Mooring device

摘要

A portable water level-responsive mooring device has a mooring strap with a ring capable of engaging the mooring device around a dock piling. The mooring strap has a suitable length of cord having a clip or ring on each end capable of releasably attaching to a fender, spacing tubes, and rollers. The spacing tubes and rollers have an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the spacing tubes and an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the cord. The cord is positioned within an arrangement of the spacing tubes and rollers, the length of cord being sufficient to wrap around a dock piling.

主权项

1. A portable mooring device configured to be disposed between a boat and a mooring structure to cushion the impact between the boat and the mooring, said mooring device comprising:
a unitary fender comprising a cord-receiving aperture extending through the fender; a fender cord; and a fender ring connected to one end of the fender cord, where the fender cord is wrapped axially around the fender through the aperture and through the fender ring, and wrapped circumferentially around the fender and through the fender ring a second time, wherein the fender cord wrapped axially around the fender forms a first loop and the fender cord wrapped circumferentially around the fender forms a second loop, the second loop being substantially transverse to the first loop.