Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
114230200 | Line type (e.g., rope, chain, hawser, cable, etc.) | 62 |
20080245285 | SELF CONTAINED INTEGRATED MOORING SYSTEM - A self contained integrated mooring system configured to contain items within a payload container in a water body is disclosed. The self contained integrated mooring system may include components for conveniently collecting and storing the components of the self contained integrated mooring system. The self contained integrated mooring system may be formed from the payload container, a mooring line handling and storage module, an anchor and a system container in a single system that eliminates having to work and rework anchor lines on a deck of a boat. | 10-09-2008 |
20090277368 | Boat anchor - An anchor for mooring a water craft to a shore or beach that included a straight shaft that is pointed on one end and is arranged on connecting to a torque producing device on its other end. The shaft includes an auger fixed thereto adjacent to the pointed end and is to loosely fitted into a cylindrical tube wherefrom fins or blades are attached to extend oppositely outwardly from the cylindrical tube sides that are sloped outwardly from their lower ends to facilitate their travel into the shore or beach. A torque applying handle or driver is provided for attachment to the shaft other end, and a mooring line connector is secured to the cylindrical tube, adjacent to a top end thereof. | 11-12-2009 |
20090320735 | Device for Suspending Mooring Lines between a Vessel and a Dock - Consists of a telescopic arm ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100024704 | MOORING SYSTEM FOR A CONVENTIONAL TANKER - Mooring system for a tanker, i.e. a mooring of a conventional tanker to an installation with fixed orientation, wherein a conventional tanker ( | 02-04-2010 |
20100089301 | Elastic anchor rope - An anchor rope provided with an elastic core to retract an unloaded watercraft from a beach. The elastic core extends along a major portion of the anchor rope and is attached at its ends to the rope by cords each of which terminates externally of the anchor rope in knotted securement thereto. | 04-15-2010 |
20100242822 | MOORING APPARATUS - A mooring apparatus ( | 09-30-2010 |
20110192336 | FLOATING UNIT - The present invention relates to a unit adapted to float in a body of water with a sea bed. The unit comprises a station-keeping system comprising a mooring line, the mooring line comprising a connection portion and a tail portion and when the unit is floating. The body of water reaches a still water line of the unit and the connection portion extends from the sea bed to a mooring line handling arrangement of the unit. The arrangement is adapted to actively alter the length of the connection portion. When the mooring line is in a permanent mooring position, at least a portion of the tail portion is located in the body of water. | 08-11-2011 |
20110271892 | REPOSITORY FOR BIO-MASS FARMING SYSTEM - A repository ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120266800 | SPAR MOORING LINE SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The disclosure provides a method and system of coupling end-to-end at least two existing mooring lines ( | 10-25-2012 |
20130220201 | Method and Apparatus for Hawser Connection in a TLP - TAD System - A hawser system between a tension leg platform (TLP) and another vessel employs two lines, oriented in a V-shape, to restrict the vertical motion of a hawser near the bow of the other vessel which may be a semi-submersible tender assisted drilling vessel (TAD). Drilling operations may be performed from the TLP while the semi-submersible provides the supporting services for the drilling operation, e.g. drilling fluid and drill pipe storage. The restricted vertical motion of the hawsers significantly reduces the possibility of the hawsers contacting each other. A hawser system according to the invention couples the semi-submersible TAD vessel to the TLP and may be implemented without passing the hawsers through sheaves. | 08-29-2013 |
20130333606 | Aquatic Stabilizing Locus Preventing Roving - Exemplary embodiments of a manufacture of an aquatic stabilizing locus inhibiting roving, comprising: a buoyant main body comprising; a top, sky-side, surface, a bottom, water-side, surface, at least one attachment loop secured to at least one attachment loop base; at least one water-side attachment loop, secured to at least one water-side attachment loop base; and at least one stabilizing line, wherein each end of the stabilizing line forms into fixed loops enabled to concatenate with at least one concatenation element, and wherein the stabilizing line is concatenated to the water-side attachment loop. Exemplary embodiments of means for inhibiting roving, of at least one object floating in an aquatic medium, by means of a stabilizing locus comprising: a means for providing buoyancy to the locus; a means for concatenating at least one device to the locus; a means for concatenating the locus to an object that inhibits locus aquatic roving. | 12-19-2013 |
