Patent ID: 6508190
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A system for enabling, if desired, a single boat operator to attach and release a personal boat from a mooring comprising in combination:(a) a mooring means having a rigid, substantially vertical elongated member along with (b) an arm member mechanically coupled to said personal boat having a mooring member catching means at a terminal portion of said arm for coupling and decoupling said arm to and from said rigid, substantially vertical elongated member of the mooring means; (c) aiming means mounted upon said personal boat for aiming said arm at said vertical elongated member until said catching means engages the rigid, substantially vertical elongated member of said mooring means upon said personal boat approaching said mooring member; (d) mooring line deployment means for deploying a mooring line between said mooring member catching means and said boat to enable said boat to back away a substantial distance from said mooring means while being coupled thereto; and (e) actuation means for remotely actuating said catching means causing it to decouple from the vertical elongated member of said mooring means upon departure of the boat from said mooring means.