Patent ID: 8568180

Claim:
A mooring buoy for use in water a body of water, comprising: a substantially circumferential band recess; a lower portion of the mooring buoy located below the band recess when the mooring buoy is in use in the body of water having a substantially cylindrical outer surface and a bottom surface with a female stacking indent; and an upper portion of the mooring buoy located above the band recess the mooring buoy is in use in the body of water having a radiused outer surface and a male stacking ridge located above the radiused outer surface; wherein the male stacking ridge of a first mooring buoy will mate with the female stacking indent of a second buoy so that the second mooring buoy can be stacked and sit atop the first mooring buoy when the first mooring buoy is resting on a planar surface; and wherein the lower portion of the mooring buoy provides floatation to keep the user portion of the mooring buoy above the body of water and the radiused outer surface has an upper portion diameter which is less than a lower portion diameter of the substantially cylindrical outer surface, and wherein the upper portion diameter is more than a maximum diameter of the stacking ridge.