Ships – Mooring device – Boom type
Patent
1984-03-21
1987-06-30
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Ships
Mooring device
Boom type
248290, B63B 2100
Patent
active
046761829
ABSTRACT:
According to the embodiment depicted, the Suspension Means comprises a flexible limb pivotably coupled, at one end, to a mounting bracket, and having a mooring line hook attached to the opposite end thereof. In addition, the hook has a weighting container pendantly attached thereto, for suspension therefrom, the container being buoyant. The hook is attached to the limb by a length of line, and the container is coupled to the hook by a further length of line. Accordingly, the buoyant container is able to float while causing the limb to bend and dispose the mooring line hook for ready access thereto by a person aboard a water-going vessel. The accessible hook suspends the loop end of a mooring line, and the limb, flexed by the weighting container, holds the hook outward for grasping of the loop end and removal of the mooring line therefrom for tethering of the vessel. The mounting bracket is adjustable in order to dispose the limb at selective angles relative thereto, as warranted by the elevation of the pier or dock to which the bracket is fixed.
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Bartz C. T.
Murphy Bernard J.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
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