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US 12,539,946 B2Granted
Threaded boat drain plug with ergonomic grip and light enabled garboard
AssigneeProxamus LLC
InventorEduardo Valverde
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Abstract
A garboard drain plug system comprising an ergonomic grip which may aid in tightening and loosening the drain plug by hand without special tools. The garboard drain plug system may comprise a light ring which may surround a garboard, and thereby illuminate an area adjacent to, or surrounding, the garboard. Together, the ergonomic drain plug, garboard, and lighted garboard ring may act alone or in cooperation to provide a method of controlling communication of a fluid through a drain of a hull or transom of a boat or vessel.
Claims13
A garboard light ring, comprising:
- a lighted portion;
- and
- a garboard mounting portion;
- wherein the lighted portion surrounds the garboard mounting portion, and
- wherein the garboard light ring is configured to illuminate at least a portion of an area located in proximity to a garboard, and
- wherein the garboard light ring is formed to provide a surface adapted to be secured in contact with a hull or transom of a boat.
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A garboard light ring, comprising:
- a lighted portion;
- and
- a garboard mounting portion;
- wherein the lighted portion surrounds the garboard mounting portion, and wherein the garboard light ring is configured to illuminate at least a portion of an area located in proximity to a garboard, and wherein the lighted portion is formed to provide an internal volume, wherein one or more light sources are fitted within the internal volume, and wherein the garboard light ring is provided with a transparent or translucent surface on one or more sides of the garboard light ring which allow the one or more light sources to be visible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.