Marine implement
OwnerHarry J. Wessoninventor
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Abstract
A boat hook is provided with a series of attachments engagable with a coupling device on the prod end. The coupling preferably includes a threaded section, and is set back from the point of the prod for the dual purpose of protecting the threads, and for utilizing the point as the means of assuring positive coaxial alignment of the coupling. The attachments provide a variety of areas of utility, and the preferred form of the invention has a telescoping handle capable of being locked in a plurality of degrees of extension appropriate to the particular attachments that may be coupled to the basic device. The original utility of the boat hook is not impaired by the provision for the attachments. One of the attachments is a hoop with a provision for temporarily retaining a loop in a mooring line.
Claims7
A marine implement including a boat hook having an elongated handle portion extending along a handle axis, a hook portin extending laterally from said axis, and a prod portion extending parallel to said axis on the opposite side of said hook portion from said handle portion, wherein the improvement comprises:
- coupling means on said prod portion coaxial therewith, including a threaded portion, said prod portion having a point extending substantially beyond said coupling means;
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- at least one attachment engageable with said coupling means, and having a socket in which part of said prod portion is receivable.
A marine implement including a boat hook having an elongated handle portion extending along a handle axis, said handle portion having telescoping sections and locking means operable to secure at least two degrees of extension of said telescoping sections, said implement also including a hook portion extending laterally from said axis, and a prod portion extending parallel to said axis on the opposite side of said hook portion from said handle portion, wherein the improvement comprises:
- coupling means on said prod portion coaxial therewith, said prod portion having a point extending substantially beyond said coupling means;
- at least one attachment engageable with said coupling means, and having a socket in which part of said prod portion is receivable;
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- a transverse detent constituting said locking means, said detent being carried by the inner of said telescoping sections, said detent being engageable with apertures in the outer of said telescoping sections, and additionally including means mounted on said outer section providing an interior annular recess engageable with said detent means to limit the possible extension of said telescoping sections.
A marine implement including a boat hook having an elongated handle portion extending along a handle axis, a hook portion extending laterally from said axis, and a prod portion extending parallel to said axis on the opposite side of said hook portion from said handle portion, wherein the improvement comprises:
- coupling means on said prod portion coaxial therewith, said prod portion having a point extending substantially beyond said coupling means;
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- at least one attachment engageable with said coupling means, and having a socket in which part of said prod portion is receivable, said attachment including a loop frame disposed with the axis thereof in a plane substantially parallel to said handle axis, and a plurality of projections from said loop frame extending laterally from said plane on at least one side thereof.
A marine implement for use in mooring procedures, said implement comprising:
- a loop frame having an axis disposed substantially in one plane;
- handle means extending from said loop frame substantially parallel to said plane;
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- line-retaining means fixed with respect to said loop frame whereby a loop at the end of a line may be retained on said line-retaining means by application of tension in said line in the direction of said handle, said line-retaining means including a plurality of projections extending from said plane on one side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.