US RE40,805 E1
Lift-up cleat
Warwick M. Whitley, II, Burnet, Tex. (US); Bruce L. Reniger, Alto, Mich. (US); Elzie McKinney, Grand Rapids, Mich. (US); and Trent A. Eekhoff, Grand Rapids, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Attwood Corporation, Lowell, Mich. (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/171,653.
Application 11/171653 is a reissue of application No. 10/136594, filed on May 01, 2002, now 6,588,355, filed on Jul. 08, 2003.
Int. Cl. B63B 21/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 114—218 115 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
[ 43. A lift-up cleat assembly, comprising:
a base member having an upper plate shaped to abut a mounting surface and at least one normally vertically oriented tube, the tube having a hollow interior;
a retractable cleat member having an upper cleat-shaped head shaped to retain lines thereon, and at least one normally vertically oriented mounting post depending from the head, wherein the post is telescopingly received in the interior of the tube of the base member and is telescopingly movable along a given length of travel; and
a retainer configured to provide infinitesimally small increments of adjustability of the post of the cleat member, wherein the retainer is shaped to allow liquid to drain.]