Abstract: A drainage device may include a channel body mountable on the surface proximate to an outlet on the surface and extendable away from the surface. A drainage device may include a groove formed along at least a partial length of the channel body. A drainage device may include a lip protruding from a bottom edge of the channel body at an end of the channel body that is distal from the surface when the drainage device is mounted thereon, wherein when the drainage device is mounted on the surface proximate to the outlet, fluid from the outlet is directed by the drainage device away from the surface.

Abstract: The specification discloses a watercraft drain plug system that includes two or more drain plugs, an actuator, and a cable assembly interconnecting the drain plugs and the actuator. The actuator may be operated to move the drain plugs between open and closed positions. The actuator includes a locking mechanism for securing the actuator in the closed position to prevent inadvertent opening of the drain plugs.

Abstract: A check valve for a vessel having at least one port for a buoyancy chamber. The check valve having a valve body fitted to sealingly engage the port and a stopper retained within the valve body and be moveable from a closed position limiting water from entering the port to an open position permitting drainage of water from the port.

Abstract: A drain pot includes a body and at least one flexible catch. The body has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet and the outlet are at opposing ends of the body and in fluid communication with each other. The at least one flexible catch extends from and is disposed around the body.

Abstract: A through hole plug having a body configured to fit snugly within a drain hole for sealing engagement therewith. The body includes a corrugated surface formed of a plurality of annular ribs, wherein the plurality of annular ribs form concentric rings of substantially equal radii that extend around a circumference of the body and along the length of the body. The body further comprises a bore positioned in a center of the body, the bore extending continuously within the center of the body along the length of the body. The through hole plug includes a threaded bolt positioned within the bore. The bolt includes a top end having a handle for maneuvering the bolt in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction while inserted within the bore. The threaded bottom portion of the bolt extends beyond the length of the body and fastens to an annular flange, the annular flange having a threaded aperture sized to receive and mate with the threaded bottom portion of the bolt.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame supported on a ground surface by wheels, a reinforcing plate provided in the vehicle body frame, an oil equipment using oil, and a drain pan configured to receive and discharge the oil discharged from the oil equipment. The reinforcing plate defines a drain hole extending vertically therethrough. A tilted face is provided in a face of the reinforcing plate. The tilted face extends with a downward inclination from a dropping point on the reinforcing plate for the oil discharged from the drain pan to the drain hole.

Abstract: A dual flow check valve includes a valve body having an inner valve cavity, a first valve opening, and a second valve opening. The dual flow check valve further includes a seal disposed within the valve body. The seal is operatively coupled within the valve body such that the seal is configured to move relative to the valve body between an open position, in which the seal allows the gas to flow between the first and second valve openings through the inner valve cavity, and a closed position, in which the seal inhibits the gas and the liquid from flowing through the inner valve cavity from the first valve opening to the second valve opening.

Abstract: A storage device for holding a drain plug for a boat is disclosed. The storage device provides a place to store the drain plug when it is removed from a drain hole for the boat. The storage device includes a reminder system using an emergency stop lanyard (ESL) present on nearly all powerboats. The storage device holds both the ESL and the drain plug. The storage device is designed so that the ESL cannot be removed without first removing the drain plug. Thus, an operator cannot start a boat's engine without first removing the drain plug from the storage device to gain access to the ESL, allowing the ESL to be refitted onto an operating system for the boat's engine. The act of handling the drain plug reminds the operator to re-install the drain plug into the drain hole.

Abstract: A drain plug including a first handle on an interior side of a boat and a second handle on an exterior side of the boat, allowing the drain plug to be operated from an exterior side of the boat or from the interior side of the boat. The handles are also sized to prevent passage through a drain port to prevent the drain plug from being lost. The drain port in which the drain plug is disposed may be angled to provide for clearance between the first handle of the drain plug and the hull of the boat and enable a user to easily grasp the interior handle of the drain plug to install and uninstall the drain plug by hand.

