Patent ID: 9669906
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B63B,E05B,F16B

Claim:
1. A method of mounting a mounting adapter to a flush mount receptacle resident on a water craft, wherein the flush mount receptacle comprises a receptacle base formed as a cup with an opening thereinto that is encircled by an internal wall that depends downwardly from a top annular ridge around the opening with a cross-bar that crosses the cup portion and provides an attachment point for temporary mounting of accessories, the method comprising: using a mounting adapter, comprising a drive member having a base form with a drive surface and a mounting structure extended therefrom, and a bore formed in the drive member with a portion of the bore being threaded; and an anchor formed with a shaft that is threaded to mate with the threaded portion of the bore of the drive member and defines a center axis, and a first hook adjacent to one end of the shaft, wherein the first hook is laterally offset from the center axis of the shaft, initially rotating the threaded shaft of the anchor relative to the threaded portion of the bore of the drive member for extending the anchor from the drive surface of the drive member such that a mouth of the first hook is extended farther from the drive surface of the drive member than the cross-bar is set into the cup of the receptacle base; positioning the mounting adapter adjacent to the flush mount receptacle with the base proximal to the opening into the cup of the receptacle base and the anchor extended into the cup of the receptacle with the first hook positioned beside the cross-bar; rotating the anchor for engaging the first hook with the cross-bar; and rotating the drive member of the mounting adapter relative to the anchor for retracting the anchor relative to the cup of the receptacle until the first hook of the anchor is retained in the cup of the receptacle by engagement with the cross-bar.