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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069805 | Mooring chain connector assembly for a floating device A mooring chain connector assembly for a floating device), such as for example a FPSO vessel or a floating offshore structure, is described, the connector assembly comprising a chain connector having a first pivot axis and a coupler for coupling a mooring chain to t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7866273 | Boat mooring device A boat mooring device adapted to secure a watercraft to a mooring post with a rope. The device includes a rigid member forming a loop circumscribing a central opening. A passageway for receiving a rope within the rigid member extends between first and second ports. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7455025 | Bridal plate for mooring A bridal plate is shown and disclosed where the bridal plate is secured to a mooring ball or other static object with a jaw. The bridal plate has a plurality of shackles attached to the plate and lines are attached to the shackles. The lines are then secured to the ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7270072 | Florida anchor An anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which has an anchor sleeve containing a sleeve liner through which an anchor pole with a pointed b... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7234417 | Tethering device A tethering device (10) comprising a support member (12) and a rotatable member (14) rotatably mounted on the support member (12) and about which a flexible tether line (16) can be wound for tethering an animal or object to the sup... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7168385 | Watercraft tethering apparatus A tethering apparatus for a watercraft includes an elongated flexible line, a spool and a biasing member adapted to urge the spool to automatically uptake portions of the elongated flexible line. A locking device is attached to an end portion of the elongated flexib... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121222 | Anchor assembly and method An anchor assembly and method includes a boat that has a length less than 15 feet. A catch is attached to the boat. A housing has a first side wall, a second side wall and a peripheral wall extending there between. A spool is rotatably mounted in the housing. A rota... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121357 | Method of inserting a grounding rod A method of inserting a grounding rod includes providing an elongated grounding rod that has an upper end and a lower end and also providing a hammer drill. An elongated tubular member has an open first end and an open second end. The tubular member includes a first... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111573 | Device and method for mooring a watercraft A novel mooring line device is described and illustrated. The mooring line device is designed to engage a mooring line, the mooring line having a free end for attachment to a watercraft and a looped end for attachment to the mooring line device. The inventive moorin... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7007623 | Retrieval and connection system for a disconnectable mooring yoke A mooring yoke and method for using same to connect or disconnect a shuttle vessel to a body, such as an LNG liquefaction and storage vessel (LNG/FPSO). The yoke is pivotably connected at one end to the LNG/FPSO. The other or tip end of the yoke includes a buoyant e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004100 | Canoe gunwale An improved canoe including a hull has sidewalls extending fore and aft and a gunwale on the sidewalls. The gunwale has longitudinal slot extending for a substantial portion of the entire hull. A canoe accessory has a thickened attachment portion for engagement in t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000908 | Tailgate stabilizer A counterbalance for use in a motor vehicle that is connected to a tailgate to at least partially control the movement of the tailgate. The counterbalance is made of a spring that counters the load applied to the tailgate, a flexible material strap that provides a s... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6719497 | Subsea anchor line connection method and connector for use therein A method of mooring a vessel to a subsea anchoring element (1) connected to the seabed, and comprising a chain section (3) which is not longer than half the water depth, and which is at or near its free end provided with a coupling member (4), i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6651577 | Portable marine outhaul A portable marine outhaul has a closed loop of line strung between pulleys attached to a pair of anchors, e.g. sea and land anchors, and used to keep a boat moored off a temporary shore. The outhaul uses a reel rotatably mounted inside a housing. One half... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6647911 | Temporary boat dock latch A temporary boat latch for use on a surface having spaced boards. The latch having a rod connecting a first crossbar having a length greater than the distance between the spaced boards and a width less than the distance between the spaced boards to an att... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6631745 | Riser pull-in method and apparatus An arrangement and pull-in method for fluidly coupling a steel riser to a flowline of a turret on a FSO/FPSO. The riser is pulled into a connector by a pull-in line inside the flowline. A pull-in head is releasable secured inside the upper end of the rise... | 10/14/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6357378 | Watercraft mooring system A mooring system for watercraft for use with an anchor, the mooring system having an elongated anchor line which is attachable to an anchor; a connection member which is connected to the elongated anchor line; one or more shore lines which are connected t... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6332500 | Anchor system for the transfer of fluids An anchoring system for the production of hydrocarbons at sea by employing a moored production vessel or ship in which the ship is equipped with a mooring apparatus, preferably at the bow portion, and with at least one connection unit for a production ris... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6109198 | Boat docking device A boat docking device adapted for use in combination with a boat having an oar lock. The boat docking device includes a body member with a closed loop of flexible line and a bolt that are attached to and extend from the body member. The free end of the bo... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109197 | System for loading ships at sea This invention relates to a system for loading or unloading a ship at sea, in particular for operations in connection with oil and gas activity, whereby the ship concerned is equipped with a mooring device at its bow. There is included an anchor device lo... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6092482 | Anchor and mooring anti-chafe arrangement The invention is an anti-chafing device for use with an anchor line attached to a boat. The device comprises a housing arranged to secure about a portion of the anchor line, and a connector is arranged between the housing and the boat to secure the anchor... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5988094 | 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 connected with the hull of the watercraft preferably at the gunwale thereof; and further incl... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979353 | Production/platform mooring configuration A system comprising: a mooring bridle, wherein the mooring bridle is installed below the wave zone of the sea and wherein the bridle is attached to a first vessel; and vessel lines which attach a second vessel to the mooring bridle. A line comprising: an ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5941191 | Multidirectional boat and dock cleat A device that is fastened to a boat, dock or pier wherein the device is in the configuration of a mushroom top at the upper end, a base plate at the lower end and a stanchion fixing the base plate to the mushroom top and wherein a ring with an extended fi... | 08/24/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5832861 | Boat docking apparatus A boat mooring apparatus having an elongated tubular housing wherein the housing is adapted for positioning between a boat and a dock while providing positive control in two directions. Adjacent each end of the housing a pin is utilized to secure an elong... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5787834 | Portable docking line holding device The Invention is portable device for holding a mooring line for use during boat docking maneuvers. The device is comprised of a portable, weighted base having a protruding, angled peg, over which is slipped a multi-segmented extension rod. The extension r... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5762016 | Dock pole bumper assembly The invention relates to a dock pole bumper assembly for securing a boat to mooring piling. The assembly has a stationary portion which is secured to the piling and forms a track along which the movable portion glides. A movable portion has a rigid part a... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5732647 | Device and a method for tying and untying a tug line at a ship A device and a method for engaging and disengaging of a towing line from a tow boat to and from a ship. At the ship there is a hawse hole (5), a bollard head (1) and a working for inhauling of a messenger rope (4), attached to the lop of the towing line (... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5699748 | Line handling device for positioning and handling of mooring lines The present invention is a line handling device designed to facilitate positioning and handling of a mooring or docking line during a boat docking operation. The device employs a pair of arc-shaped spreader arms connected to an extendable pole. Each arm h... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694879 | Boat docking apparatus A mooring apparatus having an elongated tubular housing wherein the housing is adapted for positioning between a boat and a dock while providing positive control in two directions. A pin for fixing an elongated helical spring within the housing is dispose... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5628657 | Loading/unloading buoy A buoy for use in loading or unloading of a flowable medium, especially oil, comprising an outer buoyancy member (2) arranged to be introduced and secured in a submerged downwardly open receiving space in a floating vessel, and a central member (3) which ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5613457 | Apparatus for anchoring for a flotation device An apparatus for anchoring a flotation device to a wall or other smooth stationary object. The present invention consists of a tether, a means for attaching the tether to the flotation device, an anchoring means, and a means for adjusting the length of th... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5586514 | Mooring device A mooring device for securing a boat to a pole or other element at a mooring dock. The device includes an elongated tubular handle having attached at one end a flexible tubular piece which is looped back upon itself. A continuous mooring line or rope has ... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5381749 | Boat mooring hook An apparatus for mooring a boat (14) to a mooring structure (16, 38) with the aid of a rod (18) and mooring line (20) is disclosed. The apparatus includes a U-shaped securing member (10, 12) having a top portion (22), a bottom portion (26), and a middle p... | 01/17/1995 |
| 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 |
