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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7147021 | System for transfer of a fluid product, particularly liquefied natural gas, between a transport vehicle, such as a ship, and an installation for receiving or supplying this product A device for transferring a product between a ship and a fixed installation. The device is supported at one end by a support structure and the other end is capable of being connected to the ship's manifold. The support structure includes a boom carrying a transfer p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7089877 | Standoff mooring bar A standoff mooring bar for a vehicle such as a boat or a floating aircraft featuring an adjustable mooring bar body that is automatically locked at the desired mooring length when a guying rope and a mooring rope are tensioned. This body has an inner cylindrical tub... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7036780 | Rock-climbing machinery A rock-climbing device that safely aids climbers during a climb is described. The rock-climbing device has two carabiners attached to a band which runs through a hollow tube. The climber is able to manually extend the tube over his or her head to an out of reach fix... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6907837 | Mooring assembly A mooring assembly including two detachably coupled elements configured and dimensioned so that one of the elements passes through the other element as the boat is being piloted in a travel direction by the unassisted boater. The elements engage one another upon rev... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6273017 | Boat mooring device A device for mooring a boat has an elongate handle with proximal and distal ends. The distal end has an eyelet. A flexible mooring line with a first end is joined to the eyelet and a second end is adapted to join to the boat. The line extends through the ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6041729 | Mooring line receptacle apparatus A mooring line receptacle apparatus for a watercraft includes an elongated mooring line receptacle for each mooring line, wherein each mooring line receptacle is composed of a plurality of discrete segments and is connected with the hull of the watercraft... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5957075 | Remotely controlled mooring line quick release apparatus The mooring line quick release device for quickly releasing a mooring line comprising a chamber, a mooring line support shaft and a mechanical system. The chamber, which is compact and sealed, has a first compartment and a second compartment separated by ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5918563 | Positioning system with differentiated compliant anchoring The invention relates to a positioning system using anchoring of the ship which allows it to move in order better to accommodate variations in the environment, avoiding fully parallel situations (in which the ship is fully head on to the weather) and the ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5566636 | Off shore mooring system A mooring system for mooring a turreted vessel off-shore, which comprises: line pulling equipment mounted in the vessel turret; a block located in the water at a depth below expected wave action and at a distance from the vessel; a mooring line extending ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5520134 | Docking aid apparatus A vertical, flexible, fiberglass rod removably attached to a dock. The rod has a resilient line holder attached near to the top of the rod. Reflective tape is applied to the rod for increased visibility, even during nighttime. The line holder retains a sp... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5476059 | Turret drive mechanism A torque enhancer (60, FIG. 1) is provided for an offshore system wherein a turret (18) is rotatably mounted about a vertical axis (22) on a vessel hull and the turret is anchored by catenary chain devices (24), to help minimize rotation of the turret whe... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5364075 | Retractable mount for a mooring line guide and process for operating the same As a carriage carrying a mooring line guide is lowered by paying out a hoisting line two retaining projections mounted on the carriage are inserted into complementary stationary sockets to anchor the carriage in a lower position, As the carriage reaches s... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5116260 | Line handling device An apparatus to assist a user in tying a boat to a cleat or rail. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a line having a loop and a pair of spreaders which are independently, slidably mounted thereon. Each spreader has a connection recess to receive an... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5009181 | Line handling device An apparatus to assist a user in tying a boat to a cleat. The apparatus includes a line having a loop and a pair of spreaders which are independently, slidably mounted thereon. Each spreader has a connection recess to receive an end portion of one of a pa... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5003907 | Boat hook A mooring and maneuvering device which includes an elongated rigid pole having an improved boat hook at the distal end thereof and further including a flexible loop movable from an operative position to facilitate the securing of said device to a mooring ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4986207 | Boat hook device A boat hook which permits selectively releasable connection with respect to a conventional snap-hook of a standard mooring line. The boat hook is composed of a handle which terminates at a remote end in a snap-hook holder. The snap-hook holder is composed... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4809635 | Mooring line retrieving device A device for retaining, carrying and making easily graspable one end of a mooring line for a boat adjacent a dock or mooring. The device includes an extensible member having two ends and which is movable between an extended position in which the ends are ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4729332 | Mooring apparatus A mooring apparatus comprises a mooring bridle 1, a bitting part 2 equipped to the mooring bridle at an end thereof, a mooring winch 3 connected to the mooring bridle at another end, a cable 4 suspending the bitting part, and a crane 5 connected to the su... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4708082 | Mooring apparatus A mooring apparatus comprises a mooring bridle 1, a bitting part 2 equipped to the mooring bridle at an end thereof, a mooring winch 3 connected to the mooring bridle at another end, a cable 4 suspending the bitting part, and a crane 5 connected to the su... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4676182 | Suspension means for a mooring line According to the embodiment depicted, the Suspension Means comprises a flexible limb pivotably coupled, at one end, to a mounting bracket, and having a mooring line hook attached to the opposite end thereof. In addition, the hook has a weighting container... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4667617 | Rope-holding boat hook Rope-supporting members are secured to a boat hook at spaced points along the length of the forward portion of that boat hook; and each of those rope-holding members has a shank and a bent end. That boat hook will be rotated about its axis to dispose thos... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4479454 | Multi-position mooring line apparatus A mooring device having a plurality of functional positions of adjustment. The device facilitates the docking of a boat by obviating the need to disembark from the boat as the boat approaches a pier or wharf. Specifically, the apparatus includes an elonga... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4462329 | Mooring line holding device A device for holding a mooring line in position relative to a boat dock for facilitating the mooring of a boat at the dock includes a mounting member to be affixed to a pile or other vertical surface of the dock structure and a flexible rod carrying a moo... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4299183 | Method for mooring a vessel to a pier or dock Method for mooring a vessel to a dock by at least one cable, wherein a displaceable cable guide is provided on the dock to receive a cable messenger line. When the cable has been guidably drawn to the dock and the end thereof fastened to a mooring post, t... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4143613 | Docking apparatus Docking apparatus is provided for aiding in the docking or mooring of a boat. The apparatus is particularly advantageous for larger pleasure boats which may have but one pilot or operator but which normally require more than one person to dock the boat. T... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4077349 | Line boy A propelling device is provided for propelling lines from a boat to a dock or land. The device is particularly designed for larger pleasure boats which may have but one pilot or operator, but which normally require more than one person for docking. The pr... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4073255 | Docking device A docking device is provided for aiding in the docking or mooring of a boat. The device is particularly advantageous for larger pleasure boats which may have but one pilot or operator but which normally require more than one person to dock the boat. The d... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4041887 | Docking apparatus for boats A docking device is provided for aiding in the docking or mooring of a boat. The device is particularly advantageous for pleasure boats which may have but one pilot or operator but which normally require more than one person to dock the boat. The docking ... | 08/16/1977 |
