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Granted Patent B2
US 11,945,548 · App. 18/173,130 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Marine thru-hull fitting and drainage device

Inventors: Colin Daley (Clinton, TN); Dale Branch (Maryville, TN)
Assignee: C&D Marine Products, LLC
B63B13/02B63B1/38B63B59/04
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Patent No.
US 11,945,548
App. No.
18/173,130
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (27)

1. A drainage device for directing fluid away from a surface, the drainage device comprising:

a channel body mountable on the surface proximate to an outlet on the surface and extendable away from the surface;

a groove formed along at least a partial length of the channel body; and

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.

2. The drainage device of claim 1 , wherein the drainage device is formed of stainless steel.

3. The drainage device of claim 1 , the channel body tapering in width from the first end adjacent to the surface to the second end of the channel body.

4. The drainage device of claim 1 , wherein the groove has a tapered width such that a width of the groove expands from a narrower portion at a first end of the groove to a wider portion at a second end of the groove.

5. The drainage device of claim 1 , wherein the channel body has a width that is greater than a width of the outlet on the surface.

6. The drainage device of claim 1 , wherein the channel body is formed of a resiliently flexible material such that the drainage device is deformable.

7. The drainage device of claim 1 , wherein the groove varies in depth from a shallower portion proximate to the surface to a deeper portion distal therefrom.

8. The drainage device of claim 1 , wherein the channel body is substantially U-shaped.

9. The drainage device of claim 1 , further comprising a flange located at an end of the channel body that is proximate to the surface, the flange shaped to secure the drainage device to one of the surface and the outlet on the surface.

10. The drainage device of claim 1 , the flange shaped to fit between a portion of the outlet and the surface.

11. A drainage device for directing fluid away from a surface, the drainage device comprising:

a channel body mountable on the surface proximate to an outlet on the surface and extendable away from the surface;

a groove formed along at least a partial length of the channel body;

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; and

a flange located at an end of the channel body that is proximate to the surface, the flange shaped to secure the drainage device to one of the outlet and the surface;

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.

12. The marine thru-hull fitting drainage device of claim 11 , the channel body tapering in width from a first end that is adjacent to the hull to a second distal end of the channel body.

13. A drainage device for directing fluid away from a surface, the drainage device comprising:

a resiliently flexible channel body mountable proximate to an outlet on the surface and extendable away from the surface;

a groove formed along at least a partial length of the channel body;

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; and

a flange located at an end of the channel body that is proximate to the surface, the flange shaped to secure the drainage device to one of the outlet and the surface;

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2023
From: DALEY, COLIN; BRANCH, DALE
To: C&D MARINE PRODUCTS, LLC
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Continuity (7)
Continuation 17648209 · Jan 18, 2022
Continuation 16592860 · Oct 4, 2019
Continuation In Part 16142049 · Sep 26, 2018
Continuation In Part 15923059 · Mar 16, 2018
Continuation In Part 15457435 · Mar 13, 2017
Provisional Application 62332532 · May 6, 2016
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