Mooring line hook

Details Mooring line hook Mooring line hook

1996-12-02

1998-04-21

Swinehart, Ed L.

Ships

Implements

Underwater cutting

24601005, 24599004, 114230, B63B 900

Patent

active

057407517

ABSTRACT:
It is common practice for pleasure boaters to moor their craft to fixed and buoyed moorings by securing a line from the vessel to a ring attachment on the mooring. To accomplish this normally requires one person standing at the bow to capture the ring on the mooring with a boat hook and lift the mooring ring sufficiently so that a line can be passed through the ring and secured to the boat. This procedure has to be performed from a height of one to three meters above the water and sometimes can be hazardous.
With the present invention, the mooring procedure can be performed with increased safety and with a single action by utilizing a hook mechanism comprising a rigid body and a spring loaded detachable arm attached to a common extension pole and used to pass a line through a continuous ring and recovering said line. The rigid body has guided cavities incorporated at specific locations within the rigid body to receive the detachable arm. The hinged spring loaded detachable arm assembles to the body forming the approximate shape of a closed hook. The arm is temporarily maintained to the body by pressure exerted by a spring at the hinge of the detachable arm. The arm hinged at one end allows the opposite end to lift permitting passage of the ring between the body and the arm. Spring loading of the arm equalizes any forces created when passing the mechanism over the ring. The arm also serves as a retainer for the line being passed through the ring. The combination of the rigid body and hinged spring loaded detachable arm with line attached facilitates passage of the line through a fixed continuous ring and recovery of the line thus forming a line loop around the ring all in one single swift action.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4004539 (1977-01-01), Wesson

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