Mooring whip vertical mounting swivel support base

摘要

An improved mooring whip support base mounted vertically to a dock piling one embodiment having the means to rotate a housing supporting an inserted flexible mooring whip pole and means to lock said rotated mooring whip pole in a vertical position clearing the mooring whip pole from interfering with a vessel when leaving or returning from a dock when released the said rotating housing and mooring whip pole is manually lowered down to a determined desired degree positioning the flexible mooring whip pole a line or rope attached to the mooring whip base through a pulley at the end of the mooring whip pole and attached to the boat cleat keeping a boat from contacting a dock and possible damage.

主权项

1. A mooring whip base vertically mounted to a dock piling or another structural member of said dock or an adjacent structural member for securing a boat, wherein the mooring whip base comprises:
a mounting support comprised of an c-channel having a web and parallel flanges on either side of the web, said mounting support having a mounting hole through the web near a top end and a mounting hole through the web near a bottom end for securing the mounting support to the dock; a rectangular limit stop fixedly connected to one flange proximate the top end of the mounting support and extending above the web of the mounting support, a vertical position locking tab rotatably connected proximate the bottom end of the same flange as the limit stop; a rotatable whip pole housing support, comprised of a rectangular tube, said whip pole housing support rotatably attached to the mounting support by an offset mounting support shaft bolt, a mounting support shaft bearing and mounting support retaining nut, said whip pole housing support having a whip pole tube support within the whip pole housing support for receiving and securing one end of a whip pole, an opposite end of the whip pole having a pulley attached for tensioning a whip line, said whip pole housing support including a base cleat attached on an outer surface of the whip pole housing support for securing the whip line, wherein, when the rotatable whip pole housing support is rotated to a vertical position, the vertical position locking tab can be rotated perpendicular to the flange to lock the whip pole housing support in the vertical position abutting the rectangular limit stop, clearing the whip pole from any boat obstacles as a boat approaches or departs the dock, and when the vertical position locking tab is rotated to align with the flange the vertical whip pole housing support is able to rotate until rotation is blocked by the limit stop, such that the whip pole extends out from the boat dock to keep the boat a distance from the boat dock by means of resilient spring action of the whip poles tensioned by the whip line attached on one end to the base cleat and extending through the pulley and attached on an opposite end to the boat.