Toolless fin mount assembly

A fin mount assembly, comprising:

• a fin:
• and
• a fin mounting box for a water sports board,
• wherein the mounting box is adapted to be mounted to the board, the mounting box having an outwardly facing channel formed therein,
• wherein said fin comprises a fin base and a body extending from the fin base, the fin base being shaped to be received in the channel, and
• wherein the channel comprises channel engagement formations and the fin base comprises corresponding fin base engagement formations in engagement with said channel engagement formations when the fin base is inserted into the channel so as to retain the fin in the mounting box;
• and
• a locking tab received in the channel to prevent movement of the fin base in the channel and disengagement of the corresponding channel and fin base engagement formations,
• wherein the mounting box comprises an elongated body having a first end and a second end, the channel being formed in the body to extend from the first end to the second end,
• wherein the channel comprises a fin section and a lock section, the lock section being disposed adjacent the first end and the fin section extending from the lock section towards the second end, the fin section adapted to receive the fin base and the lock section adapted to receive the locking tab,
• wherein the channel engagement formations are comprised of at least one retention means being comprised of at least one pair of protrusions, a first protrusion of said at least one pair of protrusions being comprised of at least one retention protrusion extending from an internal side wall of the mounting box channel, a second protrusion of said at least one pair of protrusions being comprised of at least one biased button head extending from an opposite facing internal side wall of the mounting box channel, said at least one biased button head disposed opposite to and spaced from said at least one retention protrusion,
• wherein the fin base engagement formations are comprised of a respective first recess configured to receive said at least one retention protrusion, said respective first recess being in a side wall of said fin base, and a respective first flat wall surface configured to engage said at least one biased button head, said respective first flat wall surface being in an opposite side wall of said fin base.