Boat docking device
OwnerDavid W. Kratzinventor
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Abstract
A device for use with a conventional loop-provided boat line to effect docking or mooring of boats comprising a pair of rigid arms for detachable engagement upon opposed portions of the strands of the loop near the base thereof; there being a pivotal connection between each of the rigid arms adjacent their rearward or loop remote ends for swingable movement of the same away from and toward each other, or into open or closed condition, respectively. The rearward ends of these arms are formed to provide cooperating jaws for clamping relationship upon an interposed implement as the arms are moved away from each other for loop opening through a pulling force upon the line.
Claims14
The combination of a flexible boat line having a loop formed in one end portion thereof encirclable about a mooring device, said loop having a base portion with opposing strands progressing therefrom, and of a docking device comprising a pair of rigid arms in correspondence to said strands, each arm having outer and inner ends, the outer ends of said arms terminating spacedly inwardly of the bight portion of said loop, means securing each of said arms rigidly on the related line strand, said securing means inhibiting relative movement of said arms with respect to the engaged strands so that the same at all times act unitarily, said arms having their inner ends relatively proximate said loop base portion, and means pivotally interengaging said arms at their inner end portions premitting swinging of the same together with the engaged portions of said strands away from each other for opening of said loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.