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US 6,659,033 B1Granted
Mooring device and method
OwnerG. Russell Donleyinventor
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Abstract
A mooring device and method for small boats is provided which allows a boat to be quickly, securely moored to a dock. The mooring device comprises a rigid tubular member having a Y-like shape. An endless cord passes through the tubular member and exits both arms and the leg of the Y-like member to secure small boats safely while accommodating waves of up to approximately two feet in height.
Claims14
A boat mooring device comprising:
- a tubular member, a cord, said cord contained within said tubular member, said tubular member defining a first end, a second end, and a third end, said cord exiting said first, second and said third ends whereby a boat can be moored to said cords at two ends and the cord exiting the third end can be attached to a dock.
A boat mooring device comprising:
- a tubular member, an endless cord, said endless cord contained within said tubular member, said tubular member defining first, second and third ends, said endless cord exiting first and second ends whereby a boat can be moored to said endless cord at one end of said tubular member and said endless cord at the other end of said tubular member can be attached to a boat dock.
A method of mooring a boat to a dock with a tubular member containing a cord comprising the steps of:
- a) passing the cord contained within the tubular member through one end thereof;
- b) passing the cord contained within the tubular member through the other end of the tubular member;
- c) adjusting the length of the tubular member;
- d) attaching the cord passing through one end to the boat;
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- e) attaching the cord passing through the other end to the dock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.