20140053765 | Quick release kayak anchor for shallow water - Apparatus and system are disclosed for anchoring the kayak to the bottom of a body of shallow water. The apparatus includes a receiver tube attached to the kayak into which a guide sleeve and stake are held vertically. A tether line is attached to the stake at one end and to the kayak at the other locking it in the up position for paddling. The stake drops to anchor the kayak by releasing the tether line using an attachment device at a contact point proximate the seat. Pulling the tether line and re-attaching the attachment device retrieves the anchor and returns it to the locked up position for resuming paddling. | 02-27-2014 |
20140069312 | BOAT DOCKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - Disclosed is a boat docking assistance device including a cable locking device/carriage assembly which slides along a cable/rope attached either to a boat or dock. According to one exemplary embodiment, the carriage is pulled from the helm area of the boat towards the stern as the boat is docking with a resistance provided by a locking cam arrangement. The carriage is attached to a dock pile using a hoop type arrangement fastened to the sliding carriage by a rope, which is placed on the pile by a boat operator as the boat approaches the dock associated with the pile. | 03-13-2014 |
20140366793 | VERTICAL GLIDE MOORING SYSTEM - A system adapted to position a floating object having a slide assembly with a contact surface, the floating object selectively engaging the contact surface, a track operatively connected to the slide assembly, and a locking mechanism secured to the slide assembly, the locking mechanism having a plug at one end. | 12-18-2014 |
20150047544 | Mooring Line Extension System - A mooring system for a marine vessel utilizing an extension system. The mooring system comprises at least one mooring line having a first line section and a second line section. An extension device is associated with the at least one mooring line. The extension device has a first component and a second component. The first and second component each has a shear pin hole. A shear pin is positioned within the shear pin holes thereby connecting the first component and the second component. The mooring system also comprises an extension line having a first end connected to the first component and a second end connected to the second component. | 02-19-2015 |
20150344110 | Vessel, Motion Platform, Control System and Method for Compensating Motions of a Vessel | 12-03-2015 |
20150375828 | APPRATUS FOR MOORING FLOATER USING SUBMERGED PONTOON - A mooring apparatus using a submerged pontoon that does not interfere with floaters and sailing vessels, is not affected by oceanic weather conditions by being submerged at a constant depth, easily separates the floater such as FPSO from the submerged pontoon, in order to cope with an emergency such as stormy weather and avoids collision, and, upon the emergency being terminated, enables the floater such as FPSO to return to the operation area and moor to the submerged pontoon and start the operation. An apparatus for mooring a floater using a submerged pontoon including a submerged pontoon that is placed and fixed at a constant depth below the bottom of the floater, wherein the submerged pontoon is fabricated with buoyant pipes, assumes a planar polygon, is lashed by ropes that are connected to weights or anchors on the seabed and is lashed by ropes that are connected to the floater. | 12-31-2015 |
114230210 | With detecting position of ship or tension in line | 4 |
20100116191 | MOORING WINCH AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CABLE OF A MOORING WINCH - An electrically driven mooring includes a winding drum ( | 05-13-2010 |
20130139741 | Mooring Loop - A mooring loop is provided for use with connecting a mooring line to a bollard. The mooring loop may stretch and function as a time delay fuse when excessive loads are applied to the mooring line. The mooring loop is comprised of a reactive fiber component in the shape of a continuous loop that includes a plurality of at least one of: an undrawn hydrophobic polymer fiber or a substantially undrawn hydrophobic polymer fiber. At least two jackets are in surrounding relation to portions of the reactive fiber component. The at least two jackets include respective end portions which overlap. As the mooring loop stretches, a visual indicator on an end portion of one of the jackets pulls out of and away from the end portion of the other one of the jackets. The visual indicator serves as a warning that excessive loads are being applied to the mooring line. | 06-06-2013 |
