Line storage reel for boat fenders, respectively, boat fenders equipped with line storage reels
AssigneeRomar Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRano J. Harris, Jr., Nicholas E. Barker
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Abstract
A boat fender provided with a reel about which the line, or rope, from which the boat fender is normally suspended when in use, is wound for containment and storage when such line, or rope, is not in use. The storage reel provides a means for the quick, facile storage of the line used to suspend the fender, and for release of the line as required.
Claims16
A boat fender for suspension from a line alongside the hull of a craft from a hitching device located on the craft for protection of the hull on contact thereof with a mooring site, which comprises
- a body constituted of an enclosing wall providing a substantially central opening of generally tubular shape, and an object of three-dimensional shape, the external surface of which can contact said mooring site for protection of the hull,
- a line storage reel having a stem which can be projected within said central opening and affixed to said body about which said line can be wound, turn-by-turn for containment and storage of the suspending line when the boat fender is not in use, and a cover is provided thereover creating in effect a chamber within which said wound line is contained, hidden and stored.
A boat fender for suspension from a line alongside the hull of a craft from a hitching point located on the craft for protection of the hull on contact thereof with a mooring site or other craft, which comprises
- a tubular body with flanged terminal ends, constituted in sections secured together via threaded connections,
- a wall enclosing said tubular body providing a generally central opening outside which the flanged terminal ends are projected, the external surface of the wall of which can contact said mooring site for protection of the hull, and
- a pair of reels, each provided with a central opening, held in alternately disposed position by passage of said tubular body through said central openings such that the flanged ends thereof rest against and retain in place each of the reels on which said suspending line can be wound turn-by-turn for containment and storage when the boat fender is not in use.
A boat fender for suspension from a line alongside the hull of a craft from a hitching point located on the craft for protection of the hull on contact thereof with a mooring site or other craft, which comprises
- a body of three-dimensional shape the external surface of which can contact said mooring site or other craft for protection of the hull,
- a tab projecting from said body and secured thereto, inclusive of an eye to which an end of the line can be secured, and
- a line storage reel, provided with a central opening through which said tab is passed and secured to said tab, about which said line can be wound for containment and storage of the suspending line when the boat fender is not in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.