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US 5,469,804 AGranted
Instrument mounting apparatus for sailboats
OwnerWilliam D. Brackeninventor
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Abstract
Mounting apparatus for securing instruments onto the mast of a sailboat comprising a U-shaped frame adapted for lateral placement in an interfit relation with the mast and hose straps extending from one side of the frame to about the backside of the mast for receipt by hose clamps on the other side of the frame that draw the straps and frame into a snug-tight relation about the mast.
Claims9
A mounting apparatus for mounting instruments onto the mast of a sailboat, said mounting apparatus comprising:
- a substantially U-shaped frame adapted for lateral mounting onto said mast, said frame having a front wall and a pair of side walls extending from said front wall to distal ends defining an intervening gap therebetween in which to receive said mast;
- placement means on said frame for effecting a placement interfit between said frame and a formation on said mast;
- said placement means comprising a recess defined in an exposed surface of one of said mast or said frame and a protuberance projecting outward from an exposed surface of the other of said mast or said frame for receipt inward of said recess;
- a bulkhead secured transversely extending between said sidewalls at a predetermined distance behind said front wall so as cooperable with said front wall to define an intervening instrument cavity for receiving at least a rear portion of an instrument to be mounted through an opening in the front wall of said frame;
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- mounting means to secure said frame onto said mast.
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