20140216323 | ANCHOR LINE TENSIONING METHOD - Method for mooring an offshore structure includes:
| 08-07-2014 |
20140338581 | Load Compensating Mooring Hooks - A mooring apparatus that includes an actuator connected to a mooring hook and the mooring base. The actuator provides translational movement of the mooring hook towards the mooring base. The mooring apparatus also includes a vessel motion detection system and a mooring apparatus control system. The mooring apparatus may include a mooring line tension gauge. The vessel motion detection system provides an input indicative of vessel motion to the mooring apparatus control system. The mooring apparatus control system then provides an output signal to the appropriate mooring system(s) which results in adjustment of the mooring line tension in the appropriate mooring system(s). Methods for use thereof thereof are also disclosed. | 11-20-2014 |
114230220 | Having means to tension line for movement of ship in opposite directions | 6 |
20110011321 | Breast point docking system - Docking system for securing a craft to a dock or slip using a single line secured to the middle cleat of the boat. The system includes a mounting system, a docking car assembly slideably mounted on the mounting system; at least one bumper mounted on the docking car assembly; a biasing system which urges the docking car assembly is a first direction on the mounting system; and a docking line connected to the docking car assembly, a docking line connected to said docking car assembly, wherein when a force is placed on the docking line, the docking car is urged in a direction opposite to the first direction. Adjustable bumpers are provided which prevent the craft from rotating about the point of attachment. | 01-20-2011 |
20110011322 | Variable-rate spring marine docking cable - The variable-rate spring marine docking cable is a device for allaying the shock forces on moored floating structures due to wind, wakes, tides and storms. The device includes a variable-rate spring member similar to an automobile strut. Respective cables are attached at first ends to each respective end of the spring member. One of the cables is attached at its second end to a floating structure such as a dock or boat. The other cable is attached at its second end to a mooring pile, pier, or other fixed object. | 01-20-2011 |
20120111255 | Traction Method And System For An Operating Line, In Particular A Mooring Line, Of A Floating Production Unit - A traction method for an operating line, in particular a mooring line, of a floating production unit includes the steps of: attaching an end chain portion of the operating line to a socket of a main cable running through a sheave at a work station; reeling in the main cable, using a winch, to bring the socket of the main cable up to the sheave; locking the operating line with a chain stopper; slackening the main cable and moving the sheave closer to the chain stopper to reduce pull on the main cable; reeling in the main cable to run the socket of the main cable through the sheave; once the socket of the main cable has run through the sheave, releasing the operating line from the chain stopper, and reeling in, by means of the winch, the main cable and the operating line connected to it, to set the operating line to a given tension. | 05-10-2012 |
20150114276 | Floating Dock Mover - A floating dock mover that utilizes electrically powered devices to aid in relocating a floating dock whenever water levels change in a lake or reservoir. Electrical powered winching mechanisms are used to adjust cables lengths to maintain a position, or aid to obtain a new position of the dock in relation to the shoreline. Additionally, a motorized speed reducer is used to turn the wheels on the dock walkway, which moves the walkway and dock away from, or toward the shore. By electrically powering winch cable lengths, plus electrically powering the walkway wheels, the dock can be relocated horizontally and vertically and maintain a relative desired position in relation to a moving shoreline. An additional electrically motorized unit is used to operate an anchor which aids in maintaining a dock in a desired position. | 04-30-2015 |
20160176480 | SUBSEA REMOTELY OPERATED CHAIN TENSIONING AND SLACKING SYSTEM | 06-23-2016 |
20160185427 | ANCHOR LINE TENSIONING METHOD - Method for mooring an offshore structure includes: | 06-30-2016 |
114230230 | And line winding means | 10 |
