stream exiting said outlet; (f) means for rapidly coupling and uncoupling said module to said hull member over said baseplate such that when said module is coupled to said hull member, said low pressure water inlet of said pump is in fluid communication with said water inlet port in said baseplate and said high pressure water outlet is pointed in the aft direction at a location above said hull member; and (g) a joystick lever means releasably attached on one of said inflatable chamber members at a location in reach of an operator to be removable with said module and said joystick lever means being adapted to be connected to said deflector means for pivoting said deflector means.