Patent ID: 6085686
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A container and container mounting apparatus for triangulated 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, and where a rigid ski-rope securing means, for releasable attachment of a ski tow rope to said boat is mounted to said transom, said container and container mounting apparatus comprising:a container sized to stably rest, adjacent said transom on said generally horizontal rigid platform and fasteners for releasably securable mounting of said container to said rigid ski-rope securing means,wherein said rigid ski-rope securing means is an upper ski tow eye mounted on said transom above said platform and a lower transversely spaced apart pair of eyes mounted on said transom below said platform and said means for releasably securable mounting of said container to said rigid ski-rope securing means includes:(a) a first member securable at a first end thereof to a forward face of said container, and securable at a second end of said first member opposite said first end of said first member, to said ski tow eye; and,(b) a second member securable at a first end thereof to a rear face of said container, and securable at a second end of said second member, opposite said first end of said second member, to at least one eye of said lower transversely spaced apart pair of eyes.