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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421967 | Mooring apparatus and method A mooring system for securing a floating vessel to the sea floor comprises a plurality of mooring legs, at least one of which includes separate first and second mooring lines. The first mooring line comprises a first end which is connected to the vessel and the seco... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7370595 | Watercraft hull and gunwale mooring guard A watercraft hull and gunwale mooring guard for attachment to a mooring structure to prevent abrasion damage to the contact surfaces of a moored watercraft. The mooring guard includes a stationary vertical guide rod that is attached at one end to a mooring structure... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7325509 | Retractable mooring line device A retractable mooring line device comprising a reel for storing and paying off a mooring line (2), having side walls (22, 24) each comprising a series of notches (60) for receiving a releasable latch (54). A latch simultaneously engages b... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7252045 | Storage device for items such as marine lines A mooring line storage device and system for watercraft having a housing defining an inner cavity. The housing has at least one access aperture and a cover in overlying relationship with the aperture. Cover and housing cooperatively interact to prevent extension of ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7159527 | Mooring of a floating unit to a vessel side A mooring system (28) of a floatable unit (20), such as life raft or platform, the floatable unit (20) having a first side (21) facing a vessel side (22) and a second side (23) facing away from the vessel side (22). T... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7117811 | Anchor line pretensioning method An anchor line pretensioning method of an anchor line configuration that includes anchor lines (2, 3, 4) which are not diametrically opposed with respect to the structure that is moored to the seabed via the anchor lines. Two anchor lines (2, 3) on a f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096813 | Tie up accessory for a water craft A mooring device for a water craft capable of storing and dispensing a line used to moor a boat or the like is disclosed. A spring biased reel assembly carrying a mooring line is rotatably mounted on a surface of the craft. The reel assembly is urged by the spring t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7066103 | Anchoring device The present invention relates to a mooring line connector system for connecting and disconnecting lines, comprising: a female connector body (1) defining an internal receptacle and defining spaced male connector body (21 | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004680 | Temporary support assembly and method of supporting a flexible line A support assembly for a flexible line comprises a hanger to suspend the flexible line from an offshore oil rig without subjecting the line to a bending stress adjacent the support assembly, a frame supporting the hanger, and a connector coupled to the frame to remo... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6443086 | Boat mooring system The present invention is a boat mooring system for stabilizing a boat while docked which allows the effective length of the mooring line to vary for substantially greater distances than that of the prior art. The boat mooring system contains a multi pulle... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6390009 | Adjustable shock absorbing mooring and utility line A shock absorbing and adjustable-length mooring and utility securing line for mooring a boat to a dock in a marine environment utilizes a hollow flexible tubing constructed of substantially inelastic fabric material and a bungee cord disposed within the t... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6345583 | Bi-directional dampening device and method therefor A bi-directional shock absorbing apparatus for attenuating undesirable dock movement, wherein two independent rods, one associated with a dock and the other with a fixed object, receive forces from the raising and lowering of the dock and transfer these f... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6095075 | Retractable boat line A retractable boat line for mooring a boat is wound about a payoff reel contained within a stationary housing, which my be mounted beneath the exterior surfaces of the boat, for example within the hull, transom or gunnel. The invention provides a locking ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6062157 | Yieldable tackle for tension elements such as cables A spring apparatus for use with hauling elements such as mooring ropes. The apparatus has a spring element (1) in the shape of a tension screw spring which has an intermediate section having a diameter considerably larger than that of its end sections (3)... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5365872 | Remote controlled mooring system An automatic mooring system for vessels utilizing a transmitter, a transmitter controlled connector assembly at the distal end of each mooring line and a transmitter controlled retraction assembly at the near end of each mooring line. The connector assemb... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5293831 | Boat mooring device A boat mooring device comprising a base, a shaft having two ends, connected to the base at one end thereof and having a tensioner connected to the shaft end distant the base, the tensioner comprising a wheel, one end of a rod connected to the wheel, and a... | 03/15/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5275119 | Boat mooring device A boat mooring device comprising a base, a shaft having two ends connected to the base at one end thereof and having a tensioner connected to the shaft end distant the base, the tensioner comprising a wheel, one end of a rod connected to the wheel, and an... