Steady docking whip
OwnerSamuel Lewis Graham Stevens, Liam F. Pillsburyinventors
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Abstract
A steady mooring whip includes a lower mooring whip arm mounted below a standard traditional mooring whip. The lower whip arm can be mounted directly to a dock or seawall, and can extend below the base of the mooring whip. By having a point below the traditional mooring whip, the system can have a loop of line between the vessel, the traditional upper mooring whip, and the additional lower mooring whip arm. This loop allows for consistent tension in the line and in the upper mooring whip arm, even as tidal conditions fluctuate.
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A system for mooring a boat relative to a dock with a line attached to the boat comprising:
- an upper mooring arm extending from a location adjacent to the dock to a location approximately over the boat, and having an upper pulley that receives the line;
- a lower mooring arm extending downward at an angle from the dock toward the sea floor, and having a lower pulley that receives the line,
- wherein the line is thereby arranged to define a loop that starts and ends at an attachment location on the boat;
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- a mounting plate that is constructed and arranged to secure to a dock and that supports a proximal end of the lower mooring arm and includes a pulley that movably guides the line,
- wherein the mounting plate defines an approximately L-shaped base and a whip carrying section hingedly attached to the base that engages the proximal end of the lower mooring arm using a hinge.
A system for mooring a boat relative to a dock with a line attached to the boat comprising:
- an upper mooring arm extending from a location adjacent to the dock to a location approximately over the boat, and having an upper pulley that receives the line;
- a lower mooring arm extending downward at an angle from the dock toward the sea floor, and having a lower pulley that receives the line;
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- wherein the line defines a complete loop between three points that maintains tension as long as the line moves in a first direction but releases tension by disengaging a hinge when the line moves in an opposite, second direction, and
- wherein the first direction and the second direction are each of opposing rising and falling sea level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.