Patent ID: 6302051
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A container and container mounting apparatus for releasably securable mounting of said container onto a generally horizontal rigid platform on a boat, where said platform is adjacent and aft of a transom on said boat, said container and container mounting apparatus comprising:(a) a container sized to stably rest, adjacent said transom on side generally horizontal rigid platform,(b) a female receiver rail mountable to said platform,(c) a male coupling rail mountable to a lower surface of said container along a rail axis, said male coupling rail for sliding interlocking into and along said female receiver rail when said female receiver rail is mounted to said platform and said male coupling rail is mounted to said lower surface of said container,wherein said female receiver rail is a first length, said first length less than the length of a corresponding dimension of said container along said rail axis, when said female receiver rail is mounted to said platform and said male coupling rail is mounted to said lower surface of said container,and wherein said male said male coupling rail is a second length and coaxial with said rail axis when side male coupling rail is interlocking coupled with said female receiver rail,and wherein to use said rails for mounting said container onto said platform said male coupling rail is offset along said rail axis by a distance at least equal to said first length, whereby said container need only be offset relative to said platform by said length of said corresponding dimension of said container in order to engage or disengage said male coupling rail from said female receiver rail.