20090260559 | Traction system for operating lines, in particular mooring and/or production lines, of a floating production unit - A traction system for operating lines, in particular mooring lines and/or production lines, of a floating production unit has a number of work stations distributed along the unit, at least at two ends of the unit, and engaged by respective operating lines; a main winch; and a cable transmission device having a duty cable connected to the main winch, and guide means for selectively routing the duty cable to each work station for attachment to a respective operating line; at least one auxiliary winch, having an auxiliary cable connectable to the duty cable, is used to unwind the duty cable off the main winch and run the duty cable, along paths defined by the guide members, into a number of positions close to respective work stations. | 10-22-2009 |
20090308299 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING AN UNDERWATER OR MARINE VEHICLE - Apparatus for recovering a surface marine vehicle or an underwater vehicle, in particular an AUV, the apparatus comprising a frame ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100101473 | SYSTEM FOR LOADING OF HYDROCARBONS FROM A FLOATING VESSEL - The invention relates to a system for loading of hydrocarbons from a floating vessel, such as a FPSO or FSO vessel, to an export tanker, where the floating vessel is spread moored to a sea bottom, and where the export tanker during the loading phase is moored in such a way that the export vessel to a greater or less degree can weathervane dependent upon the prevailing weather, wave and/or wind conditions. | 04-29-2010 |
20100192828 | Methods of and Apparatus for Mooring and for Connecting Lines to Articles on the Seabed - The invention provides a tether connection apparatus for remotely interconnecting respective free ends of two portions of a mooring tether, such as that used to moor a floating production vessel to the seabed. The apparatus comprises: pull-in means that are operable to pull-in to said apparatus the free end of one of the portions of mooring tether, subsequent to deployment of the apparatus. Said apparatus also comprises means for releasably mounting a connector, said connector being designed to interconnect the respective free ends of two portions of the mooring tether, once the pull-in means has pulled in to said apparatus the free end of a first of said portions of mooring tether, said means being operable to release the connector subsequent to interconnection. | 08-05-2010 |
20110146557 | LOW PROFILE TETHERING DEVICE FOR SECURING A BOAT - A tethering device for a boat may be mounted to a dock so that the top surface of the tethering device is flush with the top of the dock. Inside the housing is a retraction reel storing a sufficient length of line to provide tethering of the boat to the dock while retracting excess line back for out-of-sight storage but leaving the pre-selected length of line extending from the tethering device. The housing also has a line locking mechanism to hold the line at the pre-selected length so as to prevent the boat from drifting away taking line with it. | 06-23-2011 |
20120186506 | System for handling conventional and synthetic moorings lines, cables and the like aboard a vessel - A large capacity, rotating horizontal carousel for deployment and storage of synthetic rope located below the main deck of an anchor handling vessel or other vessel. The system includes a transfer system of rollers and sheaves for transferring the lines to deployment winches. According to one aspect, the system is mounted on a dedicated anchor handling vessel, but can also be adapted to mount on other vessels such as barges, cargo vessels, etc. | 07-26-2012 |
20140014018 | APPARATUS AND ANCHOR HANDLING VESSELS FOR INSTALLING OR REMOVING AND REPLACING A SEGMENT OF A MOORING LINE - Disclosed are platforms adapted to be mounted onto anchor handling vessels (AHVs) and AHVs useful for replacing a used wire rope segment or for installing a new wire rope segment in a mooring line which can be used for mooring a floating vessel such as a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel. | 01-16-2014 |
20140305361 | COMPENSATED LASHING OF TENDER ASSIST DRILLING UNIT TO A FLOATING PRODUCTION FACILITY - A system of lashing a tender assist drilling unit (TADU) to a floating production platform includes a plurality of lashing lines reeved over a hydraulic-pneumatic tensioning system sheave assembly and a plurality of fixed anchor points to the above water line section of the production platform hull structure. The hydraulic-pneumatic tensioning device will, when in tensioning mode, compensate and control the relative movement between the two floating bodies. The hydraulic-pneumatic tensioning system will also enable lashing pre-tension adjustments during operations and fine-tuning of system performance can be done site-specific based on lessons learned. The hydraulic-pneumatic tensioning device will, when in hydraulic lock mode, enable a fixed lashing line system. This will by the means of the first units mooring winch system enable; a winch-in for close proximity during heavy lifting; or an efficient lashing pay put during extreme weather preparation for increased separation between the two units. