Marine fending system

Details Marine fending system Marine fending system

1995-10-18

1998-03-31

Swinehart, Ed L.

Ships

Fenders

114343, B63B 5902

Patent

active

057326452

ABSTRACT:
A marine fender assembly includes a slip sheet for contacting a dock or other second object when a boat is moored. A cushion sheet is connected to the slip sheet, to make a shock absorbing subassembly for absorbing shock of lateral movement of the boat relative to the second object. The cushion sheet may be disposed between the slip sheet and the boat hull. In some embodiments, the slip sheet comprises two layers and a space between the two layers, and the cushion sheet is contained between the two layers, within the slip sheet. A fastener subassembly is secured to the shock absorbing subassembly, typically at the top of the shock absorbing subassembly so that the shock absorbing subassembly may be suspended downwardly along a portion of the boat hull. In some embodiments, attachment of the cushion sheet to the slip sheet is limited to loci adjacent the top of the cushion sheet, whereby sliding movement between the boat and the e.g. dock may be absorbed and/or dissipated within the shock absorbing subassembly rather than at the outer surface of the boat hull.

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