Temporary barge or boat hatch insert for facilitating void space
AssigneeDow Solutions, LLC.
InventorsJustin Dow, Erik Arlet
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Abstract
A temporary hatch insert facilitating void space servicing wherein the hatch insert is sized to be received in a given hatch opening and will support a person walking across the insert in the hatch opening, and wherein the hatch insert includes a plurality of openings for venting or ventilation of the void space during servicing of the same. A fan or blower mount may be secured below the hatch insert to facilitate venting of the void space.
Claims19
A method of facilitating a barge or boat's void space servicing in a marine environment comprising the steps of
- a) providing a temporary hatch insert for a given hatch opening of the barge or boat in the marine environment including providing for a given hatch opening of the barge or boat in the marine environment including;
- i) a frame sized to be received in the given hatch opening and defining an open area;
- ii) an insert body extending from the frame and covering the open area and configured to support a person walking on the barge or boat across the insert in the given hatch opening;
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- iii) a plurality of openings through the insert body for venting or ventilation of the barge or boat's void space during servicing of the same;
- b) placing the temporary hatch insert within the given hatch opening of the barge or boat during servicing of the void space of the barge or boat accessed by the given hatch opening for support of a person walking on the barge or boat across the insert in the given hatch opening and for venting or ventilation of the void space of the barge or boat during servicing of the same;
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- c) removing the temporary hatch insert from within the given hatch opening of the barge or boat following servicing of the void space of the barge or boat.
A temporary marine hatch insert facilitating a barge or boat void space servicing to be removed following servicing of the boat or barge's void space, the temporary marine hatch insert comprising:
- a) a hatch frame sized to be received in a given hatch opening of the barge or boat and defining an open area;
- b) an insert body extending from the hatch frame and covering the open area and configured to support a person walking on the barge or boat across the insert in the hatch opening;
- c) a plurality of openings through the insert body for venting or ventilation of the void space of the barge or boat during servicing of the same;
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- d) wherein the temporary hatch insert weighs less than 25 lbs allowing for manual carrying, inserting and removing the insert.
A temporary marine hatch insert facilitating a boat or barge's void space servicing to be removed following servicing of the boat or barge's void space, the temporary marine hatch insert comprising:
- a peripheral edge of the hatch insert sized to be received in a given hatch opening of the barge or boat and will support a person walking on the barge or boat across the insert in the hatch opening;
- a plurality of openings for venting or ventilation of the void space during servicing of the same, wherein at least one of the openings through the insert body is a handle sized opening near the peripheral edge of the insert body adjacent the frame configured to act as a handhold for carrying, inserting and removing the insert;
- wherein the temporary hatch insert weights less than 25 lbs allowing for manual carrying, inserting and removing the insert, and is a color comprising a neon color.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.