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US 10,239,585 B2Granted
Rope tender for watercraft
OwnerJames Stanly Styke, Terrence Robert Soboinventors
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Abstract
A rope tender for a recreational watercraft is removably attached to the top of an outboard motor or a transom of the watercraft. The rope tender has a partial labyrinth slot which captively receive one or more anchor or mooring ropes to prevent entanglement of the ropes with the motor or propellers associated therewith. The rope tender may be conveniently removed and stowed when the watercraft is configured in an operational condition.
Claims7
A rope tender for a watercraft, comprising:
- a rod having a bottom portion operatively coupled to a first end of a cylindrical mounting shaft, the rod defining an elongate partial labyrinth slot configured for captively retaining one or more ropes for mooring the watercraft, a first end of the rod is bent at a first radius to extend laterally inwardly to overly the bottom portion and define an opening there between;
- a second end of the rod is bent at a second radius that is substantially greater than the first radius to extend laterally inwardly such that the second end overlies the first end so that a terminal portion of the first end is disposed between a terminal portion of the second end and the bottom portion;
- a second end of the cylindrical mounting shaft operatively coupled to a base portion;
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- a mount operatively coupled to the base portion, the mount configured for releasable attachment to the watercraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.