Patent ID: 9714069
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A device for removably mounting a boat accessory to a boat deck, comprising: a) a rigid base plate fixedly attached to the surface of a boat deck, said base plate having an upwardly open cavity, the walls of said cavity defining a shoe area having an outward tapered toe receiving recess in one wall, an inwardly tapered heel receiving opposite wall, and generally parallel side walls enclosing the shoe area; b) a rigid pedestal, the upper end of said pedestal adapted to engage and support the underside of a boating accessory; c) a housing fixedly attached to the lower end of said pedestal said housing enclosing a foot having a toe member for resting in the cavity recess and a heel member for snugly engaging the heel receiving wall of said cavity; and, d) manually operable means coupled to said housing and to said base plate for releasably securing said housing foot within said shoe area.