Ships – Bitts – cleats – and pin rails
Patent
1994-12-27
1995-12-26
Swinehart, Ed
Ships
Bitts, cleats, and pin rails
B63B 2104
Patent
active
054778000
ABSTRACT:
A device to secure a boat to a dock with a rope in a conventional manner, using two horizontally protruding horns (14) extending in opposite directions and two smooth curved surfaces (12) below each of the horns to guide the rope. Another protruding horn with a smooth guiding surface below it faces each of the other two horns and guiding surfaces, which allows a person to guide the rope from either direction without removing the rope from the device and moving it to the other end as is required with a conventional cleat. Two sloping surfaces (13) on the ends of the device are parallel to the direction a person would normally be walking on a dock and are designed to deflect a moving foot away from the protruding horns of the device, reducing the liklihood of injury caused by striking the device.
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