Floatable dock mooring article
OwnerGary Lawrenceinventor
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Abstract
A floating dock mooring article, which slidably fits around a watercraft dock pipe, comprising a flotation device attached to a mooring member and a flange generally located at the upper end thereof. A watercraft is moored to the dock, as by a rope, via the flotation mooring article. When the water level rises as due to a flood, the float will cause the mooring article to raise-up the dock pipe and maintain securement of the watercraft to the dock.
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A floatable dock mooring article, comprising:
- a float attached to a portion of a mooring member so that an upper leg and a lower leg extend above and below said float, a flange located on the end portion of said upper leg, said upper leg and said lower leg capable of receiving a mooring device for a watercraft, said mooring member adapted to have an internal diameter greater than an outer diameter of a dock pipe, said mooring member adapted to be movably connected to a portion of said dock pipe, and said lower leg being capable of contacting and resting on a dock;
- including an extension Dine adapted to have an outside diameter less than the inside diameter of said dock pipe, said extension pipe capable of fitting inside said dock pipe.
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The floatable dock mooring article according to clam 4, wherein said float is located at a height of from about 20% to about 80% of said dock mooring member height.
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A floatable dock mooring article, comprising:
- a mooring member, said mooring member adapted to have an internal diameter greater than the outer diameter of a dock pipe and adapted to be moveably connected to a portion of said dock pipe,
- a float having an internal diameter larger than the external diameter of said mooring member, said float being freely movable about said dock mooring member, said dock mooring member having an upper flange which serves as a float stop, said dock mooring member capable of receiving a mooring device for a watercraft, and said dock mooring member being capable of contacting and resting on a dock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.