Patent ID: 7430978
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A boat fender comprising an internal portion fixed to an edge of a boat, and an external portion adapted to absorb external shocks, said external portion including an internal conduit adapted to couple with a complementarily shaped protuberance belonging to said internal portion, a cross-section of the internal portion being essentially H-shaped and including a plane portion resting on the edge of the boat and a solid thick shank portion perpendicularly extending from the plane portion and projecting to a pair of thin convex fins laterally extending from said shank portion and said pair of thin convex fins extending parallel to said plane portion, said thin convex fins fitting within and including a gap from respective internal concave grooves of said external portion and cooperating by the gap to maintain said external portion spaced from said plane portion of the internal portion.