Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hand bars and hand barrows – Ball retriever
Patent
1985-12-02
1987-01-13
Marbert, James B.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hand bars and hand barrows
Ball retriever
114221R, B63B 2104
Patent
active
046359869
ABSTRACT:
A device for holding open and manipulating an end loop of a boat line at an extended distance from the user, especially for positioning the loop over a cleat or the top of a piling to dock a boat. The device attaches to a long pole such as a boat hook. It comprises a wire support and a wire forming a V shape in a first, operational mode. At the free ends of the V, the wire is shaped into releasable rope-holding hooks. In operation, the rope loop is held by these hooks while the operator applies tension to the rope along the pole. The loop forms a triangle, bounded on two sides by the wire, with the third side free. The triangle is slipped over the piling and the pole retracted. The piling passes through the open side of the wire triangle and the rope releases from the wire hooks. In a second mode, the wire is retracted and the ends brought together for convenient storage and to permit use of the pole for other purposes such as a boat hook and the like. The device may be adapted for applying a tail rope to a large fish, or an animal that might be dangerous to handle at close quarters.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3828716 (1974-08-01), Bernardi
patent: 3945335 (1976-03-01), Kratz
Blum Alvin S.
Marbert James B.
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