US 2026/0042507 A1 · Watercraft Tether Device

Abstract

A watercraft tether device includes a shaft member having opposing ends, and end stabilizers respectively provided at the opposing ends of the shaft member. The end stabilizers each include a lateral stabilizing portion that extends orthogonally with respect to the shaft member and has an outer edge that extends from a first end of the lateral stabilizing portion to a second end of the lateral stabilizing portion. One or more strap members of the watercraft tether device may be respectively engaged with the end stabilizers such that portions of the strap members form adjustable loops extending from the end stabilizers for removably engaging with tethering structures of watercrafts. Also disclosed is a method of using a plurality of watercraft tether devices to tether together watercrafts floating in a body of water, and a strap system engaged with an end stabilizer of the watercraft tether device.

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Dependent claims

A watercraft tether device, comprising:

(a) a shaft member having a first end and a second end;
(b) end stabilizers respectively provided at the first end and the second end of the shaft member, wherein each of the end stabilizers has a top side and a bottom side and includes a lateral stabilizing portion that extends orthogonally with respect to the shaft member;
(c) one or more strap members respectively engaged with the end stabilizers, wherein each of the one or more strap members has a secured end and a free end opposite the secured end;
and
(d) securing mechanisms respectively located on the end stabilizers, wherein each of the securing mechanisms is configured to adjustably secure the one or more strap members engaged with the end stabilizer on which the securing mechanism is positioned.

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A method of using watercraft tether devices to tether a first watercraft and a second watercraft together at a distance apart while floating side-by-side in a body of water, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) engaging a first end stabilizer of a first watercraft tether device with a first tethering structure of the first watercraft via a first strap member of the first watercraft tether device;
(b) engaging a second end stabilizer of the first watercraft tether device with a first tethering structure of the second watercraft via a second strap member of the first watercraft tether device;
(c) engaging a first end stabilizer of a second watercraft tether device with a second tethering structure of the first watercraft via a first strap member of the second watercraft tether device;
(d) engaging a second end stabilizer of the second watercraft tether device with a second tethering structure of the first watercraft via a second strap member of the second watercraft tether device;
and
(e) by engaging the first end stabilizers and the second end stabilizers of the first watercraft tether device and the second watercraft tether device with the first tethering structures and the second tethering structures of the first watercraft and the second watercraft, tethering the first watercraft and the second watercraft together at the distance apart.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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