Storage device for items such as marine lines
OwnerJoseph A. Massetti, Lawrence G. Smithinventors
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Abstract
A mooring line storage device and system for watercraft having a housing defining an inner cavity. The housing has at least one access aperture and a cover in overlying relationship with the aperture. Cover and housing cooperatively interact to prevent extension of a discrete region of a mooring line from the inner cavity. The device may also include at least one hanger to suspend the housing from a structural member of the watercraft.
Claims16
A mooring line storage device for a watercraft, the storage device comprising:
- a housing, the housing having a body defining an inner cavity, the cavity adapted to removably contain at least a portion of a mooring line, the mooring line having one end extending from the inner cavity into releasable engagement with at least one cleat located on a watercraft, the body having at least one access aperture located therein;
- a cover overlying the access aperture, the cover including a flap movable between an open position and a closed position, a mooring line engaging region connected to the flap and at least one fastener, the fastener releasably engageable with the outer body of the housing, wherein the access aperture includes at least one detent defined therein, the detent configured to releasably engage a portion of the mooring line;
- at least one hanger member connected to the body, the hanger member configured to engage at least one structural member of the watercraft.
A storage device comprising:
- a housing, the housing having a body defining an inner cavity, the cavity adapted to releasably contain at least a portion of a mooring line, the body having at least one access aperture located therein, wherein the access aperture is configured with at least one detent adapted to releasably engage a mooring line, the housing including an outer layer and an inner layer;
- a cover overlying the access aperture;
- at least one hanger member connected to the body.
A mooring line storage system for a watercraft, the system comprising a plurality of mooring line storage devices removably positioned on structural members of the watercraft proximate to mooring line anchoring devices, the mooring line storage devices each comprising:
- a housing, the housing having a body defining an inner cavity, the cavity adapted to releasably contain at least a portion of a mooring line, the body having at least one access aperture located therein and at least one detent defined in the aperture;
- a cover overlying the access aperture, the cover including a flap movable between an open position and a closed position, a mooring line engaging region connected to the flap and at least one fastener, the fastener releasably engageable with the outer body of the housing;
- at least one hanger member connected to the body, the hanger member adapted to engage the structural member of the watercraft;
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- at least one mooring line removably contained in the inner cavity, the mooring line having one end extending outward therefrom into engagement with that associated mooring line attachment device located on the watercraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.