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305362 | Tether and Clamp Assembly - An anchoring device is provided that is adapted to tether a structure to a fixed support, such as a dock or floating kelp. The anchoring device comprises a reel assembly that enables a user to secure their boat without the use of an anchor. The assembly includes a reel housing, a retractable line, a clamp assembly, and a line guide. The reel housing comprises a pair of control buttons, a gripping handle, and an attachment strap. The first button is adapted to unlock and lock the retractable line in place, whereas the second button is adapted to retract the line back into the housing. The clamp assembly is adapted to secure the anchoring device onto a fixed or floating surface, whereby the clamp assembly comprises a first and second clamp member in biased relationship with one or more of peripheral teeth, inner tines, and a high friction inner surface. | 10-16-2014 |
20160052605 | MOORING DEVICE - A mooring device including a canister, a spool having two side walls with notches around their perimeters, a mooring cable wrapped around the spool, a lid having a first piece and a second piece, and two rows of stops extending from the bottom surface of the lid. The two rows of stops engage the notches of the two side walls of the pool when the first piece of the lid is in the closed position. The stops are disengaged from the notches when the first piece of the lid is in the open position. | 02-25-2016 |
114230240 | And line biasing means | 9 |
20080196650 | Mooring Strap - A mooring strap for vessels includes a first loop for engaging a dock mounted cleat and a second loop for engaging a cleat on a vessel. A strap extending from each of the two loops is interconnected with a cam lock to permit drawing the two loops toward one another to draw the vessel toward the dock and to secure the vessel with the dock. A sleeve attendant each loop is slid toward a loop engaged cleat to reduce the functional size of the loop and thereby prevent the loop from becoming inadvertently disengaged from the cleat. Upon release of the cam lock and drawing the sleeves away from the respective engaged cleats, the mooring strap may be disengaged from the cleats. | 08-21-2008 |
20080229996 | MOORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A mooring system for securing a floating vessel to the sea floor comprises a plurality of mooring legs, at least one of which includes separate first and second mooring lines. The first mooring line comprises a first end which is connected to the vessel and the second mooring line comprises a first end which is secured to the sea floor. The mooring system also comprises a connection and tensioning device which includes a body, a bore which extends through the body, a chain stopper for adjustably securing the first mooring line to the body, and a connector for connecting a second end of the second mooring line to the body. In use, a second end of the first mooring line is inserted into the bore and the first mooring line is pulled through the bore while the body is subject to an opposing pulling force. Once the first mooring line is pulled through the bore a desired distance, the chain stopper maintains the first mooring line in position relative to the body to thereby secure the vessel to the sea floor. | 09-25-2008 |
20100101474 | Damper and Damping Structure for a Wave Energy Conversion Device and Mooring Component - The present invention relates to a damper for damping the reactionary motion of a wave energy conversion device to wave motion, comprising a damping energy absorber ( | 04-29-2010 |
20110023767 | MOORING COMPENSATOR - The object of the invention is a mooring compensator not needing any rope threading; instead, even after the boat is moored, it can effortlessly be fastened onto any rope ( | 02-03-2011 |
20120037061 | Boat Mooring Assembly - Described is a boat mooring assembly and method for preventing a boat from being damaged during docking and mooring. The boat mooring assembly can be used to moor a boat while allowing the boat to adjust to rising and falling tides. The latter advantage is of particular benefit when a boat is being moored in bodies of water that experience large tidal changes. | 02-16-2012 |
