Patent ID: 7448338

Claim:
A dock fender support bracket configured to couple to a flange of a dock fender having a first hole therethrough, comprising: a cup-like holder section having a sidewall and a bottom wall and a pair of axially aligned second holes through said sidewall; a clevis section having a body with spaced flanges oriented inside said cup-like holder section and extending in parallel planes, and a third hole through each of said spaced flanges coaxially aligned with said second holes; an elongate rod section joined to at least said body of said clevis, said elongate rod being configured to be attached to a dock at an end remote from said body and additionally configured to elastically flex in all directions transverse of a longitudinal axis thereof when said end is attached to the dock; and said clevis section being configured to receive the flange of the dock fender between said spaced flanges so that an axis of the first hole becomes generally coaxially aligned with said coaxial second and third holes, said second and third holes being configured to receive a fastener therethrough as well as facilitated through the first hole to effect coupling of the dock fender to said dock fender support bracket.