Patent ID: 9211938
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A mooring pendant apparatus for use in docking a boat, wherein the apparatus releasably couples or decouples to an eyelet on the brow or to a buoy, the apparatus comprises: an attachment front end including: a hook; a hook attachment base having a pair of pull line apertures and a pair of rod channels defined therein; the hook having a backbone for affixing to the hook attachment base, a movable arm for opening and closing of the hook, a grasping end for receiving the movable arm, and a ring section having an opening for tying a mooring line; and a wedge securing the hook attachment base to the hook; a pair of rods; a pair of pull lines, each pull line having a fastener crimped over its distal end; a fixed guide having a pair of mooring line guidance extensions extending downward to define an opening for passage of a mooring line, a pair of rod channels for guiding each of the rods, and a pair of pull line apertures for guiding each of the pull lines, wherein the fixed guide is attached to the rods; a slide having a pair of rod channels defined through its body with each channel sized to allow a sliding relationship with each rod, and a pair line apertures defined through the slide, and a means for securing the pull lines in the slide; and a handle with a rounded construction, each handle having a pair of mooring line guidance extensions defining an opening for passage of a mooring line, a pair of rod channels defined for guiding each of the rods, the handle attached to the rods, wherein, a boater may pull the slide with sufficient force to overcome the locking tensions place on the movable arm, therein causing the hook to open.