Boat mooring device
OwnerCarl Matsoninventor
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Abstract
A device for mooring small boats includes a rigid tubular sleeve with outwardly flared ends. A stretch cord located in the sleeve has attaching members in the form of hooks or the like at each end which extend at least partially outside the associated sleeve end. To moor a boat, one hook is pulled outwardly, stretching the cord, and fastened to a boat rail or cleat. The other hook is similarly fastened to a ring or eye-bolt on the dock. The stretch cord urges the hooks toward the sleeve so that the hooks and flared sleeve ends cooperate to form grips; and the sleeve acts as a spacer to space the boat from the dock.
Claims6
Apparatus for mooring one or two adjacent sides of a boat to a dock without the need for mooring connectors on the opposite sides of said boat, said boat having a first connector, and said dock having a second connector, said apparatus comprising:
- a rigid tubular sleeve having first and second open ends;
- stretchable tension means in said sleeve;
- first and second releasable attaching means fastened respectively at the respective ends of said tension means;
- said first and second attaching means extending at least partially out of the associated open ends of said sleeve whereby said first and second attaching means may be pulled from said tube and releasably coupled respectively to said first and second connectors, and said tension means will urge said first and second attaching means respectively against opposing ends of said sleeve thereby to place said rigid sleeve under compression to space said boat from said dock at a fixed distance determined by the length of said sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.