Ships – Bitts – cleats – and pin rails
Patent
1987-02-24
1988-04-19
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Bitts, cleats, and pin rails
24115K, 24236, 24237, B63B 2108
Patent
active
047382147
ABSTRACT:
A mooring device comprising a base adapted to be fastened to a surface of a dock or boat deck for mooring a boat. An arm extends up from the base generally adjacent one end of the base and converges toward the opposite end of the base thereby to define, in conjunction with the base, a space for retaining a mooring line. The arm converges toward the base to a point where it is relatively closely spaced to the base thereby to form a mouth through which a mooring line may be passed inwardly into the line-retaining space. A finger is provided on the arm adjacent the mouth inclined downwardly and inwardly toward the line-retaining space. The arm is spring biased from an open position in which the mouth is relatively wide open and the finger is spaced from the base a distance sufficient to permit passage of a mooring line inwardly through the mouth between the retaining member and the base into the line-retaining space, toward a closed position in which the mouth is relatively closed and the finger is spaced from the base a distance less than the diameter of the line for blocking passage of the mooring line outwardly through the mouth.
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