Dockside line and cable holder
AssigneeInnovative Marine Products, LLC.
InventorKenneth A. McDonald
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Abstract
An apparatus for the temporary stowage of cables and lines which emanate from a docked vessel for obtaining power, cable TV and telephone reception, which apparatus may be permanently or temporarily mounted to a substrate such as a marina's decking. The apparatus includes a base to which is attached at least one and preferably up to four spaced springs, each of which is also mounted to an upper plate, from which a preferably flexible shaft extends in an upwardly direction. Mounted on the shaft is at least one cable and line receiving means for retaining the cables and lines therein. Cables for TV, telephone, and lines for fresh water and perhaps fuel can be stowed on the apparatus pending and during connections to such utilities.
Claims23
An apparatus for temporary stowage of cables and lines which emanate from a docked vessel for making connections to dock side utilities, which apparatus comprises:
- [a] a base, having a lower plate, which base is adapted for mounting to a dock's substrate,
- [b] an upper plate, having been spring mounted at a first end to said upper plate and mounted at a second end to said lower plate,
- [c] an upstanding shaft fixedly secured to the top surface of said upper plate, and
- [d] means comprising cable and line receiving means mounted on said shaft for temporary receipt and retention of cables and lines.
An apparatus for temporary stowage of cables and lines which emanate from a docked vessel for making connections to dock side utilities, which apparatus comprises:
- [a] a base, consisting essentially of a lower plate, which base is adapted for mounting to a dock's substrate,
- [b] a triangular upper plate, spring mounted to said lower plate by a trio of coil springs,
- [c] an upstanding shaft disposed upwardly from the top surface of said upper plate, and
- [d] means comprising cable and line receiving means mounted on said shaft, which means comprises a cap disposed on the end of the shaft distant from said upper plate, said cap having at least one open ring thereon for temporary receipt and retention of cables and lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.