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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7287484 | Berthing method and system A method and a system are provided for the safe berthing of marine vessels in the high seas and other unprotected open waters. The invention allows a large vessel to be berthed alongside in close enough proximity to a marine structure so that conventional loading ar... | 10/30/2007 |
| 6854408 | Apparatus for mooring vessels side-by-side An apparatus as described for mooring to floating vessels (10, 12) side-by-side. The first vessel (10) is moored to the seabed by a single point mooring system (14). The apparatus comprises an arm (20) with proximal and distal ends. The a... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6786169 | Load guide system for pleasure craft A load guide system for guiding a craft into a apparatus such as a boat trailer, boat hoist or the like for egress from traveling on the water, the apparatus including a pair of stationary members of a framework spaced from each other and forming thereby an opening ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6439147 | Mooring systems with active force reacting systems and passive damping A mooring system including a body/arm/vessel arrangement with passive damping and/or an active force restoring system. The active force restoring system includes a sensor for generating a displacement signal representative of the displacement of the vesse... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6422169 | Boat mooring device A boat mooring device for releasably securing a boat to a dock includes a sleeve which is elongated and has a first open end and a second open end. A pair of legs is attached to the sleeve and extend away from the sleeve in the general direction of the se... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6227135 | Torsion spring torque arm yoke mooring system A soft yoke mooring system, with torsional spring devices to provide restoring force to yoke arms coupled to a mooring body. Two torsional spring device types are preferred. A first torsional spring device type includes a plurality of nested tubular shaft... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6032604 | Boat docking device A device for aiding a person on a boat to dock the boat is disclosed. The device includes an elongated, flexible rod with a vertical section, a curved section extending from the vertical section, and a horizontal section which extends from the curved sect... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5243926 | Apparatus for securing watercraft to a dock An apparatus for safely securing a boat to a dock having a first bracket attached to the boat and a second bracket attached to the dock. Interposed between the two brackets is a telescoping arm including a tension spring, and each end of the arm is pivota... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5036787 | Mooring system A mooring system for securing a boat to a dock wherein masts are supported on the dock at their lower end by a mounting means so as to extend over the water and carry lines attached to the upper ends of the masts and extending therefrom to the boat.... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4998497 | Mooring system for vessels A watercraft mooring system that is fully resistant against the forces generated by wind and wave action, and its operation is extremely easy and reliable. The invention is composed of four main components: (1) a dock that is selectively releasable from f... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4917038 | Mooring system with quick-action coupling Mooring system, comprising a mooring tower (3, 13, 22, 27), a ship (1) and a rigid arm (7, 15, 24, 31) between a horizontal pivot at the ship or the tower and a weight loaded tensionable connecting element (9, 29) suspended from the tower or the ship resp... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4838823 | Device for mooring a floating body, for example a ship, to a body anchored to the seabed, for example a mooring tower A device for mooring a vessel to a mooring tower, buoy, seabed, or the like, has a device for absorbing excessive mooring forces. The vessel will normally travel a given distance when attached to the mooring tower or the like, due to forces such as waves,... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4825797 | Mooring device Mooring device comprising a ship (9), an anchor (2), an arm (5,19) connected pivotably, directly or indirectly at one end with the anchor and at the other end with a weight swivellably suspended from the ship, said arm having a triangular shape or A-shape... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4802432 | Mooring device Mooring device comprising an element anchored to the bottom. This element, such as a column or buoy, carries a weighted structure suspended from the element with its center of gravity below the point of suspension such that it can swing about a horizontal... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4488501 | Mooring device An adjustable mooring device suitable for attaching a floating facility to a fixed platform, the said device comprising a system of adjustable tubular members connected to each other by rotatable T couplings, the said lower tubular members being permanent... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4359011 | Boat mooring system for a platform structure A system is described for use with a platform structure which is anchored at a fixed location and orientation in deep water, to hold a supply boat at a substantially fixed location and compass heading so that cranes or the like on the platform can reach t... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4351259 | Single point mooring and directional fender The specification discloses a single point mooring and fender suitable for large ocean going vessels. A dolphin is embraced by two fender bars in crossing relationship and having at least one resilient yielding member to resist spreading.... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4262620 | Mooring device The invention relates to a mooring device in the form of a buoyant body held in position by an anchor the connection with the anchor being formed by two arms one of which extending downwardly from the body and having a universal joint with the body as wel... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4185577 | Vessel mooring device A device for mooring a vessel including a mounting assembly adapted for attachment to a dock, an assembly for selective attachment to and detachment from the vessel, a strut rigidly attached to and extending from the assembly for selective attachment to a... | 01/29/1980 |
