Ships – Fenders – Roller
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Swinehart, Ed (Department: 3617)
Ships
Fenders
Roller
Reexamination Certificate
active
07107923
ABSTRACT:
Vessel protection device protects a floating vessel from rubbing against pilings or a stationary dock and eliminates the need for hanging or fixed vessel fenders. A fixed attachment may secure the protection device to a dock, for example, and be configured for supporting spring-loaded solid or air-filled rollers. It may be permanent and spaced in a manner so as to stand off a floating vessel while tied to a stationary dock or pilings, thus allowing for vessel movement associated with vertical tidal action, current, and light wave or wave motion. The arm and roller section may also be rotatable from a vertical to a horizontal position, thus allowing for an untied vessel to move freely along the rollers oriented in their horizontal position while the vessel is either departing or docking, and oriented vertically, such as when the vessel is docked.
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Taylor Made dock wheel literature available from Taylor Made Products, a division of The Nelson A. Taylor Co., Inc., of Gloverville, New York 12078, undated (2 pages).
Chauncey Jeffrey B.
Weinstock Herb
Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP.
Swinehart Ed
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