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US 6,223,670 B1Granted
Visual guard for a dock cleat
OwnerClayton E. Schulzeinventor
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Abstract
A flat oblong piece of brightly colored, durable, stretchable elastomeric material has a pair of apertures spaced by approximately 2″ less than the outermost reaches of the cleat arms. The visual guard may be stretched over the arms of the cleat and provides a visual warning to passersby without interfering with the function of the cleat: a rope may be attached above or below the guard without inhibiting its function.
Claims7
A visual guard for cleats on a dock, comprising
- an oblong, flat piece of brightly colored, stretchable elastomeric material having first and
- second openings with a center-to-center distance less than a distance between an outer
- reach of a first cleat arm and an outer reach of a second cleat arm, whereby said visual guard may be stretched over the first and second cleat arms to provide someone walking on the dock with a visual warning without interfering with the securing of a rope above or below said visual guard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.