Pontoon boat mooring system
AssigneeThe Louis Berkman Company
InventorMark D. Robinson
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Abstract
A pontoon boat mooring system is provided which comprises first and second rigid spacing members pivotably mounted in a spaced-apart relation at the edge of a dock. One or both of the spacing members may also be mounted for lateral movement relative to the dock to allow for use with boats of different widths. In use the spacing members are pivoted toward the mooring eyes on the forward portions of the pontoons and connected thereto by a pin which passes through two parallel portions of the spacing members and the mooring eye.
Claims45
A pontoon boat mooring system for mooring a pontoon boat having first and second pontoons to a dock wherein each of said pontoons includes a top surface and mooring means mounted on said top surface., said system comprising:
- first and second rigid spacing means for spacing the first and second pontoons of the pontoon boat from the dock, mounting means for mounting said first and second spacing means on said dock, and securement means extending from said spacing means and pivotal therewith in a vertical plane to contact said top surface proximate said mooring means for securing said first and second spacing means to said mooring means on the first and second pontoons of the pontoon boat.
A pontoon boat mooring system for mooring a pontoon boat having first and second pontoons to a dock wherein each of said pontoons includes mooring means, said system comprising:
- first and second rigid spacing means for spacing the first and second pontoons of the pontoon boat from the dock, mounting means proximate to an edge of the dock for mounting said first and second spacing means on said dock, and securement means for securing said first and second spacing means to said mooring means on the first and second pontoons of the pontoon boat, wherein said spacing means comprises a rigid frame pivotable about an axis parallel to the edge of said dock and having leg portions for connection to said mounting means, and first and second side rails connected by first and second transverse braces generally parallel to the edge of said dock.
A pontoon boat mooring system for mooring a pontoon boat having first and second pontoons to a dock wherein each of said pontoons includes mooring means, said system comprising:
- first and second rigid spacing means for spacing the first and second pontoons of the pontoon boat from the dock, mounting means comprising first and second journal plates for mounting said first and second spacing means on said dock, and securement means for securing said first and second spacing means to said mooring means on the first and second pontoons of the pontoon boat, wherein said spacing means comprises a rod member supported by said journal plates and a first pipe member supported on said rod member between said journal plates.
The mooring system of sighed 23, further including brace means for bracing said second pipe with respect to said first pipe.
A mooring system for connecting first and second mooring means on a pontoon boat to a dock having an edge comprising:
- first and second mounting means each comprising plate means for mounting on a dock and a pair of spaced apart apertured bosses mounted on and extending from said plate means at a right angle;
- first and second rigid spacing means respectively for said first and second mounting means and each including a pair of leg portions, a pair of central rail portions and a pair of terminal finger portions, said leg portions being pivotally connected to said pair of bosses of the corresponding one of said first and second mounting means by pins for pivotable movement about an axis parallel to said dock, said central rail portions extending from said leg portions in the direction away from said dock, and said terminal finger portions extending from said central rail portions in said direction and including openings therethrough;
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- connector means for connecting said terminal finger portions of said first and second rigid spacing means respectively to said first and second mooring means.
A mooring system for connecting first and second mooring means on a pontoon boat to a dock having an edge comprising:
- first and second mounting means each comprising mounting plate means for mounting on a dock and including first and second journal plates having openings therethrough and extending from said mounting plate means at a right angle;
- first and second rigid spacing means respectively for said first and second mounting means and each comprising a rod member having a longitudinal axis, said rod member being mounted in said openings through the first and second journal plates of the corresponding one of said first and second mounting means for rotation about said axis, first pipe means surrounding and rotatable relative to said rod member, second pipe means attached to said first pipe means at a right angle, braces extending between said first pipe means and said second pipe means on opposite sides of said second pipe means;
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- securement means on said second pipe means for connecting said first and second spacing means respectively to said first and second mooring means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.