Ships – Mooring device – Line type
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-28
2010-10-12
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Ships
Mooring device
Line type
C114S230150, C114S230250
Reexamination Certificate
active
07810442
ABSTRACT:
A snap hook device comprises a detachable pole attached to a snap hook having a side link for securing a rope. The snap hook is generally U-shaped with a sloped spring closure having a first end attached to a first end of the hook and a second end of the spring closure being coiled and resting against a side of a second end of the snap hook. The second end of the U-shaped hook comprises a collar for receiving the detachable pole. The snap hook device enables a boat operator when alone in the boat to remain in the cockpit area of the boat, and capture a chain under a mooring buoy. The operator then maneuvers the boat with a rope attached to a link of the snap hook wherein the rope extends via the bow to the boat operator in the cockpit, so that by pulling the rope, the bow is easily and safely turned to be adjacent to the mooring buoy for attaching a mooring line.
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Duarte Anthony A.
Duarte Helder F.
Dawson, Esq. Walter F.
Pearson & Pearson LLP.
Pearson, Jr. Esq. John H.
Swinehart Ed
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