Boat docking apparatus

Details Boat docking apparatus Boat docking apparatus

1997-12-08

1998-11-10

Swinehart, Ed

Ships

Mooring device

Boom type

267 74, B63B 2100

Patent

active

058328610

ABSTRACT:
A boat mooring apparatus having an elongated tubular housing wherein the housing is adapted for positioning between a boat and a dock while providing positive control in two directions. Adjacent each end of the housing a pin is utilized to secure an elongated helical spring within the housing. End caps, each including a pair of spaced apart cable guiding apertures, are provided at each end of the housing. At one end of the housing, a cable, looped through the apertures in an end cap, engages the elongated spring within the housing. In a similar manner, another cable is looped through the apertures of the other end cap and engages the other spring within the housing. In use, either cable is suitable for convenient attachment to a boat cleat or to a dock cleat. During operation, the combination of spring, cables and cable guiding end caps cooperate to dampen sudden boat movements and, even under adverse conditions, to transfer loads away from the spring and cables by achieving a slow load transfer, thereby stabilizing the boat and preventing damage to boat and dock.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4681303 (1987-07-01), Grassano
patent: 4955309 (1990-09-01), Ciccone

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