Boat storage and container unit
OwnerGrant Hattoninventor
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Abstract
The boat storage container unit is adapted to be supported on a boat. The boat storage container unit has a support unit and a container sized and shaped to store fishing tackle, tools and the like and adapted to slide onto the support unit. The support unit has a vertical support member, an attachment device for attaching the vertical support member to a boat, a base and a connection device at one end of the base to pivotally connect the base to the vertical support member. The connection device is adapted to permit the base to be moveable from a vertical position to a retainable horizontal position. A top surface of the base and a bottom surface of the container have inter-engaging means to permit the container to slide onto and be retainer on the base.
Claims7
A boat storage container unit, comprising:
- a support unit having a vertical support member,
- means for attaching the vertical support member to a boat,
- a base pivotally connected to the vertical support member so as to move between a retainable horizontal position, and a vertical position where the top surface of the base faces outwardly and away from the vertical support member, and
- a container sized and shaped to store fishing tackle and tools, and adapted to slide onto the base,
- wherein the top surface of the base and the bottom surface of the container have a combination of grooves and ribs that inter-engage to permit the container to slide onto and be retained on the base, wherein the means for attaching the vertical support member to a boat comprises clamps attached to a top edge of the said vertical support member, said clamps sized and shaped to accommodate different sizes of boats and wedge against a gunwale or other upstanding non-cylindrical structure on the boat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.