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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322307 | Buoyant bumper system A buoyant bumper system for attachment to a docking facility and cushioning a boat. The buoyant bumper system includes an elongated travel shaft for engaging the docking facility, a travel sleeve slidably carried by the travel shaft, a system float carried by the tr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7299760 | Floating LNG import terminal and method for docking A floating terminal for offloading an LNG carrier vessel in the sea. The floating terminal of open frame construction is moored toward its front end with a rotatable mooring arrangement so that the terminal may weathervane in response to environmental forces. Marine... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287935 | Tendon assembly for mooring offshore structure An offshore system for petroleum production has a buoyant platform. A tendon assembly secures to the platform and extends down to a counterweight located near the lower end. A piling is embedded in the sea floor. A socket at the counterweight telescopingly slides ov... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7188579 | Mooring pole line attachment device A mooring pole line attachment device is disclosed comprised of a buoyant base, cylindrical sleeve, the cylindrical sleeve having circumferential rings utilized for engagement of a line. The buoyant base includes an outer cover, inner coil and is filled with a buoya... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7121221 | Floatable dock mooring article A floating dock mooring article that is movably connected around a watercraft dock pipe comprises a float operatively connected to a mooring member having a flange generally located at the upper end thereof. A watercraft is moored to the dock, as by a rope, via the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100527 | Watercraft mooring device A boat mooring device comprises two PVC pipes pivotally joined at a common midpoint to be selectively positionable from a coextensive linear configuration to an X-shaped configuration. Each pipe has a segment of nylon line extending therethrough and secured therein.... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7021230 | Floatable dock mooring article A floating dock mooring article, which slidably fits around a watercraft dock pipe, comprising a flotation device attached to a mooring member and a flange generally located at the upper end thereof. A watercraft is moored to the dock, as by a rope, via the flotatio... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994047 | Boat mooring system A front post is located in proximity to a bow cleat and a rear post is located in proximity to a stern cleat. A securement assembly operatively couples each post with respect to a dock. A carriage assembly is positioned on each post. The carriage assembly has a coll... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6836707 | Methods and systems for determining heave and heave rate of vessels A method for determining heave and heave rate for a vessel is described. The vessel includes an inertial navigation system (INS), and sensors for the INS being located at a point A of the vessel, the vessel having a zero heave reference point B, and the described me... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6532885 | Mooring device A mooring device for mounting freely around a mooring post for making fast a boat, the device comprising a collar for mounting around the post in a manner that the collar can move up and down according to the tide along the post, with one stem connected t... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6295944 | Automatic tethering system for a floating dock A tethering system for a floating boat dock that allows both vertical and horizontal motion of the dock in response to changes in water level while maintaining the dock in a constant position relative to the moving shoreline. The system comprises cables a... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6227136 | Floating object stabilization and restraining system An automatically adjusting mooring system that is lightweight and flexible for storing in small spaces comprises a water weight bag made of a flexible and durable material, a pulley and a line. The pulley is hung on a floating object and the line run thro... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6216625 | Self adjusting tidal mooring device An improved self adjusting tidal mooring device for all typical mooring poles or pilings (38), mounted by conventional lag screws or bolts (24) by the stand off stainless steel mounting plates (26), which are fixed to both distal ends of the stainless ste... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6062158 | Vessel mooring device This invention is a simple and yet efficient device for mooring vessels that floats up and down with the tide on vertical piling which maintains both ends of a mooring line at approximately the same height from the water. This is accomplished by providing... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5937781 | Floating piling attachment device with shock absorbing capability A watercraft mooring device is described which permits the watercraft to rise and drop vertically with the water level and which provides both direct shock absorption between the watercraft and the fixed mooring point, such as the pier or piling, and prot... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5772483 | Mono-mooring method and system for berthing ships in open sea A single point mooring method, wherein a fixed structure is anchored to sea bed. A first member is connected to the fixed structure rotatably around a first axis and a second member is connected to the first member rotatably around a second axis perpendic... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5603280 | Boat Mooring apparatus A boat mooring system includes a track mounted to a piling. A carriage is mounted for movement within the track and an elongate rod is connected thereto. A mooring ring is mounted to the carriage or the rod. A float is mounted to the lower end of the rod ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5575234 | Boat and dock standoff A device to fix a floating boat to a dock or pier that will allow the boat to move up and down freely in the waves and yet prevent the boat from hitting the dock or pier or rub the piles supporting the dock or pier. The device is comprised of two elongate... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5493991 | Apparatus for securing a watercraft to a dock An apparatus for securing a watercraft in spaced apart relation to a mooring facility, including but not limited to docks. The apparatus controls horizontal movement of the watercraft, but allows free vertical movement with the rise and fall of the water ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5467727 | Pile mooring device for boats A hollow toroidal member of high-strength material for withstanding mooring loads has a central opening which slips over a mooring pile. A reinforcing ring is preferably secured in the core of the member to provide additional load-bearing capability to th... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5341757 | Vertically adjusting mooring device A mooring device for automatically adjusting the vertical position of a floating object relative to the water level. The present invention provides a vertically adjusting mooring device for a floating object, comprising a pair of cables, each cable compri... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5301628 | Boat docking post A docking post includes a tubular housing having a front wall, including an elongate slot directed through the front wall longitudinally aligned relative to the housing and parallel to the housing axis, with the housing having a rear wall mounted to an as... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5279244 | Combined mooring slip and underwater body protector against marine growth An anti-fouling protector in the form of flexible envelope complementary to the underwater body of a vessel's hull is negatively buoyant and, when not in use, is stored on the bottom of a mooring slip. The invention includes structural features of the sli... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5050521 | Mooring line system The invention is a boat mooring apparatus to allow for ease of travel up and down dock piling posts in such a fashion that it is free to move vertically with changes in tide. It comprises a mooring line roller and chafe resistor which includes a ribbed tu... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4817552 | Mooring device Mooring device consisting of a fixedly erected or floating installation, such as a quay, pier or ship. At least one position or side thereof is provided with structure for mooring a ship thereto and with one or more fenders for resiliently absorbing shock... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4760813 | Device for eliminating disturbing heeling of ships at loading and unloading A device for eliminating the risk of disturbing heeling at loading and unloading of a ship (10) lying at a quay (12). The device includes a motor-operated winch (18) on the ship, the winch having a drawing member (20) in the form of one or more wires, bel... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4726313 | Mooring boats Boat mooring devices to secure a boat or other floating object at a relatively fixed location on the surface of a body of water, which allow vertical movement of the boat, or floating object, in response to change in the water level where the boat is conn... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4480576 | Boat mooring apparatus A boat mooring arrangement which permits the boat to rise and drop vertically with tides or wave action, but which constrains the boat from lateral movement relative to a fixed dock or pier. A pair of cylindrical posts are affixed to the dock or pier at s... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4357891 | Floating moorage device for use with piles or dolphins A floating mooring device adapted to be used with one or more piles projecting upwardly in a body of water. The device includes a float which is fastened to a cylindrical collar loosely surrounding the piles so that the float can move upwardly or downward... | 11/09/1982 |