20130340665 | EXTENSIBLE SHIELD FOR PROTECTING THE ATTACHMENT ENDS OF A STRETCHABLE MOORING RODE SEGMENT - A fabric shielding tube protects an elastic end portion of a stretchable segment of a mooring rode from abrasion, water, and marine life, without inhibiting extension of the stretchable segment. The ends of the tube are attached to the rode at the ends of the elastic end portion, with the tube extending beyond the elastic portion and folding back on itself in a rolling wall configuration. The tube thereby adapts to extension of the rode by partially unrolling the rolling wall. At its distal end, the tube is attached only to an outer braid of the rode by a means that does not inhibit extension of the braid or of an elastomeric core within the braid. The distal end attachment can be by sewing, or by interweaving of a strap such as a cable tie through the shield and the braid. The fabric shield can include nylon. | 12-26-2013 |
20140026796 | In-Line Mooring Connector and Tensioner - A mooring system for offshore vessels uses a chain stopper within a preset mooring line. The chain stopper has means for attaching a removable hydraulic chain jack actuator which may be used to stroke the chain through the stopper assembly while both the stopper and the mooring line remain under load. | 01-30-2014 |
20140338582 | Method of Single Line Mooring - The method of mooring buoyant equipment at the surface of a body of water in a controlled position using a single line by connecting a first line from the buoyant equipment to a first diameter drum on a subsea mooring tower, connecting the first diameter drum to a second diameter drum, connecting a second line from the second diameter drum to a weight, such that when the depth of the body of water changes the tension on the first line remains the same and the vertical distance travelled by the weight is less than the change in the depth of the body of water. | 11-20-2014 |
20150307160 | MOORING STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON A VESSEL - A method and structure for mooring seaworthy craft against boat landings is disclosed. The structure comprises a fender ( | 10-29-2015 |
114230250 | With manipulating or positioning means for aiding attachment of the line | 3 |
20100107955 | MOORING AID - This invention relates to a mooring aid for use at marine installations, such as jetties and the like, wherein the mooring aid comprises a support ( | 05-06-2010 |
20150075416 | ROPE ENGAGING DOCKING DEVICE - A rope engaging docking device for attaching a dock line to an out of reach dock cleat. The docking device includes an elongated pole with a fork member attached to the elongated pole's distal end. The fork member includes a center hub that attaches to the elongated pole and two diverging spreader arms each with a rope engaging slot formed on its distal end. During use, a large loop is formed on one end of the dock line. The loop is then positioned in the open center located between the two spreader arms so that the side sections of the loop are forced into the two rope engaging slots and the apex of the loop hangs below the fork member. The elongated pole is then extended over the dock cleat so the apex of the loop droops downward and placed behind a dock cleat. The crew member then pulls the dock rope to tighten the loop around the dock cleat. The device is then pulled reward to disconnect it from the dock line. | 03-19-2015 |
20150321731 | Rope Clasp - A rope clasp device for securing a rope eliminates the need for a knot in a rope by selectively clasping and encasing at least one portion of a rope in a toothed clamp. The rope clasp device comprises a base, at least one, but generally two swinging doors, and a lock. The swinging doors are pivotably coupled to the base in order to be moved between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, a pair of channels for passage of a rope is defined between the base and the doors. The channels are defined by a plurality of clasping teeth to retain the rope therein. | 11-12-2015 |
114230260 | With specific means for attaching line | 13 |
20100031863 | 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 the chain connector. The assembly further comprises a channel assembly attached to the floating device. The channel assembly have an upper end and a lower end, wherein mooring chain locking device is provided at the upper end of the channel assembly. The channel assembly extends in the floating device from its bottom side to a higher level in the floating device which can be located above sea surface. A bearing location for the first pivot axis of the chain connector is provided at the lower end of the channel assembly. The chain connector is movable in the channel assembly and a hoist is provided to move the chain connector between a first position, in which the first pivot axis is located in the bearing location of the channel assembly and a second position above the channel assembly, in which the coupler of the chain connector is accessible. | 02-11-2010 |
