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US 5,634,421 AGranted
Watercraft mooring apparatus
AssigneePelican Made Products, S.V. Inc.
InventorCarlo Velarde
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Abstract
A watercraft mooring apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an elongate spacing device having a generally tubular element with an interior channel formed therethrough. There are a pair of resilient fender components attached to respective ends of the tubular element. Each fender component has an opening that communicates with the interior channel. A flexible line extends through and outside of the spacing device. The line has a first end portion that releasably engages a first vessel and a second end portion that releasably engages either a dock or a second vessel.
Claims19
A boat mooring apparatus comprising:
- an elongate spacing device that includes a generally tubular element having an interior channel formed therethrough and a pair of resilient, one-piece fender components attached to respective ends of said tubular element, each fender component extending longitudinally beyond and radially overlapping a respective end of said tubular element and having a respective opening formed centrally therethrough, each said opening being in communication with said interior channel, each said fender component being more resilient than said tubular element;
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- a flexible line that extends through said interior channel and said openings and outside of said spacing device, said line having a first end portion, which includes first means for releasably engaging a first boat, and an opposite second end portion, which includes second means for releasably engaging one of a second boat and a dock, whereby the first boat is selectively moored to one of the second boat and the dock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.