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US 12,428,114 B1Granted
Docking device
AssigneeCendron Industries LLC
InventorsJoshua Cecot, Roland Gendron, Steven Gendron
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Abstract
A docking device for a multihull watercraft that is configured to guide the watercraft into the device and secure it in place after the docking position is established.
Claims11
A docking device adapted to secure a watercraft that has at least a first hull and a second hull, the docking device comprised of:
- a main body that includes a plurality of main body conduits that are configured to secure the watercraft in a docked position, at least two of the plurality of main body conduits positioned as a first side and second side of the main body, the first side and second side configured as opposing sides that are substantially parallel to one another, the main body further having a first end and a second end;
- the first side and the second side having, respectively, a first side end section and a second side end section, each of the first side end section and the second side end section comprising a conduit coupled to an end of the first side and the second side, each of the first side end section and the second side end section angled downward in a vertical plane;
- a guide body that includes a plurality of guide body components and that is coupled to an end portion of the first end section and an end portion of the second end section, the guide body having at least a first guide body conduit and a second guide body conduit, the first guide body conduit coupled to the first side end section and the second guide conduit coupled to the second side end section, the first guide body conduit and second guide body conduits each, first, extending outward and away from the main body first in approximately a horizontal plane and, then, at an upward angle, the guide body adapted to guide the watercraft into the docked position over the main body with the first hull on one side of the main body and the second hull on an opposite side of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.