Patent ID: 6901874
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A retractable horn cleat device comprising: a seat body having a receiving cavity formed therein; a retractable handle longitudinally mounted in the seat body and adapted to slide up and down in the seat body between a retracted configuration and an unretracted configuration; at least two biasing components slidingly disposed in a longitudinal direction between the retractable handle and the seat body; a driving plate seated in the receiving cavity with a longitudinal track disposed thereon, said track comprising an upper position section, a substantially V-shaped positioning section upwardly disposed and a substantially V-shaped guiding section downwardly disposed, each V-shaped section having an angled edge, wherein the substantially V-shaped positioning and guiding sections are respectively positioned at opposing sides of the track so that the angled edges of the two V-shaped sections are respectively oriented toward an interior of the longitudinal track and are disposed at an oblique and eccentric position relative to a longitudinal axis of the track; and a coupling member with a first side connected to a cross-bar that is connected to the retractable handle, and an opposing second side slidably and rotatably disposed in the longitudinal track of the driving plate so as to permit the coupling member to be moved along the track from the retracted configuration where the coupling member engage the V-shaped positioning section such that the coupling member is obliquely angled, to the unretracted configuration where the coupling member is at the upper positioning section of the track, and wherein such movement is achieved by pressing the retractable handle and thereby causing the coupling member to rotatingly and slidingly move along a lower aspect of the track to the V-shaped guiding section where the coupling member is caused to rotate to a longitudinal orientation that permits the coupling member to move upward by an action of the two biasing components, thereby moving upward with the retractable handle to the unretracted configuration in which said retractable handle protrudes out of the seat body for use.