Retractable cleat device
AssigneeCaysher, Inc.
InventorHalford S. Harris
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Abstract
The device has a hollow housing adaptable to be mounted in a marine deck and a spring-biased cleat is telescopically vertically movable therein. The cleat has a rotatably mounted cylinder cam which is engaged by one or more pins that function as cam followers and are releasably mounted to the housing. The cleat is selectively movable to its extended operating position by causing the rotation of the cam to position a different portion of the cam path or groove adjacent the follower via temporary downward force on the cleat and is thereafter automatically locked upon the next temporary force thereon to further rotate the cam.
Claims20
A retractable device for installation in a vehicle comprising an elongated vertical hollow unitary housing adaptable for mounting to a rigid structure of the vehicle, said housing having a top surface adapted to be mounted flush with a surface of said rigid structure, an elongated retractable member slidably positioned in said housing and movable vertically therein, said member having an upper surface substantially flush with said top surface of said housing in a retracted position;
- first mounting means between said housing and said member for limiting the vertical movement of said member, selective operating means for moving said member from a first position wherein an upper end portion of said member is retracted in said housing to position said upper surface flush with said top surface and a second position wherein said member upper end portion is upraised above said top surface of said housing, said selective operating means disposed within said housing and being lockable by a downward force on said upper portion to dispose said upper surface substantially below said top surface of said housing and subsequent release to assume said first position and being thereafter releasable by another downward force on said upper end portion to dispose said upper surface substantially below said top surface and subsequent release to assume said second position, said selective operating means including cam means mounted on said member for being selectively engaged by said first mounting means at a first location in which said member is in said first position and a second location in which said member is in said second position.
A retractable device for installation in a vehicle comprising an elongated hollow unitary housing adaptable for mounting to a rigid structure of the vehicle, said housing having an outer surface adapted to be mounted substantially flush with a surface of said rigid structure an elongated retractable member slidably positioned in said housing and movable vertically therein, said member having an outer surface substantially flush with said outer surface of said housing in a retracted position;
- first mounting means between said housing and said member for limiting the movement of said member, selective operating means for moving said member from a first position wherein an end portion of said member is retracted in said housing to position said outer surface of said member flush with said outer surface of said housing and a second position wherein said member end portion is upraised above said outer surface of said housing, said selective operating means disposed within said housing and being lockable by an inward force on said end portion of said member to dispose said outer surface of said member substantially below said outer surface of said housing and subsequent release to assume said first position and being thereafter releasable by another inward force on said end portion of said member to dispose said outer surface of said member substantially below said outer surface of said housing and subsequent release to assume said second position, said selective operating means including cam means mounted on said member for being selectively engaged by said first mounting means at a first location in which said member is in said first position and a second location in which said member is in said second position.
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