Boat mooring hull protection
OwnerRory Townsend-Seddoninventor
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Abstract
A boat/vessel mooring system to prevent marine growth to hull when boat is moored up and stationary. Invention envelopes vessel and prevents marine growth by reducing water flow around hull, thus removing a suitable growing environment.
Claims6
A protector comprising a rectangular rear portion and tapered front portion for the hull of a waterborne vessel in the water, the protector comprising a sheet having at least two layers, a first layer with a density higher than the density of water, and a second layer with a density lower than the density of water, wherein when the protector is in use the second layer provides buoyancy to the first layer and presses the first layer against the waterborne vessel hull, the second layer having a triangular cut out arranged along the centreline, tapering towards the front of the protector, to allow the first layer to be submerged for waterborne vessel entry.
A protector according to any preceding claim, wherein an additional sacrificial wear layer of PVC fabric is fixed above the first layer.
A protector according to any preceding claim, wherein pockets/channels created from the same material as the first layer, surround three edges of the sheet, are filled with low density foam rods of greater height than the first layer to provide a vertical water barrier and additional rigidity to structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.