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The device has a hollow housing adaptable to be mounted in a marine deck and a spring biased cleat is telescopically vertically movable therein. The cleat has a boss which engages a rotatable pawl for locking the cleat in a retracted position below the deck line. The cleat is selectively movable to

The device has a hollow housing adaptable to be mounted in a marine deck and a spring biased cleat is telescopically vertically movable therein. The cleat has a boss which engages a rotatable pawl for locking the cleat in a retracted position below the deck line. The cleat is selectively movable to its extended operating position by releasing the locking pawl via temporary downward force on the cleat and is thereafter automatically locked upon the next temporary downward force thereon.

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A retractable device for installation in a deck of a boat comprising an elongated vertical hollow unitary housing adaptable for mounting in and to a deck, said housing having a top surface adapted to be mounted flush with the deck, an elongated retractable member slidably positioned in said housing

A retractable device for installation in a deck of a boat comprising an elongated vertical hollow unitary housing adaptable for mounting in and to a deck, said housing having a top surface adapted to be mounted flush with the deck, an elongated retractable member slidably positioned in said housing and movable vertically therein, said member having an upper surface substantially flush with said top surface of said housing in a retracted position; mounting means between said housing and said member for limiting the vertical movement of said member, selective operating means for moving said member from a first position wherein an upper end portion of said member is retracted in said housing to position said upper surface flush with said top surface and a second position wherein said member upper end portion is upraised above said top surface of said housing, said selective operating means disposed within said housing and being lockable by a downward force on said upper portion to dispose said upper surface substantially below said top surface of said housing and subsequent release to assume said first position and being thereafter releasable by another downward force on said upper end portion to dispose said upper surface substantially below said top surface and subsequent release to assume said second position, said housing having a plurality of interior surfaces, said interior surfaces being located spacedly away from said retractable member to allow movement of said member within said housing and for ease of assembly of said member through said top surface of said housing while said housing is mounted in the deck.