Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Deck or gunwale attachment
Patent
1995-06-02
1996-02-27
Sotelo, Jesus D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Deck or gunwale attachment
114219, B63B 5902
Patent
active
054939836
ABSTRACT:
A hanger for suspending a boat fender alongside the hull of a boat to prevent damage from collision with another boat, a dock or other object near which the protected boat is to be tied or berthed. The boat fender hanger is hung from a suspension cable on the protected boat, such as a guard rail or lifeline, and a suspension line attached to the fender is secured to the hanger. The hanger can be transported easily from one position to another on the cable and it has an anti-detachment feature which reduces the risk of accidentally losing the hanger and fender overboard. The hanger provides the ability to move the hanger from place to place on the suspension cable and to adjust the vertical elevation of the fender using only one hand. The novel hanger has an elongated body separated from a back plate by a channel which receives the suspension cable for hanging the hanger. In operation, the free end of the fender suspension line is threaded through a bail at a foot of the body, along an outboard face of the body and through a fairlead. The free end is fastened to the hanger with line attachment means such as a cam cleat. The boat fender hanger can be used for hanging and positioning objects other than boat fenders to be suspended from a generally horizontal rod-like structure.
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Lew Jeffrey C.
Sotelo Jesus D.
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