Rope guide apparatus
OwnerSteven Maurice Millerinventor
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Abstract
A rope guide apparatus to assist with mooring a vessel comprises an elongate pole and a length of rope. The length of rope is slidably retained by the elongate pole at a first point of retention adjacent a first end of the pole. The rope extends from the first point of retention towards a second end of the pole where it is slidably retained by the pole at a second point of retention adjacent the second end. The rope extends from the second end of the pole back towards the first end and is slidably retained at a third point of retention, with the rope extending freely from the pole. This apparatus allows easier one-person mooring of a vessel by looping the rope over a bollard and avoids the need for the individual to lean out of a vessel when attempting to moor at a distance.
Claims11
A rope guide apparatus;
- the apparatus comprising:
- an elongate pole having first and second ends;
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- a length of rope having first and second ends;
- in which said length of rope is slidably retained by the elongate pole at a first point of retention located adjacent the first end of the elongated pole from which point the first end of said rope extends freely from the elongate pole, and within which the rope is arranged to extend from the first end thereof towards the second end of the elongate pole and is slidably retained by the elongate pole at a second point of retention adjacent the second end thereof, and in which the rope is arranged to extend continuously from adjacent the second end of the elongate pole backwardly towards the first end of the elongate pole externally to said elongate pole and is slidably retained by retaining fixture located intermediate the second end of the elongate pole and a mid-point of the elongate pole, and in which the second end of the length of rope extends freely from the retaining fixture and the elongate pole.
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