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US 12,570,376 B2Granted
Personal watercraft docking apparatus
OwnerJason George Chebatinventor
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Abstract
Watercraft docking apparatus including a flexible clamp attachable to a watercraft to be docked, an elongated pole attached at one end to the flexible clamp, and structure attaching mechanism attached to an opposite end of the elongated pole. The flexible clamp and the structure attaching mechanism are both designed to prevent lateral horizontal movement of the elongated pole.
Claims18
Watercraft docking apparatus comprising:
- a flexible clamp including:
- a base element having an upper end and a lower end;
- an upper clamp element coupled to the upper end of the base element;
- a lower clamp element coupled to the lower end of the base element;
- and
- wherein the upper clamp element and the lower clamp element oppose one another and at least the upper clamp element is movable inwardly toward the lower clamp element to an engaged position and movable outwardly away from the lower clamp element to a disengaged position;
- wherein the flexible clamp is moved to the engaged position by a cable and to the disengaged position by an elastomeric band;
- an elongated pole attached at one end to the flexible clamp;
- and
- structure attaching mechanism attached to an opposite end of the elongated pole, the flexible clamp and the structure attaching mechanism are both designed to prevent lateral horizontal movement of the elongated pole.
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Watercraft docking apparatus comprising:
- a flexible clamp including:
- a base element having an upper end and a lower end;
- an upper clamp element having a proximal segment and a distal segment pivotally coupled in series to the upper end of the base element;
- a lower clamp element coupled to the lower end of the base element;
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- wherein the upper clamp element and the lower clamp element oppose one another and the upper clamp element is movable inwardly toward the lower clamp element to an engaged position and movable outwardly away from the lower clamp element to a disengaged position;
- wherein the flexible clamp is moved to the engaged position by a cable and to the disengaged position by an elastomeric band;
- an elongated pole attached at one end to the flexible clamp;
- and
- structure attaching mechanism attached to an opposite end of the elongated pole, the flexible clamp and the structure attaching mechanism are both designed to prevent lateral horizontal movement of the elongated pole.
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Watercraft docking apparatus comprising:
- an elongated pole;
- a flexible clamp including:
- a base element having an upper end and a lower end;
- an upper clamp element having a proximal segment and a distal segment pivotally coupled in series to the upper end of the base element;
- a lower clamp element pivotally coupled to the lower end of the base element;
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- wherein the upper clamp element and the lower clamp element oppose one another and are movable inwardly toward one another to an engaged position and movable outwardly away from one another to a disengaged position;
- a cable extending from the base element through the proximal segment and the distal segment, and is movable between a tightened position pulling the proximal segment and the distal segment inwardly toward the lower clamp element to the engaged position and a loosened position releasing the proximal segment and the distal segment;
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- an elastomeric band extending from the base element along an outside of the upper clamp element and is coupled proximate an end thereof and is movable between a stretched position when the cable is moved to the extended position pulling the proximal segment and the distal segment inwardly toward the lower clamp element and a contracted position drawing the upper clamp element and the lower clamp element outwardly to the release position;
- and
- structure attaching mechanism attached to an opposite end of the elongated pole, the flexible clamp and the structure attaching mechanism are both designed to prevent lateral horizontal movement of the elongated pole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.