Patent ID: 6810898
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of installing a hose access port in an exterior wall of a mobile unit, the method comprising:forming a hole in the exterior wall of the mobile unit; extending a duct portion through the hole so that an outside-mountable flange is positioned against an outside surface of the exterior wall; positioning a sleeve member over an exposed portion of the duct portion on an inside surface of the exterior wall so that an inside-mountable flange extending from the sleeve member is positioned against the inside surface of the exterior wall; marking the exposed portion of the duct portion with a mark; cutting the duct portion at the mark to remove an excess length of the duct portion; and securing the outside-mountable flange and the inside-mountable flange to the respective outside surface and the inside surface of the exterior wall to secure the duct portion in the exterior wall operable to hold a hose extending through the duct portion to run water into a toilet for flushing-out a holding tank in the mobile unit.