Device and method for mooring a watercraft
First Claim
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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Abstract
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 mooring line device comprises two tubes, secured adjacent to one another, through which the mooring line is threaded. Once the mooring line is wrapped about a piling, the looped end of the mooring line may be engaged within a locking component of the mooring line device, and the mooring line subsequently tightened about the piling and secured thereto via the inventive mooring line device.
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20 Claims
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1. A mooring line device suitable for securing a watercraft to a dock piling, said device comprising:
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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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5. A kit suitable for securing a watercraft to a dock piling, said kit comprising:
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a) a mooring line, said mooring line having two opposite ends, wherein one of said opposite ends is a free un-looped end and the second of said opposite ends is a looped end; and
b) a mooring line device for engaging said mooring line, said device further comprising i) an elongated first tube having an inner channel for housing a portion of the mooring line, said tube having an open top end, an open bottom end, and a longitudinal length;
ii) a second tube having an inner channel for housing a second portion of said mooring line, 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
iii) a locking component integral with said first tube, said locking component configured to secure said looped end of the mooring line thereto, 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. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method for securing a watercraft to a dock piling, said method comprising:
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a) securing a mooring line device to a mooring line, said mooring line having two opposite ends, wherein one of said opposite ends is a free un-looped end and the second of said opposite ends is a looped end; and
wherein said mooring line device includes (i) 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, (ii) 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
(iii) a locking component integral with said first tube, said locking component configured to secure a looped end of the mooring line thereto;
b) wrapping around a piling a portion of the mooring line, said portion located between the mooring line device and the looped end of the mooring line;
c) engaging within the locking component of the mooring line device the looped end of the mooring line; and
d) tightening the wrapped portion of the mooring line about said piling by pulling upon a second portion of the mooring line, said second portion located between the bottom end of the first tube and the free un-looped end of the mooring line. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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