Abstract: A watercraft drain plug holder has a holder body defining a shell operative to receive and retain a watercraft drain plug therein. A coupler is affixed to the holder body and defines a perimeter and a hole inside the perimeter. The perimeter operatively passes through a boat hook eye or other similar boating component and around an eye circumference. The holder body passes through the coupler hole, thereby operatively wrapping around a boat hook eye and suspending the holder body from the eye. Several embodiments are shown, including a preferred version that incorporates resilient and non-marring materials and alternative solid and non-marring embodiments. In addition, several methods are described for storing a drain plug, launching a boat, and trailering a boat.

Abstract: A drain plug including a first handle on an interior side of a boat and a second handle on an exterior side of the boat, allowing the drain plug to be operated from an exterior side of the boat or from the interior side of the boat. The handles are also sized to prevent passage through a drain port to prevent the drain plug from being lost. The drain port in which the drain plug is disposed may be angled to provide for clearance between the first handle of the drain plug and the hull of the boat and enable a user to easily grasp the interior handle of the drain plug to install and uninstall the drain plug by hand.

Abstract: A plug removal and/or installation system 400, which has a structural framework configured to support a removal assembly and that, allows approximately one axis motion of the removal device. The removal device is configured with a plug attachment device that is configured to pass through a lower framework structural opening. The structural framework is configured to movably self align so that the removal device exerts approximately a linear force on a plug 300 along an approximately single axis 335 parallel to a plug central axis.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a marine thru-hull fitting from a single stock material to fit a variety of different sized boat hulls is disclosed. A variety of differently-sized thru-hulls can therefore be formed from the same stock item, reducing the amount of inventory manufacturers are required to maintain.

Abstract: A boat plug system for automatically sealing a boat. The boat plug system is mounted in a drain hole passing through the boat's transom and includes: a cylindrical-shaped plug; a ball valve assembly removably coupled within the cylindrical-shaped plug; and further comprising a ball, a sealing ball seat component having a frustroconical shape to receive the ball when the ball valve assembly is in the sealed position, and at least one screen; and a plug cap/tool further comprising a tool head on one side for removably coupling the ball valve assembly within the cylindrical-shaped plug and an opposite side of the plug cap/tool from the tool head is for sealing the cylindrical-shaped plug. Water may flow out of the boat's drain hole, but is substantially stopped from flowing from the exterior of the boat to the interior via the drain hole.

Abstract: A liquid cooled internal combustion engine has a cooling system with a coolant liquid flow passage having a drain port and a clog-preventing drain plug having an anti-clog protrusion finger extending through the drain port and into the coolant liquid flow passage when the clog-preventing drain plug is in its closed position. The anti-clog protrusion finger leaves a hole in a clog layer of debris and/or engine combustion products upon removal of the anti-clog protrusion finger from the coolant liquid flow passage upon moving the clog-preventing drain plug to its open position.

Abstract: A scupper plug with a one-way valve is provided. The scupper plug permits one-way flow of water through a scupper drain so that water will drain through the scupper drain but not flow back up through the drain and into the passenger area of a water vessel. The scupper plug has a frame that carries a valve structure. A valve member is mounted to the valve structure. The valve member sealingly engages the frame to form a seal therewith.

Abstract: A valve for use in combination with a self-bailing hole of a watercraft includes a flange, a skirt, a valve member, a retention member, and a base member. The flange has a central aperture opening into a hollow interior of the skirt. The hollow interior contains the valve member, which is movable between a sealed configuration preventing fluid flow through the valve and an unsealed configuration allowing fluid flow through the valve. One end of the skirt is secured to the flange, while the other end of the skirt has an opening larger than the central aperture of the flange. The retention member prevents the valve member from exiting the hollow interior of the skirt in the unsealed configuration, while the base member is used to secure the valve within the self-bailing hole of the watercraft.

