Boat docking stabilizer
OwnerThomas F. Metzinventor
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Abstract
An improved boat docking stabilizer device to an economic, compact and reliable boat mooring apparatus that stabilizes a moored boat for safe boarding and de-boarding of passengers while permitting the boat to roll free with the waves thus preventing damage to either the dock or the moored boat. An improved boat docking stabilizer device which may be used in pairs for mooring a boat to a dock structure or the like. This boat docking stabilizer device includes an adjustable backboard mounted perpendicularly to a dock structure by fastening means, an adjustable vertical support bracket mounted to the backboard, a hitch ball coupler pivotably mounted to the vertical support bracket for receiving a ball hitch mounted on a boat, and means for locking the hitch ball coupler in a ready position and in a locked position.
Claims23
An improved boat docking stabilizer device for mooring a boat to a dock structure that additionally stabilizes the moored boat allowing for safe boarding and de-boarding of passengers from the moored boat while minimizing the effect of wave action on the moored boat thus preventing damage to either the dock or the moored boat, comprising:
- a vertical support bracket mounted to the dock structure;
- a parallel row of apertures formed for adjusting said vertical support bracket to accommodate changing water levels;
- an adapted hitch ball coupler pivotably mounted to said vertical support bracket, for receiving a hitch ball mounted on a boat;
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- a locking pin received by said vertical support bracket for fixing entire said hitch ball coupler relative to the dock mooring the boat to the dock.
An improved boat docking stabilizer device for mooring a boat to a dock structure that stabilizes a moored boat allowing for safe boarding and de-boarding of passengers from the moored boat while minimizing the effect of wave action on the moored boat thus preventing damage to either the dock or the moored boat and permitting long-term mooring of the boat without damage thereto, comprising:
- a backboard, mounted perpendicularly to a dock structure by fastening means;
- an adjustable vertical support bracket mounted to said backboard;
- means for adjusting said backboard relative to the dock structure to accommodate changing water levels;
- means for adjusting said vertical support bracket;
- an adapted hitch ball coupler pivotably mounted to said vertical support bracket for receiving a hitch ball mounted on a boat;
- means for adjusting said adapted hitch ball coupler;
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- a locking pin received by vertical support bracket as means for fixing entire said hitch ball coupler relative to the dock minimizing effect of wave action on the moored boat.
An improved boat docking stabilizer device for mooring a boat to a dock structure that stabilizes a moored boat allowing for safe boarding and de-boarding of passengers from the moored boat while minimizing the effect of wave action on the moored boat thus preventing damage to either the dock or the moored boat and permitting long-term mooring of the boat without damage thereto, comprising:
- an adjustable backboard mounted perpendicularly to a dock structure by fastening means,
- an adjustable vertical support bracket mounted to the dock structure;
- means for adjusting said vertical support bracket;
- an adapted bitch ball coupler pivotably mounted to said vertical support bracket for receiving a hitch ball mounted on a boat;
- means for adjusting said adapted hitch ball coupler;
- stabilizing means for minimizing effect of wave action on the moored boat;
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- a parallel row of apertures formed in said backboard as adjustment means for the positioning of said backboard relative to said dock to accommodate changing water levels.
An improved boat docking stabilizer device for mooring a boat to a dock structure that stabilizes a moored boat allowing for safe boarding and de-boarding of passengers from the moored boat while minimizing the effect of wave action on the moored boat thus preventing damage to either the dock or the moored boat and permitting long-term mooring of the boat without damage thereto, comprising:
- an adjustable backboard mounted perpendicularly to a dock structure by fastening means;
- an adjustable vertical support bracket mounted to the dock structure;
- means for adjusting said vertical support bracket;
- an adapted hitch ball coupler pivotably mounted to said vertical support bracket for receiving a hitch ball mounted on a boat;
- a pivot pin as means for adjusting said adapted hitch ball coupler to accommodate changing water levels;
- a locking pin received by said adapted hitch ball coupler in said vertical support as stabilizing means for minimizing effect of wave action on the moored boat;
- means for positioning said pivotably mounted hitch ball coupler in a ready position and in a fixed position further comprising positioning said locking pin received by apertures in the vertical support bracket such that the hitch ball coupler remains in a desired position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.