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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Gerald E Wellen, North Branch, MN (US);
Robert J Menne, Jr, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Premier Marine, Inc., Wyoming, MN (US);
Abstract
Plug for capping or sealing the open ends of tubular members, such as tubular support members utilized on a Bimini boat top or other boat structure. The plug has a cap from which extend upper and lower rearwardly projecting tapered planar support panels each of which includes an outwardly protruding array of ramped teeth formed integrally therewith. The height of the teeth in each array increases incrementally from a minimum height near the end of the plug remote from the cap to a maximum height adjacent to the cap. The ramping of the teeth allows for accommodational frictional engagement of the teeth with various inside dimensions of tubular support members to secure the plug tightly therewithin. A hole extends transversely through the body of the plug for receipt of a pin for pivotally securing the end of a tubular support member containing the plug to a support bracket or other members.