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US 5,690,042 AGranted
Mooring device and securing device for watercraft and methods of making the same
OwnerDarrell G. Bentleyinventor
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A mooring device adapted for removably attaching a watercraft to a dock is provided. The mooring device comprises an upright pivot shaft having a T-shaped handle on one end and a T-shaped locking bar on the other end. A biasing spring, clevis and tension plate are also mounted on the shaft intermediate the ends, with the T-shaped locking bar being rigidly affixed to the end of the pivot shaft. The tension plate is biased toward the T-shaped locking bar by the biasing spring, with the biasing spring bearing against one side of a support affixed to the upright pivot shaft. One arm of the clevis rests against an opposite side of the support with the other arm of said clevis spaced from the T-shaped handle. The T-shaped handle is firmly affixed to the end of said upright pivot shaft opposite the end having the T-shaped locking bar. The shaft of the mooring device has a locking element associated therewith for lockably attaching the mooring device to the docking platform.
In a mooring device adapted for mooring a craft to a docking platform having spaced decking elements of uniform thickness, the mooring device having a means for securing a line thereto and comprising a body in rigid T-bar form having a shaft and an elongated head secured transversely to one end thereof wherein the head is sufficiently narrow to fit between the decking elements, the shaft further having a flat plate mounted thereon for slideable movement toward and away from the head with a biasing means associated with the plate to urge the head toward the plate, the improvement wherein said mooring device has locking means associated therewith for lockably securing said mooring device to said docking platform.
In a mooring device adapted for mooring a craft to a docking platform having spaced decking elements of uniform thickness, the mooring device having a means for securing a line thereto and comprising having a shaft and an elongated head secured transversely to one end thereof wherein the head is sufficiently narrow to fit between the decking elements, the improvement wherein said mooring device has locking means integral therewith and carried upon said shall for lockably attaching said mooring device to said docking platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.