Patent ID: 6216625
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
In an improved mooring device, a rigid elongate device acting as a self adjusting tidal mooring device comprising:(a) an elongate vertical shaft having a top end and a bottom end, captivated by a vertical slide block, which has a top, a bottom, one side with a through bore to captivate said vertical shaft and one side machined to accept a mooring rope;(b) a vertical slide block made of an elastomeric material such as polyethylene;(c) said vertical slide block having no moving parts;(d) mounting brackets at each vertical end of said shaft wherein said device stands away from a dock pole allowing said vertical slide block and shaft to operate independently of a mooring platform;(e) wherein said mooring device limits line tension on a watercraft and mooring point while maintaining spatial position of the watercraft in a mooring slip, while allowing the watercraft to move vertically with wind, waves, and water.