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US 12,721,433 B2Granted
Water-resistant storage assembly
AssigneeTeak Isle Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorBryan Douglas
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Abstract
A water resistant storage assembly for a boat or other vehicle including a drawer assembly or a hinged-door assembly coupled to a cabinet, wall, or other compartment. The storage assembly may include a series of faces featuring or defining self-draining channels adapted to redirect inbound water or other fluids away from the interior storage area and towards an external wall or other external surface.
Claims20
A storage assembly comprising:
- a first face having a channel disposed on an inward surface of the first face, the channel having a profile and first and second edges;
- a sub-face defining a top-edge, the top-edge substantially matches the profile of the channel, the sub-face is coupled to the inward surface of the first face such that the top-edge is disposed between the first and second edges;
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- a floor and a first and second side walls, each coupled to the subface, wherein the floor, the first and second side walls, and the sub-face cooperatively define an internal area;
- wherein the channel and the top-edge of the sub-face cooperatively define a flow path to the exterior of the first face, the flow path is adapted to redirect fluid away from the internal area.
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A water-resistant drawer assembly, comprising:
- a floor;
- a first and second side walls, each side wall coupled to the floor;
- a first drawer slide coupled to the first side wall and a second drawer slide coupled to the second side wall;
- a sub-face coupled to the floor and the first and second side walls, the sub-face defining a top-edge;
- a first face defining a channel on an inward surface of the first face and a latch void, the channel having a profile, a first edge and a second edge, the profile substantially matches the top-edge of the sub-face, the first face is coupled to the outward surface of the sub-face such that the top-edge is disposed between the first and seconds edges of the first face;
- a barrier plate defining a recess, the barrier plate is coupled to sub-face such that the top-edge is disposed below the recess;
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- a latch disposed in the void of the first face, the latch is disposed above the channel, the top-edge of the sub-face and the recess of the barrier plate;
- wherein the channel, the top-edge of the sub-face, and the recess of the barrier plate cooperatively define a flow path to the exterior of the first face, the flow path is adapted to redirect fluid away from the internal area.
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A storage compartment for a boat, comprising:
- a floor, two side walls, a back, and a sub-face, the side walls, the back and the sub-face coupled to the floor to cooperatively define an internal area, the sub-face having a top-edge defining a U-shaped void;
- a barrier plate defining a milled recess, the barrier plate is coupled to the sub-face such that the milled recess is disposed at a height above the top-edge of the sub-face in the U-shaped void and a bottom surface of the barrier plate engages the floor;
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- an exterior face defining a channel and a drain on an inward facing surface, the channel having a width and a profile, the profile being substantially similar to the top-edge of the sub-face, the exterior face is coupled to an outward surface of the sub-face such that the top-edge is disposed at a height within the width of the channel;
- wherein the channel, the top-edge of the sub-face, and the milled recess of the barrier plate cooperatively define a flow path to the drain of the exterior face, the flow path is adapted to redirect a fluid flow away from the internal area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.