Abstract: A boat plug has external threads that mate with a boat hole housing, and an end keyed to operate the plug. In preferred embodiments the key has a first end portion that mates with the plug, and a second end portion that mates with a driver. The first end portion, and the corresponding recess in the plug, can advantageously have depths of no more than 1 cm, and more preferably no more than 5 mm. In other aspects of preferred embodiments, the first end portion comprises a recess having irregularities, and independently the second end portion comprises a nut.

Abstract: An auxiliary strap, connected to a tie-down strap for securing a boat to a trailer, is removably anchored to a drain opening in the boat, by being connected to a tethered drain plug, or by being connected to a spring clip that extends into the drain opening. The connection of the tie-down strap to the drain opening reminds the boater to reinstall the drain plug before launching the boat.

Abstract: A scupper plug apparatus is foot-operable, by a person standing next to the scupper, to apply substantially more force for sealing the scupper than is typically achievable through application of force by the hand or arm of a person installing a scupper plug. A resilient body of the scupper plug formed from highly conformable closed-cell foam to closely match the shape of the scupper. A rolling member is used as a cam follower in an actuation arrangement for compressing the resilient body.

Abstract: A valve for use in combination with a self-bailing hole of a watercraft includes a flange, a skirt, a valve member, a retention member, and a base member. The flange has a central aperture opening into a hollow interior of the skirt. The hollow interior contains the valve member, which is movable between a sealed configuration preventing fluid flow through the valve and an unsealed configuration allowing fluid flow through the valve. One end of the skirt is secured to the flange, while the other end of the skirt has an opening larger than the central aperture of the flange. The retention member prevents the valve member from exiting the hollow interior of the skirt in the unsealed configuration, while the base member is used to secure the valve within the self-bailing hole of the watercraft.

Abstract: A boat plug system for automatically sealing a boat. The boat plug system is mounted in a drain hole passing through the boat's transom and includes: a cylindrical-shaped plug; a ball valve assembly removably coupled within the cylindrical-shaped plug; and further comprising a ball, a sealing ball seat component having a frustroconical shape to receive the ball when the ball valve assembly is in the sealed position, and at least one screen; and a plug cap/tool further comprising a tool head on one side for removably coupling the ball valve assembly within the cylindrical-shaped plug and an opposite side of the plug cap/tool from the tool head is for sealing the cylindrical-shaped plug. Water may flow out of the boat's drain hole, but is substantially stopped from flowing from the exterior of the boat to the interior via the drain hole.

Abstract: A water uptake device for directing water flow into a moving boat that allows the volume and pressure of the water flow entering the device to be adjusted from full force to no flow at all by simple adjustment of how much of its scooping member protrudes beyond its through-hull fitting into the water stream. Water enters the device through an opening in its deployable scooping member, and operator positioning of the scooping member relative to the through-hull fitting, including complete withdrawal of the scoop into the distal end of the through-hull fitting, is remotely accomplished so that the operator can remain at the helm. Multiple devices can be used on the same marine vessel, with all devices mounted on the bottom of its hull, in a standard fashion for through-hull fittings mounted below the waterline. Applications may include the filling of ballast bags for the sport of wakeboarding.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an irregular in shape thru-hull fitting with specifically an internal seacock which is below the normal waterline of a marine vessel and this invention provides an exterior plug to stop leakage and/or allow for maintenance of the interior hull valve, piping, and/or associated tubing without necessitating the need to haul out the vessel. The seacock plug includes a flexible tubing assembly; o-ring flange assembly, flexible beveled gasket, and compression lead screw with T-handle that forms a watertight seal around the irregular interior shape hull fitting.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receptacle for a boat drain plug, the receptacle being adapted to support the boat drain plug relative to a boat trailer, the boat trailer having a boat trailer winch, the boat trailer winch including a winch handle shaft, and the receptacle including an aperture sized to receive the boat drain plug, wherein the aperture is located in the winch handle shaft of the boat trailer winch.

Abstract: An auxiliary strap, connected to a tie-down strap for securing a boat to a trailer, is removably anchored to a drain opening in the boat, by being connected to a tethered drain plug, or by being connected to a spring clip that extends into the drain opening. The connection of the tie-down strap to the drain opening reminds the boater to reinstall the drain plug before launching the boat.

