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Device and method for mooring a watercraft

  • US 20060118025A1
  • Filed: 12/06/2004
  • Published: 06/08/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mooring line device suitable for securing a watercraft to a dock piling, said device comprising:

  • a) an elongated first tube having an inner channel for housing a portion of a mooring line, said tube having an open top end, an open bottom end, and a longitudinal length;

    b) a second tube having an inner channel for housing a second portion of said mooring line, said second tube having an open top end, an open bottom end, and a longitudinal length, and wherein said second tube is connected adjacent to said first tube and positioned with respect to said first tube such that the inner channels of said tubes run substantially parallel to one another; and

    c) a locking component integral with said first tube, wherein said locking component comprises an elongated finger having one end integral with said first tube and a free end extending downward, said locking component further including a boss integral with said first tube, said boss positioned near the bottom end of the first tube adjacent the free end of said finger to allow a space sufficiently large to allow the looped end of the mooring line to slide between said boss and fingers for engagement therein.

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