Patent ID: 7418913

Claim:
A mooring kit in combination with a watercraft, the kit comprising two arm assemblies, each arm assembly comprising: a longitudinal element having opposite first and second ends; a first connector at the first end, the first connector being arranged to allow horizontal and vertical pivotal motion of the arm assembly; and a second connector at the second end opposite the first connector, the second connector being arranged to allow horizontal and vertical pivotal motion of the arm assembly; the arm assemblies being connected to the watercraft by engagement of the first connectors with horizontally spaced receivers on the watercraft and being connected to a body separate and distinct from the watercraft only by engagement of the second connectors with two horizontally spaced securing points defined on the body in a vertical plane spaced from the watercraft with an end portion of each arm assembly, extending from the first end thereof toward the second end, disposed in an elevation range defined by a height profile of the watercraft to block horizontal pivoting of the arm assemblies, in each of clockwise and counterclockwise directions, sufficient to bring the watercraft to the vertical plane in which the securing points lie by contact between the watercraft and the end portion of a respective one of the arm assemblies.