Patent ID: 7051668
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B63B,E02B

Abstract:
1. A two slip floating dock for mooring personal watercraft, comprising: a. an inflatable body having a front leading edge, a first side edge and a parallel oppositely disposed second side edge, an inflation/deflation valve by which a gas is forced into the body to inflate the body and by which the gas is removed to deflate the body; b. a first slip formed into the body having a circumferential sidewall including a first arcuate section, a second arcuate section which is a mirror image of the first arcuate section, a nose section joining both arcuate sections, an opening between the two arcuate sections leading to an open space within the first slip, a rope having a roller thereon, the rope connected to the first and second arcuate sections adjacent the opening to the first slip; c. a second slip formed into the body and adjacent to and parallel to the first slip, the second slip having a circumferential sidewall including a first arcuate section, a second arcuate section which is a mirror image of the first arcuate section, a nose section joining both arcuate sections, an opening between the two arcuate sections leading to an open space within the second slip, a rope having a roller thereon, the rope connected to the first and second arcuate sections adjacent the opening to the second slip; d. a first bow hook assembly having a hook member extending from the nose section of the first slip and having means to fasten the bow hook assembly within the dock, and a second bow hook assembly having a hook member extending from the nose section of the second slip and having means to fasten the bow hook assembly within the dock, and a mooring cord extending out of the leading edge of the dock and fastened to the leading edge; e. the dock capable of being moored off a shore by having the mooring cord extend to a stake placed within a ground of the shore so that the dock floats at a distance from the shore; f. a first personal watercraft having a hull with a mating member being capable of being mooring within the first slip by having the first personal watercraft travel through the opening in the first slip whereby the hull travels over the rope and roller and causes the first and second arcuate sections of the first slip to be pressed against the hull to firmly retain the personal watercraft within the first slip and the hook of the first bow hook assembly attaches to the mating member to retain the first personal watercraft within the first slip; and g. a second personal watercraft having a hull with a mating member being capable of being mooring within the second slip by having the second personal watercraft travel through the opening in the second slip whereby the hull travels over the rope and roller and causes the first and second arcuate sections of the second slip to be pressed against the hull to firmly retain the personal watercraft within the second slip and the hook of the second bow hook assembly attaches to the mating member to retain the second personal watercraft within the second slip.