Ships – Implements – Underwater cutting
Patent
1997-02-06
1997-12-23
Sotelo, Jesus D.
Ships
Implements
Underwater cutting
294 191, 119804, 114230, B63B 2156
Patent
active
056997485
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a line handling device designed to facilitate positioning and handling of a mooring or docking line during a boat docking operation. The device employs a pair of arc-shaped spreader arms connected to an extendable pole. Each arm has a sleeve shaped to fit the pole. A fastening bolt passes through each sleeve, extending through the pole to secure the spreader arms to the distal end of the pole. A plurality of support tabs extend from an outer wall of each spreader arm and retaining posts extend orthogonally from each tab. While attached to the handle, the spreader arms form a U-shaped frame which is used to shape and hold the looped end of a mooring line so that it may be placed around a piling or dock cleat. Withdrawing the device away from the piling or cleat leaves the looped-end of the mooring line securely in place. Each arm includes a plurality of apertures or receiving holes sized to frictionally engage stacking pins. To store the device, the arms are removed from the pole and stacked so that pins in one arm are aligned with and penetrate corresponding apertures of the other arm.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3993013 (1976-11-01), Nunziato et al.
patent: 4004539 (1977-01-01), Wesson
patent: 5009181 (1991-04-01), Upchurch
Daigle Robert V.
Linskey, Jr. Edward
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