Patent ID: 7089877
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A standoff mooring bar for a craft comprising an adjustable length mooring bar body having an elongated inner cylindrical tube telescoping within an elongated outer cylindrical tube, with each tube defining an elongated bore; a mooring rope extending through the bore of the telescoping pair of cylindrical tubes; and an automatic locking assembly fixing the adjustable length of the telescoping pair of tubes when subjected to a collapsing mooring force, with the locking assembly including a generally cylindrical locking tube housed within a cavity defined by the inner and outer tubes and with the mooring rope also passing through a bore in the locking tube, and a flexible locking rope having one end portion passing through the outer tube creating a guying rope and the other end portion extending through the bore of the locking tube and fixed to the mooring rope so that the tensioning of the mooring rope and the guying rope causes the locking assembly to fix the relative position of the inner and outer tubes to prevent collapsing or extending of the mooring bar.