Patent ID: 7100527

Claim:
A boat mooring device, comprising: a fender assembly comprising two rigid tubular members of equal length each having first and second ends and pivotally joined at a common midpoint by a fastener extending therethrough so as to be selectively positionable from a coextensive linear configuration to an X-shaped configuration, and two segments of line respectively threaded through each of said tubular members and having first and second ends; each of said two segments of line having a length greater than the length of the tubular members; a first pair of line anchoring structures mounted to a docking structure in a spaced apart arrangement, said first pair of line anchoring structures adapted to securely receive said first ends of said segments of line; a second pair of line anchoring structures mounted to a watercraft in a spaced apart arrangement, said second pair of line anchoring structures adapted to securely receive said second ends of said segments of line; whereby said fender assembly is arranged in an X-shaped configuration, and said first and second ends of each of said lines are respectively attached to said first and second pairs of line anchoring structures thus providing a standoff mooring arrangement which permits variations in the relative vertical position of the watercraft with respect to the docking structure.