Patent ID: 8950348
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A vessel mooring arrangement, comprising, in combination: a wire body member having a first portion and a second portion, each of said first portion and said second portion having a coupling end and a pivot end; said pivot end of said first portion pivotally coupled to said pivot end of said second portion to allow relative pivotal movement of said first portion with respect to said second portion; said coupling end of said first portion detachably mountable on said coupling end of said second portion to provide detachable coupling therebetween to define a substantially ring configuration of said body member having a center line, said body member lying in a plane for the condition of said coupling end of said first portion detachably coupled to said coupling end of said second portion and an open configuration for the condition of said coupling end of said first portion detached from said coupling end of said second portion; each of said first portion and said second portion having a loop section upstanding from said plane of said body member and intermediate said coupling end and said pivot end of each of said first portion and said second portion; a plurality of float members having a density less than that of water and at least one of said plurality of float members mounted on each of said first portion and said second portion of said body member.