Patent ID: 8763548

Claim:
A scupper plug for a recreational watercraft, comprising: a frame including an internal cavity and at least one opening allowing for fluid to pass from an exterior of the frame to the internal cavity; a valve structure mounted within the internal cavity of the frame; a valve member mounted to the valve structure; wherein the valve member is operable to permit fluid to flow from the internal cavity to the exterior of the of the frame in a draining direction and prohibit fluid to enter the internal cavity from the exterior of the frame in a direction opposite the draining direction wherein the at least one opening of the frame includes a plurality of openings formed in a sidewall of the frame, the plurality of openings equally spaced about a circumference of the frame; wherein the frame has first and second axial ends, the first axial end having an opening formed therein, the second axial end closed, and wherein the sidewall extends between the first and second axial ends; and wherein the valve structure is removable from the frame and includes a mounting feature and a locating feature, the mounting feature received in one of the plurality of openings formed in the sidewall of the frame when the valve structure is installed within the internal cavity of the frame.