Abstract: A drain plug apparatus for draining a container that is particularly suited for transom drains in recreational boats is shown. The apparatus has a threaded drain plug that couples with a flanged tubular drain port with upper and lower sets of threads separated by a section without threads and at least one drain hole, in one embodiment. The distal end of the drain port has a number of slits that secure and orient the drain plug at the opening of the port in an open or closed position.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved self draining boat plug which does not need to be repetitively removed and reinserted into a boat. The boat plug is specifically designed to allow water to escape from the boat while the boat is at cruising speed or removed from the water. Additionally, the drain plug blocks water from entering the boat while the boat is in the water. The drain plug is designed for durability, and continued performance when exposed to the hazards typically encountered in its working environment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drain plug retention system comprising a drain plug configured to open and close a drain hole located in the transom of a boat; a drain plug wrench configured to facilitate the removal and restoration of the drain plug with respect to the drain hole; and a floatation device configured to receive and to buoyantly support the drain plug wrench and the drain plug.

Abstract: For indicating the absence of a drain plug from a boat drain when the boat is in a launch condition, a receptacle with a water flow passage and a cavity containing a Hall effect switch is mounted in the boat drain. A stopper has a magnet which operatively aligns with the Hall effect switch when the stopper plugs the passage. The Hall effect switch and a switch operated in response to a presence-of-water condition are components of a control circuit which drives a switch to connect and disconnect an audio alarm activation device to and from an electrical power source. The alarm will always be activated when the stopper is not in the drain and the presence-of-water switch has operated and will never be activated when the stopper is in the drain.

Abstract: A transom plug removal device includes a rod that has a first end a second end. A handle is attached to the second end of the rod. A head has an opening therein adapted for receiving a grip of a transom plug. The head is attached to and extends away from the first end of the rod. The grip of the plug is extended into the opening and then rotated with the handle so that the plug is selectively removed or inserted into a transom drain.

Abstract: A boat drain plug system for attachment to a drain hole within a boat hull, the system including a flange including a threaded sleeve that fits within the drain hole and a threaded opening, a cylindrical drain plug adapted for individually coupling with the threaded sleeve and the second threaded opening wherein the drain plug may be fitted into the threaded opening to secure the drain plug when the sleeve needs to be completely open to allow water to exit a boat.

Abstract: A boat drain valve which incorporates a valve to open and close the drain valve. The drain valve is connected to the boat hull in a manner that provides a straight channel through the drain valve. A handle with an extension positions the grip of the handle in a location where it can be easily accessed. The grip can be positioned above operational equipment in a compartment formed by the hull of the boat and an access hatch, just under the hatch. The grip can be positioned just above the deck surface of the boat.

Abstract: A drain plug for a threaded opening in a fluid container that is particularly suited for transom drains in recreational boats. The plug has an externally threaded cylindrical body with a central channel and transverse openings to permit fluid to flow from the central channel out of the body of the plug. One end of the plug is flared and has a plurality of longitudinal slots that will allow the radial compression of the end when the plug is screwed into a threaded opening. In one embodiment, the radial compression of the end of the flared plug is limited by a ring that fits in an annular groove in the interior of the body in the central channel. In another embodiment, the external threads are tapered near the handle to provide a tight seal when the drain is fully closed. Another embodiment provides an o-ring to seal the drain plug when the drain is closed.