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5025743 | Vertical line mooring system A mooring system is provided, which can be rapidly installed and which is of relatively low cost. The system includes a transfer structure attached to a vessel, an anchor line extending from the transfer structure to a chain table near the sea floor, and ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4955309 | Yieldable line assembly and in line shock absorber A yieldable line assembly and in line shock absorber is discolored for use primarily in marine applications, including for example mooring lines, sail and canvas ties, etc. The shock absorber includes a tubular housing containing one or more coiled compre... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4917039 | Boat bow harness A harness for aligning and protecting the bow of a boat during docking. A starboard, port and fore line are joined at a junction point and connected to three spaced mooring points. Upper and lower starboard and port lines are flexibly interconnected. A sp... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4864956 | Yieldable mooring line for a boat A yieldable mooring line for a boat comprises a coil spring with first and second spring key clevises connected to opposite ends of the spring and projecting therefrom. A chain at one end is connected to the first spring clevis. A line is removably anchor... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4836813 | Mooring system Mooring system comprising a vessel, a chain anchored buoy and a rigid arm between buoy and vessel, which arm is pivotable about a horizontal axis at the vessel and has a weight loaded extension which hold the arm against a stop but allows rotation of the ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4774903 | Mooring tether Several cables extend between a buoyant body to be moored and the sinker on the sea bed. Intermediate spacing members hold the cables apart from one another to maintain the configuration. At zero rotation when the tether formation itself is in equilibrium... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4699075 | Boat davit for mounting on bulkheads Boat davit for mounting on a bulkhead. A right angle plate has two perpendicular portions, one vertical and one horizontal, the horizontal portion having holes to permit bolting to a bulkhead. A first straight pipe is affixed to the vertical portion of sa... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4351258 | Method and apparatus for tension mooring a floating platform The invention relates to a method and apparatus for tension mooring an offshore platform having a deck and a plurality of buoyancy columns. An anchor system is initially installed upon the bed of a body of water. Permanent mooring lines are then connected... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4321720 | Method of transferring a fluid from a station on the sea bed to a vessel, or vice-versa, and a means and a vessel for carrying out the method In order to transfer a fluid from a station on the sea bed for a vessel or vice versa, a discharging/loading buoy comprising coupling apparatus for fluid flow is placed in a submerged state and fixed in this state with anchoring apparatus. A vessel is bro... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4309954 | Self adjusting device for mooring boats A docking and mooring device for water borne vessels, such device being structured to automatically adjust for water level variations and conditions alongside the mooring location. The device comprises one or more vertically positioned structures on which... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4281613 | Method of and apparatus for mooring a floating structure A tension mooring system for a floating structure such as a drilling or production platform having a plurality of permanent mooring lines extending upwardly from a plurality of bottom anchors and terminating below the water level and having buoys connecte... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4266499 | Offshore column with mooring hawser system In an apparatus for mooring a vessel offshore comprising an elongated buoyant column pivotally connected at the lower end to a base anchored to a sea floor, the improvement comprising a hawser-receiving tube in the column; a hawser guide located in the co... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4137861 | Process for mooring a ship and a fender arrangement for such mooring process The process of mooring a ship at a ship's terminal, using fenders to damp forces transmitted from the ship to the ship terminal. As the ship is hauled towards the terminal by mooring winches the forces are simultaneously damped by a first counter pressure... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4033277 | Underhull quick disconnect mooring system A mooring line or cable system is provided for a drillship including a hull adapted to float in water at a water-line, the mooring line being in the general form of a catenary chain line. The mooring line includes a drillship portion secured to a winch on... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3938462 | Boat mooring apparatus Apparatus for mooring boats and being of the type which fixedly secures one end of the boat while simultaneously preventing pivoting of the boat about said one end in response to wind and wave forces acting on the boat. A fixed support platform is provide... | 02/17/1976 |
