Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Utility Patent
1999-12-04
2001-01-02
Morano, S. Joseph (Department: 3617)
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
Utility Patent
active
06167828
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the mooring of a boat to a waterfront structure such as a dock, and it relates more specifically to a mooring assembly that is capable of securing a boat to the waterfront structure in a relatively fixed orientation with a fixed distance between the structure and the boat, while readily accommodating variations in the relative elevation of the waterfront structure and the boat, such as may be caused by tides, waves and other fluctuations in water level.
It is known to moor boats to docks and the like by providing a rigid arm that is movably mounted at one end to a dock and is coupled at its other end to a boat, so as to keep the boat at a fixed distance from the dock. It is also known to use a pair of such rigid arms suitably spaced from one another and braced to remain substantially perpendicular to the edge of a dock, so as to maintain a fixed orientation between the boat and the dock. However, prior art devices of this type have been characterized, generally, by expensive and cumbersome structures that are difficult to deploy and that occupy a substantial length of valuable space along the edge of the dock.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a boat mooring assembly that is inexpensive to produce, that is simple in structure, and that occupies a minimum length of dock space. Mounting of the assembly to a dock or other waterfront structure requires only a pair of spaced-apart pivot brackets that can be mounted on the edge of the waterfront structure with each pivot bracket having a pivot aperture therein and the pivot apertures being alignable in substantially co-axial, spaced-apart relationship such that the common axis of the apertures is parallel to the surface of the water that lies adjacent to the waterfront structure. In turn, the boat requires only a pair of spaced-apart mooring brackets mounted on a surface of the boat with each mooring bracket having a mooring aperture; the axes of the mooring apertures are aligned in parallel relationship with each other and each aperture lies in a plane that is substantially parallel to the surface of the water.
These and other and further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be made obvious to those having ordinary skill in this art by the following specification, claims and drawings, in which:
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Morano S. Joseph
Muldoon Patrick Craig
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