Patent ID: 8342116

Claim:
A mooring pendant apparatus for use in docking a boat, wherein the apparatus releasably couples or decouples to an eyelet on the bow of the boat or to a buoy, or to a dock, the apparatus comprises: a clip having: a hook section integral with a ring section, with an opening therebetween defining a mouth; the ring section consisting of three holes defined on an outer perimeter, a first loaded hole and a second loaded hole, and an access of rotation hole; and a movable arm for opening and closing the mouth of the clip, the arm having a first leg with an insertion piece on a distal end that biasly fits into the first loaded hole and a shorter second leg with an insertion piece on a distal end that biasly fits into the second loaded hole, both legs by the design of the legs and their hole locations, cause an upper bridge section of the movable arm to be biased into a closed position with the body of the clip; a functional retractor arm having: lower and upper arm sections forming an angular deviation in relationship to each other; an engagement section that is in functional contact with the first and second legs of the movable arm; a lever arm having an extension piece that is biasly fitted into the access of rotation hole to maintain the retractor arm in a state of rotational torque; and a looped section; a central rod having means for connecting a first end to the ring section of the clip; a cable for activation of the apparatus having means for fastening one end to the looped section of the retractor arm; a cable guide for maintaining control of the cable passing through it; a fixed handle attached to the central rod; and a movable handle securely holding the other end of the cable, wherein a boater may activate the apparatus by pulling on the movable handle to apply a pulling force on the cable therein activating the engagement section of the functional retractor arm with a force to overcome the bias on the movable arm therein opening the mouth of the clip, which may be closed by releasing the pull on the cable.