Boat accessory platform
OwnerSteven Mark Crawford, Donald Vinton Blake, Sr.inventors
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Abstract
An accessory platform for fishing rods, light bars, flag masts and similar accessories often used on small boats and watercraft is secured to a mooring cleat by means of an underslung clamping bar having a transversely positioned anchor finger or fork. The anchor finger is positioned to penetrate the arch between cleat legs. The clamping bar is then raised against the cleat arch bight by rotation of a suspension screw.
Claims15
A platform for attaching boating accessories to a mooring cleat comprising:
- a. a substantially planar structural base;
- b. appliance holding means secured to one face of said base;
- c. structural means secured to an opposite face of said base for supporting said base upon a boat deck, said structural means being adjustable to select a height of said base over said deck;
- d. axially elongated bar means suspended from said base opposite face between said base and said deck by first and second suspension means, each having an adjustable length to select a respective position for said bar means from said base;
- e. carrier means suspended by said bar means for selected displacement along the axial length of said bar means;
- and,
- f. finger means secured to said carrier means for engaging a mooring cleat.
A method of securing an accessory platform to a watercraft surface having a mooring cleat with an arched space between a pair of support legs, said platform having an axially elongated clamping bar secured adjacent to and substantially parallel with an underside surface of said platform by suspension means for selectively moving one end of said clamping bar toward said platform underside surface, a finger projection secured to said clamping bar, said finger projection having an axially translated assembly with said clamping bar;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- axially translating said finger projection along said clamping bar to an appropriate axial position;
- securing said finger projection to said clamping bar at said axial position;
- inserting sad finger projection into said mooring cleat arched space;
- and,
- moving said one end of said clamping bar toward said platform underside surface to engage a bight of said arch by said finger projection.
A boating accessory platform comprising:
- a. a substantially planar structural base having a top side and a bottom side;
- b. a boating accessory secured to said platform topside;
- c. platform support means for supporting said base upon a boat deck, said support means being adjustable to selected a height of said base over said deck;
- d. axially elongated bar means suspended from said base bottom side by suspension means having an adjustable length to select a respective position for said bar means displaced from said bottom side;
- e. carrier means supported by said bar means for selected displacement along the axial length of said bar means;
- and,
- f. finger means secured to said carrier means for engaging a boat mooring cleat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.