Patent ID: 7318390

Claim:
An apparatus for installation on the surface of a vessel deck, the vessel deck having one or more bolt holes, said apparatus comprising: at least one base portion, each base portion having a recess bounded by a perimeter wall with an underside rim so as to define a recess region; one or more threaded rods, each threaded rod adapted for insertion through one of the bolt holes in the vessel deck; at least one threaded female member, one each for receiving one of said threaded rods when said threaded rods are inserted through the vessel deck; and at least one resilient gasket disposed in the recess region within the confines of each of said perimeter walls and over one of said threaded rods; such that when said threaded rods are inserted through the bolt holes in the vessel deck, and received by and tightened into said threaded female members, said gaskets are displaced and deformed in a controlled X/Y axis compression between said perimeter walls and said vessel deck, and such that after tightening of said threaded rods into said threaded female members sufficiently to bring said underside rim into contact with said vessel deck, said gasket is protected from exposure to outside elements and further compression of said gaskets remains static.