Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Patent
1976-12-01
1978-02-14
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
114221R, B63B 2100
Patent
active
040732550
ABSTRACT:
A docking device is provided for aiding in the docking or mooring of a boat. The device is particularly advantageous for larger pleasure boats which may have but one pilot or operator but which normally require more than one person to dock the boat. The docking device includes a line held in an extended position by a mooring post on the side which the boat approaches. A line-engageable member is mounted on the boat and is positioned to engage the line as the boat approaches the docking area. In a preferred, form, the line-engageable member is a hook and is mounted so as to swung or extended outwardly from the boat in one position and to be retracted and out of the way in another position. The line is preferably releasably held relative to the post so that it will be partly released when engaged by the hook but will still be fastened to the dock or the post. Once the hook engages the line and the boat is stopped, the operator can then fasten additional mooring lines as desired.
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Blix Trygve M.
Gutchess, Jr. Allen D.
Wacyra Edward M.
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