Boat and dock standoff
DCFirst Claim
1. A boat and dock standoff wherein at least one said boat and dock standoff is fixed to a cleat mounted on a boat and further fixed to a wooden dock with boards for preventing said boat from contacting said dock or drifting away from said dock due to waves, tides or winds comprising:
- at least one cleat hook wherein said cleat hook is fixed to said cleat;
at least one pivot plate wherein said pivot plate has a first end and a second end and said pivot plate is fixed to said cleat hook;
at least one first arm wherein said first arm has a first end and a second end and wherein said first end of said first arm is flexibly attached to said second end of said pivot plate;
at least one second arm wherein said second arm has a first end and a second end and wherein said first end of said second arm is flexibly attached to said second end of said pivot plate;
at least one first dock attachment device comprised of a vertical pivot plate with a first end and a second end wherein said first end of said vertical pivot plate is flexibly attached to said second end of said first arm and wherein said first dock attachment device is further comprised of a T-bar, an inner rod with a first and a second end wherein said inner rod has threads formed on said inner rod and said second end of said inner rod is fixed to said T-bar, an inner tube around said T-bar, a rotation ring around said inner tube, a lower washer fixed to said inner tube, an upper washer on said inner tube and a wing nut with threads that suitably mesh with said threads on said inner rod and said vertical pivot plate that is fixed to said rotation ring;
at least one second dock device comprised of a vertical pivot plate wherein said vertical pivot plate is fixed to a rotation ring and wherein said rotation ring is held in place around an inner tube, an upper washer and a lower washer and said inner tube is held in place by a wing nut on an inner rod and said inner rod is held to said dock by a T-bar rotated below said boards wherein said second end of said second arm is flexibly fixed to said second vertical pivot plate and said first arm is flexibly fixed to said first dock attachment device and wherein said first arm fixed to said first dock attachment device is fixed to said dock and said second arm is fixed to said second dock attachment device is further fixed to said dock thereby forming a rigid or semi-rigid triangle between said dock and said boat cleat, the first arm and the second arm thereby preventing the boat from moving forward or aftward or from moving directly toward said dock or directly away from said dock thereby allowing said boat to move in a rotational direction up or down without striking said dock.
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Abstract
A device to fix a floating boat to a dock or pier that will allow the boat to move up and down freely in the waves and yet prevent the boat from hitting the dock or pier or rub the piles supporting the dock or pier. The device is comprised of two elongated arms that are fixed to a cleat fixture on a boat wherein the elongated arms extend to the dock forming a triangle with a V bar or a T bar, a swivel and a pinion fixed to the dock or pier, thereby allowing the boat to move up and down within limits but not to strike or rub the dock, pier or piles.
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16 Claims
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1. A boat and dock standoff wherein at least one said boat and dock standoff is fixed to a cleat mounted on a boat and further fixed to a wooden dock with boards for preventing said boat from contacting said dock or drifting away from said dock due to waves, tides or winds comprising:
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at least one cleat hook wherein said cleat hook is fixed to said cleat; at least one pivot plate wherein said pivot plate has a first end and a second end and said pivot plate is fixed to said cleat hook; at least one first arm wherein said first arm has a first end and a second end and wherein said first end of said first arm is flexibly attached to said second end of said pivot plate; at least one second arm wherein said second arm has a first end and a second end and wherein said first end of said second arm is flexibly attached to said second end of said pivot plate; at least one first dock attachment device comprised of a vertical pivot plate with a first end and a second end wherein said first end of said vertical pivot plate is flexibly attached to said second end of said first arm and wherein said first dock attachment device is further comprised of a T-bar, an inner rod with a first and a second end wherein said inner rod has threads formed on said inner rod and said second end of said inner rod is fixed to said T-bar, an inner tube around said T-bar, a rotation ring around said inner tube, a lower washer fixed to said inner tube, an upper washer on said inner tube and a wing nut with threads that suitably mesh with said threads on said inner rod and said vertical pivot plate that is fixed to said rotation ring; at least one second dock device comprised of a vertical pivot plate wherein said vertical pivot plate is fixed to a rotation ring and wherein said rotation ring is held in place around an inner tube, an upper washer and a lower washer and said inner tube is held in place by a wing nut on an inner rod and said inner rod is held to said dock by a T-bar rotated below said boards wherein said second end of said second arm is flexibly fixed to said second vertical pivot plate and said first arm is flexibly fixed to said first dock attachment device and wherein said first arm fixed to said first dock attachment device is fixed to said dock and said second arm is fixed to said second dock attachment device is further fixed to said dock thereby forming a rigid or semi-rigid triangle between said dock and said boat cleat, the first arm and the second arm thereby preventing the boat from moving forward or aftward or from moving directly toward said dock or directly away from said dock thereby allowing said boat to move in a rotational direction up or down without striking said dock. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A boat to dock standoff wherein at least one said boat to dock standoff is fixed to a boat or ship and further fixed to a dock or pier made of boards with slots between said boards for preventing said ship or said boat from striking or rubbing said dock or pier or further preventing said boat or ship from drifting away from said dock or pier due to waves, tides or winds reacting on said boat or ship, comprising:
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at least one said standoff fixture with a first side and a second side wherein an elongated arm hole is formed in standoff fixture wherein said elongated arm hole extends from said first side to said second side of said standoff fixture and wherein said standoff fixture is mounted on said boat; at least one elongated arm wherein said elongated arm has a first end and a second end and wherein said first end of said elongated arm is bent and wherein said bent first end of said elongated arm is inserted into said elongated arm hole formed in said standoff fixture mounted on said boat or ship and wherein said second end of said elongated arm is bent and has an end cap fixed to said elongated arm; at least one dock attachment fixture, comprised of a dock plate, with a first end and a second end and wherein said dock plate has a horizontal elongated slot formed near said second end of said dock plate, a cap plate fixed to said first end of said dock attachment fixture, at least one extended standoff plate with at least one elongated slot formed in said extended standoff plate, an elongated shaft with a first end and a second end wherein said elongated shaft has threads formed near said second end of said elongated shaft, a T-bar fixed at the first end of said elongated shaft, a wing nut with threads that mesh with said threads formed on said elongated shaft wherein said elongated shaft is disposed in said wing nut and said elongated shaft is also disposed in said elongated slot formed near said second end of said dock plate and wherein when said second end of said elongated arm is disposed in said elongated slot formed in said extended standoff plate and said elongated arm is prevented from being withdrawn from said slot formed in said standoff plate by said end cap fixed to said second end of said elongated arm and wherein said T-bar fixed to said first end of said elongated shaft is inserted in said slot formed between said boards of said dock or pier wherein said elongated shaft and said T-bar is rotated wherein said T-bar spans said slot between said boards of said dock and wherein said T-bar is pulled up into the underside of said boards and said wing nut is tightened thus fixing said dock attachment fixture to said dock, further fixing said elongated arm to said dock or pier and further fixing said first end of said elongated arm to said standoff fixture mounted on said boat or ship, thereby allowing said boat or ship to move up or down in waves or tides relative to said dock or pier and still not strike or rub said dock or pier with said boat or ship. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. The boat to dock standoff of clam 7 wherein said first arm may be folded with said second arm and a tie clamp may be placed around said first arm and said second arm to hold said first arm and said second arm together for storage purposes.
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