Patent ID: 7311575

Claim:
A buoy comprising: a buoyant housing including a first section with a line wrapped therearound for storage, and at least one side section having a height greater than the first section; an elongate mounting section on one surface of the buoyant housing, the one surface extending beyond the line wrapped on the first section so that the elongate mounting section is exposed, the mounting section comprising means for snapping the buoy to a separate bracket member for mounting the buoy on the bracket when the buoy is not in use, wherein each elongate mounting section comprises a channel extending inwardly of the surface from which the channel extends, and an elongate ridge extends from a surface of the side section opposite from the surface from which the channel extends, each elongate ridge extending parallel to the channel on the side section and being dimensioned so that a ridge can be inserted into a channel on a second identical buoy when first and second buoys are stacked.