Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Patent
1976-07-06
1977-08-09
Blix, Trygve M.
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
B63B 2108
Patent
active
040403777
ABSTRACT:
An improved mooring whip base for securely anchoring a mooring whip to a dock, seawall or other suitable foundation to prevent contact of a moored vessel with the dock. The device includes a pivotal housing having a receptacle for receiving the base end of a mooring whip and a lever arm protruding from the housing that is resiliently biased to a base plate with a solid rubber cylinder. The device provides increased resistive force to prevent vessel damage and increased reliability.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2996033 (1961-08-01), Yordi
patent: 3120831 (1964-02-01), Fulton
patent: 3187707 (1965-06-01), Carbone
Blix Trygve M.
Goldstein Stuart M.
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