Boating safety device
OwnerTimothy B. Overbeyinventor
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Abstract
A boat safety device includes a base portion that has a boat plug retaining cavity. The boat plug retaining cavity is sized for accepting and holding a boat drain plug and is optionally threaded to match threads of the boat drain plug. A key hole goes through a wall of the base portion and is sized to accept a boat key. The key hole is interfaced with the boat plug retaining cavity such that when a key is inserted fully into the key hole, teeth of the key extend into the boat plug retaining cavity so that, after installing the boat drain plug into the boat plug retaining cavity, the key is held in the key hole until the boat drain plug is later removed from the boat plug retaining cavity. Optionally, a key guard is provided to reduce chances of bending the boat key.
Claims16
A boat safety device comprising:
- a base portion;
- a boat plug retaining cavity in the base portion, the boat plug retaining cavity sized for accepting and holding a boat drain plug;
- and
- a key hole in a wall of the base portion, the key hole sized to accept a boat key, the key hole is interfaced with the boat plug retaining cavity such that when a key is inserted fully into the key hole, teeth of the boat key extend into the boat plug retaining cavity.
A method of holding a boat drain plug, the method comprising:
- removing the boat drain plug;
- placing a boat key in a key hole of a boat safety device, the boat key therefore passing through a wall of the boat safety device;
- threading the boat drain plug into the boat safety device, thereby holding the boat key firmly within the boat safety device.
A boat safety device comprising:
- a base portion;
- a key hole, the key hole passing through a wall of the base portion;
- and
- a boat plug retaining cavity in the base portion;
- whereas a boat key inserted into the key hole is held securely in place when a boat drain plug is inserted fully into the boat plug retaining cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.