Releasable mounting bracket for a pump
OwnerDel Andrewsinventor
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Abstract
A mounting bracket assembly adapted for releasably mounting a bait pump to the transom of boat below the waterline, wherein the mounting bracket assembly comprises a tapered mounting bracket that is fixedly secured to the transom and a pump support carriage which is removably attached to the mounting bracket by means of a flexible latching tongue that is integrally formed as part of the pump support carriage, the bait pump being fixedly secured within a cup-like receptacle so as to be readily removed with the pump support carriage.
Claims10
A mounting bracket assembly for pumps comprising:
- a mounting bracket having a supporting wall and oppositely disposed side walls, wherein keeper means are formed therein;
- a pump support carriage defining a support cup, whereby a pump is mountable in said support cup;
- a passage means formed in said bottom of said support carriage to allow water to pass therethrough into said support cup and be directed into the pump supported therein;
- a rear mounting wall integrally formed with said pump support carriage;
- said rear mounting wall being formed with means for attaching said pump support carriage to said keeper means of said mounting bracket and means for releasably latching said support carriage to said mounting bracket as said attaching means is received in said keeper means of said mounting bracket;
- said keeper means comprising a vertical slot formed within the inner surface of each of said side walls, wherein each of said slots is formed with an opening therein to receive said attaching means;
- wherein said attaching means is defined by a pair of oppositely disposed key members formed along the vertical edges of said rear mounting wall and positioned to be received in said respective vertical slots formed in said side walls of said mounting bracket;
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- wherein said releasable latching means comprises an upwardly extending latching member formed with a pair of oppositely disposed shoulder members and a latching tongue, said shoulder members being positioned to engage a pair of corresponding projecting members formed on said support wall of said mounting bracket, and wherein said projecting members are spaced apart so as to receive said latching tongue therebetween.
In combination, a mounting bracket assembly with a pump of the type mounted on the transom of a boat below the waterline so as to pump fresh water into a bait tank, the improvement which comprises:
- a mounting bracket having a supporting wall and oppositely disposed side walls;
- keeper means formed in said side walls;
- a pump support carriage defining a support cup, whereby a pump is mountable in said support cup;
- a passage means formed in said bottom of said support carriage, whereby water passes therethrough into said support cup and is directed into the pump supported therein;
- a rear mounting wall formed with said pump support carriage, said rear mounting wall being formed with attaching means for attaching said pump support carriage to said keeper means of said mounting bracket and latching means for releasably securing said support carriage to said mounting bracket as said attaching means is received in said keeper means of said mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.