Patent ID: 8601968
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A boat mooring standoff mounted to a boat instead of a dock used to moor a boat to a dock, pier, or piling by means of: a first straight tee with the two in line outlets of the tee aligned vertically to compensate for vertical movement of the boat caused by large waves or tidal changes; and to provide flexibility to the boat mooring standoff because the tee moves freely and is not rigidly attached to the dock, pier, or piling; and to facilitate attachment of the first end of a dock mooring rope to the boat mooring standoff; a first straight pipe with the first end connected to the main branch outlet of the first straight tee; a hole in the side of the first straight pipe to provide a means to route the dock mooring rope from the first straight tee to the boat mooring cleat located on the opposite side of the boat from the boat mooring standoff; a second straight tee connected to the second end of the first straight pipe to provide a means to attach a third straight pipe vertically to the boat mooring standoff; a second straight pipe with the first end connected to the second in line outlet of the second straight tee to provide a means to route the dock mooring rope to the boat mooring cleat located on the second side of the boat opposite the first side of the boat where the boat mooring standoff is located; a third straight pipe with the first end connected to the main branch outlet of the second straight tee which is pulled against the exterior side of the boat by the dock mooring rope as the dock mooring rope is tightened to the boat mooring cleat on the opposite side of the boat from the boat mooring standoff; a dock mooring rope with the first end attached to the first straight tee and routed through a hole in the side of the first straight pipe and through the interior channel of the standoff assembly and attached to the boat mooring cleat located on the opposite side of the boat from the boat mooring standoff to pull the third straight pipe tightly against the exterior side of the boat; and to provide flexibility to the boat mooring standoff.