Watertight deck plate

Abstract

A trim ring has an annular rim and a cylindrical body insertable into a hole in the deck of a water craft. A cap has a depending cylindrical body that fits within the body of the ring. A gasket carried by one of the components is compressed between the two automatically as the cap and ring are brought together, and relaxes slightly as the cap reaches a fully closed position without hindering the watertight fit between the two components.

1 . A deck plate comprising a ring component having a generally cylindrical body with a central opening, a cap component having a generally cylindrical body that can be fitted into the opening of the ring component between a position in which the cap component is removed from the ring component and a fully closed position in which the cap component is fully fitted into the ring component, and an annular resilient gasket carried by one of the components and positioned to the engaged and compressed against the other of the components automatically as the cap body is inserted into the ring body, the cap component and ring component being constructed and arranged relatively such that the gasket relaxes slightly as the cap reaches the fully closed position but remains compressed for a watertight fit between the cap component and the ring component.