Patent ID: 7331305

Claim:
A boat mounted device for removably coupling boat apparatus to the deck of a boat, comprising: a) a base plate, said base plate securable to a boat deck, said base plate having a slot formed on its top surface; b) a base assembly, engageable with the top of said base plate, said base assembly having an opening coupling the base assembly to the underside of a boat apparatus; c) a clamping device extending from the bottom of said base assembly, said clamping device engaging the base plate slot when said base assembly is engaged with said base plate; d) a manually operable member mounted on said base assembly engaged with said clamping device releasably tightly securing said clamping device in said base plate slot; e) a pair of parallel grooves on top of said base plate; and f) a pair of corresponding protrusions on the underside of said base assembly, said protrusions tightly engaging said grooves when said clamping device is tightly secured in said base plate.