Abstract: The present invention is a drain plug assembly designed and configured to remain in the drain hole of a conventional pleasure boat, regardless of whether the vessel is in or out of the water. This drain plug assembly includes a body assembly having a single chamber. The chamber houses a shut-off valve for enabling the boater to open or close the drain plug assembly. This will allow water to escape or prevent it from entering the boat, respectively. A safety assembly is included in the chamber. The safety assembly prevents water passage into the boat should the user forget to close the drain plug assembly, prior to placing the boat in water.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a boat plug key system for storing, installing, and removing a boat plug consist of a canister, a canister lid, and a boat plug. The use of a boat plug key system of the present invention reduces the probability of forgetting to install the boat plug when launching the boat or removing the boat plug when taking the boat out of the water and thereby reducing the probability of damage to the boat. The present invention also serves as a key corresponding to a key slot on the boat plug enabling the installation and removal of the boat plug. Additionally, a boat plug key system embodiment of the present invention acts as a key chain and a float creating greater convenience.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stand-up type personal watercraft capable of easily discharging water in an engine room of a body that is limited in space even when the watercraft is beached. The stand-up type personal watercraft comprises a bulkhead 12 that defines an engine room 10 in the body 2 surrounded by a hull 3 and a deck 4; a water intake 16 formed in the hull 3, through which water is sucked by a water jet pump; a penetrating hole 26 formed in a lower portion of the bulk head 12; a fitting member 27 mounted to the penetrating hole 26, a plug 28 removably attached to the fitting member 27; a hollow drain plug 24 provided at the periphery of the water intake 16, for mounting the grate plate 19; and a hose 29 connecting the fitting member 27 to the drain plug 24.

Abstract: A bilge management and control system for a vessel having a full port through-transom threaded pipe fitting located near the lowest point of the interior of a vessel and ending in a flange mounted against the exterior transom wall, with the means for sealing the interior area of the transom from both sides, with hose barb to male plug adapters (or garden hose adapters) and/or solid threaded plugs threaded into one or both ends of the threaded through-transom pipe, at the entry point and at the exit terminus, such that substances may be prevented from entering a bilge, may be introduced into a bilge and/or forward compartments of a vessel, retained and controlled within a bilge and/or forward compartments of a vessel, or directed out of a bilge and/or forward compartments of a vessel by gravity flow, differential pressure or other mechanical means when the solid threaded plugs at one or both ends are removed or back-threaded to unseal the pipe wall's opposing ingress and egress portholes, if they are pres

Abstract: The present invention is a drain plug apparatus designed and configured to remain in the drain hole of a conventional pleasure water vessel, regardless of whether the vessel is in or out of the water. This drain plug apparatus includes a body assembly having at least two chambers. One chamber will house a shut-off valve for enabling the boater to open or close the drain plug apparatus. This will render water to escape or prevent entrance to the boat, respectively. A safety assembly is included in the second and each subsequent chamber. The safety assembly will prevent water passage into the water vessel should the user forget to close the drain plug assembly, prior to placing the boat in water.

Abstract: An automatically sealing boat draining device to be mounted in a hole passing through the transom of a boat, includes: a cylindrical housing with a drain hole; a ball valve assembly mounted within and removable from the drain hole; and a plug for sealing the drain hole. The ball valve assembly includes a ball, a sealing ball seat component, and a flow through ball seat component that are held within the drain hole by a retaining ring. A flow of water from the outer end toward the inner end of the drain hole causes the ball to seat in the sealing seat component and seal the drain hole. A flow of water from the inner end toward the outer end of the drain hole causes the ball to seat in the ball flow though seat component and permit the flow of water through the drain hole.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for permitting the passage of conduits through the hull of a boat without the creation of additional holes. A conduit-accommodating passageway is defined through the boat's scupper which bypasses the check valve that is associated with the scupper to prevent backflow. An annular body having a radially-extending conduit-accommodating passage communicating between its O.D. and its I.D. is positioned with respect to the scupper so that the fluid passing through the scupper and check valve passes through the generally annular body's I.D. while conduit passing through the radially-extending passage passes through the scupper but bypasses the check valve.

Abstract: A bilge drainage system for a boat having a through-transom drainage passageway has a through-transom pipe connected to an externally-mounted flange and connected internally to a manually or electronically operated stopcock located near the bottom of the bilge such that the stopcock may be opened, and bilge water drained to the sea, when the boat is traveling through the water on a plane.

