Automatic boat docking system
AssigneeKuwait University
InventorsKhaled Alhazza, Shaikha Shams Aldeen, Dalal Anwar Aloudah, Salwa Fares Alazmi, Hayat Bader Albassam
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Abstract
A mooring device, mechanism, system and method for automatic boat docking. The automated boat docking system has a mooring device installed at a marina or at a boat ramp. The mooring device will have a rod installed, with a suction valve at the end of an arm connected to the rod. The suction valve is used to hold the boat in place. Once the suction valve is connected to the boat, the rod will move, and the arm will rotate the boat to where the boat will be docked or lifted safely.
Claims19
A mooring device for automatically docking a boat at a marina, the mooring device comprising:
- at least one suction valve mounted to a midpoint on a first side of an arm;
- a rod with a first end and a second end where the first end of the rod is connected to a plate at said first end;
- and
- a track,
- wherein the arm is connected to the rod at the second end of the rod on a second side of said arm opposite where the at least one suction valve is mounted to the arm,
- wherein the at least one suction valve is configured to catch and hold the boat, the arm is configured to horizontally rotate 90 degrees, after which the arm, rod, and plate are configured to move on the track until the boat is delivered safely to a specific place at the marina.
A method for automatically docking a boat at a marina, the method comprising:
- providing a mooring device having at least one suction valve mounted to an arm, with the arm connected to a track via a rod and a plate;
- catching and holding the boat via the suction valve;
- horizontally rotating the arm 90 degrees;
- and
- moving the arm, the rod, and the plate along the track until the boat is delivered safely to a specific place at the marina.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.