Patent ID: 9199696
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A method of translating a small marine vessel along a substantially smooth surface, said method comprising the steps: providing first and second temporary mooring devices each having first and second selectively engagable suction cups, and a line interconnecting the suction cups one with the other; securing the line of the first mooring device proximate to a bow of the small vessel; affixing the first and second suction cups of the first mooring device to the substantially smooth surface in a laterally spaced apart configuration; securing the line of the second mooring device to a stern of the small vessel; affixing the first and second suction cups of the second mooring device to the substantially smooth surface in a laterally spaced apart configuration; releasing the first of the suction cups of the first mooring device from the substantially smooth surface; translating the first suction cup of the first mooring device laterally along the substantially smooth surface in a manner to leap-frog the second suction cup to be laterally spaced from the second suction cup on an opposite side of the second suction cup; re-affixing the first suction cup of the first mooring device to the substantially smooth surface; releasing the first of the suction cups of the second mooring device from the substantially smooth surface; translating the first suction cup of the second mooring device laterally along the substantially smooth surface in a manner to leap-frog the second suction cup to be laterally spaced from the second suction cup on an opposite side of the second suction cup; and re-affixing the first suction cup of the second mooring device to the substantially smooth surface.