Abstract: Diagnostic strips of the kind which are exposed to biological fluids such as blood or urine to detect or monitor medical conditions are cut sequentially from elongated cards by a reciprocating shear blade. The cards may be ones which exhibit defective areas that should not be included in the finished strips. Blade motion seats each newly cut strip on a movable strip carrier which abuts the blade during the cutting operation. The carrier then travels a nondefective strip to a pickup location where it is precisely positioned and picked off of the carrier for emplacement in a housing. A strip with a defective area is carried further to a discharge location where it is released into a waste receptacle. This enables more economical manufacture of diagnostic strips by efficiently making use of nondefective areas of cards that have defective areas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to boats and watercraft and, more particularly, concerns an improved drain assembly for draining water out of interior compartments of boats and watercraft while preventing water from entering the interior compartment when the watercraft is positioned in the water.

Abstract: An improved bilge drain system for an inboard motorboat is disclosed having a drain closure assembly that is operated from a position external to the engine compartment. The drain closure can be a valve operable by a handle, wherein the handle is accessible outside of the engine compartment when closed by an engine compartment cover. The handle, which may be located adjacent to the engine compartment or on a dashboard of the motorboat, may also be configured to provide the user with a visual indication of the open and closed status of the drain closure.

Abstract: A dump-valve device for a craft, characterized in that it comprises: a plug valve (13) movable approximately rectilinearly relative to a fixed seat (17) supported by a craft transom plate (3), drive means (9, 10) mobile in rotation along a rotary stroke of limited angular amplitude and able to be activated from inside the craft, and coupling means (11, 19) interposed between the valve (13) and the drive means (9, 10) to convert the rotary stroke of limited angular amplitude of the drive means into a rectilinear stroke of limited linear amplitude of the valve.

Abstract: A boat drain plug with cable tether including a cylindrical plug portion adapted for coupling with the drain of the boat. The cylindrical plug portion has an upper end, a lower end, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The upper end has a block secured thereto. The block has an aperture therethrough. The lower end is receivable within the drain. A length of safety cable is provided that is formed into a lower loop and an upper loop. The lower loop is coupled with the aperture of the block of the plug portion. A swivel loop is provided having a central pivot member with opposed upper and lower looping members. The lower looping member couples with the upper loop of the length of safety cable. A safety line is provided having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end couples with the upper looping member of the swivel loop. The upper end is couplable with the tie down cleat of the boat.

Abstract: A drain system is provided for a marine vessel in which three types of drain operations can be performed at one common location near the transom of the marine vessel. A multiple conduit structure is provided with a plurality of fluid passages extending at least partially through its structure. A first fluid passage allows the bilge of the boat to be drained. A second fluid passage allows multiple locations on the engine to be drained through a common port. A second sealing plug is provided to close the second passageway that prevents fluid communication between the various fluid conduits used to drain the cooling water of the engine. A third fluid passage is provided through the multiple conduit structure to allow lubricating oil to be drained from the engine.

Abstract: A drain plug warning system includes a first member that can be attached to a transom or other wall of a watercraft and a second member that is shaped to be received within an aperture that is formed through the first member. To drain water from the watercraft, the drain plug or second member is removed from the aperture of the first member, and water is allowed to drain through the aperture. If the second member is not replaced within the aperture to a predetermined location relative to the first member, a magnetically sensitive component near the aperture assumes a state that will cause an alarm under certain predefined conditions such as when an operator activates a key switch mechanism of the watercraft. The magnetically sensitive component can be a Hall effect element or other magnetically sensitive component.

Abstract: A flange for a drain pipe extending from the side of a large, flat-bottomed, open container, such as the cockpit of a boat, has its upper portion fitted along the inside of the side of the cockpit, but the lower portion of the flange is bent inwards along the bottom of the drain pipe in an "L" shape to rest tightly against the bottom or deck of the cockpit, which brings the bottom of the drain pipe close to the deck of the cockpit, to drain off as much as possible of the water that builds up in the cockpit due to rain, spray, or other sources.