Patent ID: 9302750
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B63B,E02B,E06C,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A self-leveling boat bumper system attached to a nautical structure at least partially over a body of water having a low tide and a high tide, comprising: a rigid front brace having first and second front brace ends; a rigid rear brace having first and second rear brace ends, the first rear brace end being attached to said system; a floating bumper arrangement including a float element, a float extension, connected to the float element, and extending upwardly, and a boat bumper connected to said arrangement; and a receiver, fixed to one of the nautical structure and said arrangement, and moveably engaged with one of said arrangement and a guide fixed to the nautical structure, the moveable engagement being between a low position, in which the boat bumper is at a first position, and a high position, in which the boat bumper is at a second position above the first position; wherein when floating within the body of water, the float element provides a buoyancy force that maintains the boat bumper in a static position between, and including, the first and second positions, said system is attached to the nautical structure at a first attachment point, the second rear brace end is attached to the nautical structure at a second attachment point, the first front brace end is attached to the nautical structure at one of the first attachment point and a third attachment point, and the second front brace end is attached to said rear brace.