Patent ID: 9476251
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B63B,B64C,E02D,E06B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An accessible sealable compartment in a body having an exterior body surface, and comprising: a compartment interior and a compartment sealing surface adjacent a top edge of said compartment interior; a hatch body having a hatch sealing surface congruent with and facing said compartment sealing surface; wherein at least one of the hatch sealing surface and the compartment sealing surface having a congruent channel defined therein; a hatch-to-compartment fastening structure; a gasket between said compartment sealing surface and said hatch sealing surface and disposed in said congruent channel; at least one elongate communication member having a portion lying between said compartment sealing surface and said hatch sealing surface, said at least one elongate communication member extending into said compartment interior from a location outside of said compartment interior via the congruent channel therethrough, said channel having a congruent wall conforming to the at least one elongate communication member; wherein said gasket comprising a first viscous gel gasket on said compartment sealing surface continuously around a periphery of the compartment and a second viscous gel gasket on said hatch sealing surface continuously around a periphery of the hatch and wherein said first and second viscous gel gaskets meet to form a watertight seal between the compartment sealing surface and the hatch sealing surface; and wherein at least one of the first or second viscous gel gaskets extends into the congruent wall in the channel.