Adjustable shock absorbing mooring and utility line

A shock absorbing and adjustable-length mooring and utility securing line for attaching two objects together wherein the two objects are capable of moving toward and away from one another, said line comprising:

• a hollow flexible tubing constructed of substantially inelastic fabric material and wherein the tubing has two opposite ends which are each adapted to be attached to a corresponding one of two objects for attaching the two objects together with the line;
• the hollow tubing having a central section disposed between its opposite ends wherein the central section has opposite end portions and the fabric material of the central section is movable lengthwise between a gathered condition and a fully-stretched condition to accommodate a lengthening of the line as the opposite end portions of the central section are moved farther apart from a condition at which the central section is in a gathered condition and to accommodate a shortening of the line as the opposite end portions of the central section are moved closer together from a condition at which the central section is in a fully-stretched condition;
• a bungee cord attached to the central section of the tubing for biasing the end portions of the central section toward one another to thereby bias the central section from the fully-stretched condition toward the gathered condition so that when the opposite ends of the tubing are attached between two objects capable of moving toward and away from one another, the biasing means opposes and thereby dampens the movement of the two objects away from one another and the distance that the two objects can be moved away from one another is limited by the length of the central section when in its fully-stretched condition and so that when the two objects move toward one another from the condition at which the central section is in its fully-stretched condition, the biasing means biases the central section toward the gathered condition.