Patent ID: 11878770
Assignee: FLOW CONTROL LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A battery operated remotely switched bilge pump for arranging in a kayak or other watercraft having an inner part or portion of a hull or other surface at a location where water leaks into the kayak or other watercraft, comprising:
a bilge pump arrangement having an inline pump, a replaceable battery cover, one or more batteries and a combined pump and battery housing molded in a single piece and that has a common wall separating a pump compartment and a watertight battery compartment, the pump compartment configured to contain the inline pump therein and having an integrated strainer base with passageways to allow water to pass into and flood the pump compartment so as to form a flooded pump compartment to be pumped, the watertight battery compartment configured to contain the one or more batteries to power the inline pump contained in the pump compartment, the replaceable battery cover configured to provide a watertight seal with a rim of the watertight battery compartment and be removed from the combined pump and battery housing to replace the one or more batteries contained therein;
a remote switch assembly configured to couple to the bilge pump arrangement and selectively operate on/off functionality of the inline pump remotely from the bilge pump arrangement; and
a detachable coupling arrangement configured to couple and attach the bilge pump arrangement to the inner part or portion of the hull or other surface of the kayak or other watercraft so as to allow installation of the bilge pump arrangement to perform bilge pump functionality without the need for drilling or making any hole in any surface of the kayak or other watercraft, and also to allow removal of the bilge pump arrangement for cleaning and battery replacement; wherein
the pump compartment comprises a single and separate pump compartment, and the watertight battery compartment comprises a single and separate watertight battery compartment;
the single and separate pump compartment is configured to contain the inline pump therein, and does not contain the one or more batteries to power the inline pump; and
the single and separate watertight battery compartment is configured to contain the one or more batteries to power the inline pump and does not contain the inline pump.