20100224116 | 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. The rigid member prevents direct contact between the mooring post and a rope positioned within the passageway. A locking member moveable between first and second positions is disposed on the rigid member. In the first position, the locking member allows sliding movement of the rope through the passageway in a first direction from the first port toward the second port and inhibits sliding movement of the rope in a second direction from the second port toward the first port. In the second position, the locking member allows sliding movement of the rope in both the first direction and the second direction. | 09-09-2010 |
20110030605 | THREADING DEVICE - The invention relates to a threading device ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110146558 | ADJUSTABLE DOCKING LINE - An adjustable line for securing a watercraft to a structure having a closed cleating system may include a line body having first and second ends, a coupling system having a first portion and a second portion, each adapted to releaseably couple to one another, wherein the first portion is coupled to the first end and the second portion is disposed between the first and second ends a predetermined distance from the first end, and wherein the predetermined distance is sufficient to form a docking loop when the first and second portions are coupled to one another. A method may include maneuvering a watercraft alongside the structure, securing the second end of the line to the watercraft, threading the first end through an opening in the closed cleating system, and coupling the first and second portions to one another. | 06-23-2011 |
20110283929 | MOORING STRUCTURE WITH HABITAT FEATURES FOR MARINE ANIMALS - A structure for underwater placement on a sea, lake or river bottom. The structure has tunnels to allow water and water currents, as well as marine organisms, to pass freely therethrough and infiltrate and colonize the openings. One or more hitch points are provided on the structure for attaching mooring lines to ships, boats, floating wind turbines or other floating objects, thereby allowing the structure to serve as a mooring to anchor such objects. The hitch points can be recessed within a depression in the surface of the structure and the hitch bar ends can also be recessed, providing an exterior surface free of protuberances. | 11-24-2011 |
20110308443 | Boat docking line, system and method of use - An improved boat docking line and related method for docking a boat, comprising: a first line section at least three feet in length; a second line section at least three feet in length; a juncture at which the first and second line section meet; and a fixed-circumference docking loop at said juncture. An alternative embodiment further comprises a boat fender attached to the second line section. | 12-22-2011 |
20130167765 | DEVICE FOR ANCHORING A BOAT - A device for anchoring a boat includes a multi part anchor line adapted to attach to the boat; a lead line having a first end and a second end; a first hook attached to the first end of the lead line adapted to releasably attach to a bow eye of the boat; and a second hook attached to the second end of the lead line adapted releasably attach to the anchor line. The anchor line and lead line cooperate to anchor the boat. | 07-04-2013 |
20160052604 | CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a connector, such as a subsea connecter ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160137269 | BOAT ANCHOR HOOK - A boat hook anchor is provided. The boat hook anchor may include a metal tubing, such as electrical conduit metallic tubing. An insulating foam may be disposed within the metal tubing. The present invention may further include an anchor shackle attached to the second end of the metal tubing. The anchor shackle enables attachment of the anchor system to the boat. The anchor shackle may include a hoop securable to a rope attached to the boat. | 05-19-2016 |
114230280 | Including socket receiving elongated projection | 2 |
20090020061 | Connector for Releasable Connection Between an Achorage in the Form of a Female Part Arranged on a Floating Means and a Male Part Formed at the End of a Retrievable Umbilical - A connector ( | 01-22-2009 |
20140026797 | SELF-ALIGNING SOCKET FOR MOORING CABLE - This socket, intended primarily to be mounted at the end of a mooring cable for an anchoring system of a mobile massive element, comprises a socket body | 01-30-2014 |
114230290 | Including enlargement fixed or attached to line for releasable engagement in slot | 2 |
20140165897 | CHAIN CONNECTOR - A chain connector for holding a chain ( | 06-19-2014 |
20150090171 | DUAL AXIS CHAIN SUPPORT WITH CHAIN GUIDE - A chain support, hinged on two perpendicular axes to allow chain movement in two perpendicular planes is disclosed. The apparatus provides an improved arrangement to allow chain to be pulled at an angle above the chain support while maintaining straight pull across a stopper mechanism. | 04-02-2015 |