Patent ID: 9556575
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: E02B,Y02A

Claim:
1. An adjustable self-leveling boat bumper system in combination with a nautical structure that extends at least in part over a body of water having a low tide and a high tide, said system comprising: a longitudinal main guide fixed to the nautical structure and oriented perpendicular to a surface of the body of water; a longitudinal adjustment guide, oriented perpendicular to the surface, and having a first end extending upwardly and a second end attached to a float element; at least one receiver including a main guide aperture and an adjustment aperture, the main guide aperture having said main guide disposed therethrough with said at least one receiver being moveably engaged with said main guide, and the adjustment aperture having said adjustment guide disposed therethrough; a boat bumper connected to said at least one receiver and positioned to face away from the nautical structure; and an adjustment lock, adjacent to said adjustment guide, and being moveable between a locked position, in which at least a portion of said lock contacts said adjustment guide to render said adjustment guide immovably engaged with said at least one receiver, and an unlocked position, in which the portion does not contact said adjustment guide to render said adjustment guide movably engaged with said at least one receiver; wherein said at least one receiver is moveable between a low position, in which the boat bumper is at a first bumper position, and a high position, in which the boat bumper is at a second bumper position above the first bumper position, and when floating within the body of water, the float element provides a buoyancy force that maintains the boat bumper in a static position along a range of motion defined by the first and second bumper positions.