US 12,448,084 B2
Drain plug for a boat
Erica Clark-Heinrich, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US)
Filed by MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC, Vonore, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,051.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,512, filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/292,924, filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192239 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 13/00 (2006.01); F16B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 13/00 (2013.01) [F16B 23/0038 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boat comprising:
a hull having a cavity formed therein;
a drain formed in the hull and fluidly connecting the cavity to an exterior of the hull, the drain including threads; and
a plug including:
threads engageable with the threads of the drain, the plug being (i) moveable in a tightening direction to engage the threads of the plug with the threads of the drain and close the drain and (ii) moveable in a loosening direction to disengage the threads of the plug from the threads of the drain and open the drain; and
a handle operable to move the plug in the tightening direction and loosening direction, the handle including a receiver positioned in the handle, the receiver being a bore having an opening, a bottom surface, four bearing surfaces forming a substantially square-shaped portion of the bore, and four ramps extending from each corner of the bottom surface to the opening in the tightening direction of the bore and upward in a radial direction of the bore.