Patent ID: 9555861
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B63B

Claim:
1. A Mooring Line Restrainer, capable of withstanding whiplash from an impact of a snapped mooring line, the Restrainer comprising: a contoured Restraining Member shaped to engage and restrain a snapped mooring line; and a single or multi-turn spring, mounted on a framework attached to one or more support bases, wherein at least one of the support bases comprises a magnetic holding device with sufficient holding strength for fixing Mooring Line Restrainers on a deck of a ship at appropriate positions along and on either side of each of the mooring lines arranged as per a mooring layout plan, and wherein said support bases comprise structures for interlinking a set of adjacent or alternate Mooring Line Restrainers to form strong structures around the mooring lines for confining and restraining any snapped mooring lines within narrow zones around pre-snapped positions of those mooring lines on the ship's deck, thereby substantially reducing their effective snap-back zones and increasing a safe working area on the ship's deck during mooring and towing operations.