Abstract: A deck mounted for installation on the surface of a vessel deck having one or more bolt holes. The apparatus includes one or more base portions, each having a recess region defined by a perimeter wall bounding the perimeter of the base portion. The perimeter walls each have an underside rim. One or more threaded members are provided for insertion through the bolt holes in the vessel deck, and complementary threaded female members are provided, one each to receive and tighten onto a threaded rod. A resilient gasket is disposed in the recess region within the confines of the perimeter wall. The threaded rod passes through the gasket hole, such that when the threaded rods are inserted through the vessel deck, and received by and tightened into the respective threaded female members, the gaskets are displaced and deformed so as to protrude between the underside rims of the perimeter walls and the upper surface of the vessel deck.

Abstract: An improved rattle-free door catch is provided. The apparatus includes a catch retaining assembly having wall mounting plate with a concave ball-retaining member integral with its front side. The concave ball-retaining member includes a keyhole-shaped slot including a lower vertical portion and an upper open portion. A swivel ball is disposed within the concave ball-retaining member, and a rigid Catch retainer arm is affixed to the swivel ball at one end. At its other end, the rod has a ball cup, which includes an open end, a cylindrical lower interior portion, and a domed-shaped upper interior portion. The catch retaining assembly interacts with a catch assembly, which includes a catch mounting plate, an arcuate catch ball arm disposed from and terminating at one end in the front side of the catch mounting plate, and having a spherical catch ball disposed at another end. The catch ball is sized to fit snugly within the ball cup to create a non rattling fit.

Abstract: A deck mounted for installation on the surface of a vessel deck having one or more bolt holes. The apparatus includes one or more base portions, each having a recess region defined by a perimeter wall bounding the perimeter of the base portion. The perimeter walls each have an underside rim. One or more threaded members are provided for insertion through the bolt holes in the vessel deck, and complementary threaded female members are provided, one each to receive and tighten onto a threaded rod. A resilient gasket is disposed in the recess region within the confines of the perimeter wall. The threaded rod passes through the gasket hole, such that when the threaded rods are inserted through the vessel deck, and received by and tightened into the respective threaded female members, the gaskets are displaced and deformed so as to protrude between the underside rims of the perimeter walls and the upper surface of the vessel deck.

Abstract: Cleat with gasket comprising a rigid horizontally disposed elongate bar and a plurality of vertically disposed support members. The upper portion of the support member is attached to the bar. The mid portion of the support structure poses a horizontally disposed flat plate, the underside of which is recessed to receive a resilient gasket. A threaded post extends down from the underside of the recess so that it can penetrate the deck of a boat. The gasket protrudes slightly from the recessed area and is compressed in a controlled way when a nut on the treaded post is tightened forcing the flat plate down onto the deck of a boat thereby eliminating the chance of leakage through the deck.

Abstract: An improved rattle-free door catch is provided. The apparatus includes a catch retaining assembly having wall mounting plate with a concave ball-retaining member integral with its front side. The concave ball-retaining member includes a keyhole-shaped slot including a lower vertical portion and an upper open portion. A swivel ball is disposed within the concave ball-retaining member, and a rigid Catch retainer arm is affixed to the swivel ball at one end. At its other end, the rod has a ball cup, which includes an open end, a cylindrical lower interior portion, and a domed-shaped upper interior portion. The catch retaining assembly interacts with a catch assembly, which includes a catch mounting plate, an arcuate catch ball arm disposed from and terminating at one end in the front side of the catch mounting plate, and having a spherical catch ball disposed at another end. The catch ball is sized to fit snugly within the ball cup to create a non rattling fit.

Abstract: Door and cabinet catch with a bumper member, a bumper housing, a compression spring, a ball with stem, a ball joint mounting plate, a ball joint nut, a catch member and an L shaped catch retaining member. The bumper housing includes a clevis that hingably retains the catch member. The catch member includes a spring biased tab for opening the catch member. The compression spring holds the bumper member in an extended position so that it can compress during use thereby reducing the chance of rattling. A preferred embodiment includes that the ball joint allows the bumper housing and bumper member to angle as much as thirty degrees in any direction through a three hundred and sixty degree arc thereby making it possible to obtain a latching action even if the relationship between the catch member and the catch retaining member is not parallel.

Abstract: Door Catch with a catch retaining assembly and a catch. The catch assembly is comprised of a rigid first ball retaining mounting plate, a first ball, a concave disk, a rigid J shaped rod and a second ball retaining cup shape. The catch is comprised of a door mounting plate, an L shaped rod terminating at one end in the door mounting plate and at the opposite end in a second ball. The J shaped rod terminates at its top portion in the second ball retaining cup and at the lower portion in the first ball. The first ball retaining plate includes a centrally disposed concave ball retaining portion including a vertically disposed slot capable of receiving the J shaped rod. The ball retaining cup is capable of fitting snuggly over the the second ball so that no rattling can occur between the retaining cup and the the second ball.

Abstract: Door Catch with a catch retaining assembly and a catch. The catch assembly is comprised of a rigid first ball retaining mounting plate, a first ball, a concave disk, a rigid J shaped rod and a second ball retaining cup shape. The catch is comprised of a door mounting plate, an L shaped rod terminating at one end in the door mounting plate and at the opposite end in a second ball. The J shaped rod terminates at its top portion in the second ball retaining cup and at the lower portion in the first ball. The first ball retaining plate includes a centrally disposed concave ball retaining portion including a vertically disposed slot capable of receiving the J shaped rod. The ball retaining cup is capable of fitting snuggly over the the second ball so that no rattling can occur between the retaining cup and the the second ball.

Abstract: Door and cabinet catch with a bumper member, a bumper housing, a compression spring, a ball with stem, a ball joint mounting plate, a ball joint nut, a catch member and an L shaped catch retaining member. The bumper housing includes a clevis that hingably retains the catch member. The catch member includes a spring biased tab for opening the catch member. The compression spring holds the bumper member in an extended position so that it can compress during use thereby reducing the chance of rattling. A preferred embodiment includes that the ball joint allows the bumper housing and bumper member to angle as much as thirty degrees in any direction through a three hundred and sixty degree arc thereby making it possible to obtain a latching action even if the relationship between the catch member and the catch retaining member is not parallel.

Abstract: Cleat with gasket comprising a rigid horizontally disposed elongate bar and a plurality of vertically disposed support members. The upper portion of the support member is attached to the bar. The mid portion of the support structure poses a horizontally disposed flat plate, the underside of which is recessed to receive a resilient gasket. A threaded post extends down from the underside of the recess so that it can penetrate the deck of a boat. The gasket protrudes slightly from the recessed area and is compressed in a controlled way when a nut on the treaded post is tightened forcing the flat plate down onto the deck of a boat thereby eliminating the chance of leakage through the deck.