1997-09-10
1998-12-01
Avila, Stephen
Ships
Ports
B63B 1900
Patent
active
058424334
ABSTRACT:
A port assembly for a marine vessel having an outer wall with an opening therein includes a shaped lens element, a pair of concentric plastic rings and a resilient gasket between the lens element and one of the rings. The plastic ring on the outside of the vessel is adjacent to the gasket and includes a pair of hinged brackets and a plurality of mounting members. A hinge assembly connects the plastic ring and lens element and allows the lens to be rotated inwardly to an open position and back to a closed position in which it is pressed against a gasket. One or more dogs are rotatably mounted on the mounting members for holding the lens element in a closed position. The second plastic ring is constructed and arranged to clamp the first ring within the opening and against the wall of the vessel. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a decorative metal ring covers the exterior surface of the port assembly.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4669410 (1987-06-01), Howell
Marinco Catalog 1997, p. 106, Napa California, Oct. 1996.
Avila Stephen
Dougherty, Esquire David E.
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