Patent ID: 7285031

Claim:
A fin mounting system of an aquatic device comprising: a reusable installation guide means to act as a router template for routing a pocket in the underside of an aquatic device and for acting as a resin dam for securing; a receptacle means adapted to be secured into the routed pocket; an insert means with a canted slot to receive a fin, the insert means being removably mounted within the receptacle means, the canted slot defined by four substantially vertical sidewalls, each sidewall extending between an opening on a top surface of the insert means and a closed base opposite the opening, wherein the canted slot causes the accommodated fin to be mounted in a laterally canted position with respect to the underside of the aquatic device; angled grub screw means removably extending through the receptacle means and the insert means for removably securing the insert means and the fin to the receptacle means; and key means to tighten the screw means.