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GB2272875A
GB2272875A GB9224839A GB9224839A GB2272875A GB 2272875 A GB2272875 A GB 2272875A GB 9224839 A GB9224839 A GB 9224839A GB 9224839 A GB9224839 A GB 9224839A GB 2272875 A GB2272875 A GB 2272875A
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William Thomas Cripps Bent
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63BSHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B21/00Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
    • B63B21/54Boat-hooks or the like, e.g. hooks detachably mounted to a pole

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Abstract

A mooring implement comprises a yoke (20) with two spaced apart arms, (24, 26) a device, eg clips (34, 36), at the end of each arm for resealably retaining a mooring warp, and means (44) for connecting the yoke to an elongate handle. In use, a mooring warp is connected across the arms of the yoke so that a portion of the warp (28) is held in a fixed position and can be hooked over a bollard by manoeuvering the implement at the end of a long handle. The clips (34, 36) may be formed from plastic moldings, and may be spring loaded to accept a range of warps of different diameters. <IMAGE>

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A MOORING IMPLEMENT This invention relates to a mooring implement for use in placing a mooring warp of a boat around a bollard or cleat.
When mooring a boat in a dock, in a lock or against a wall, it is common to place the boat's mooring warps around bollards or cleats provided on the dock or lock wall. It is necessary to pass a loop or a bight of the warp over the top of the bollard or cleat so that the warp can be pulled tight by crew on the boat.
It is not always easy to achieve this without assistance from the dockside, and the difficulties are compounded when a bollard is located within a recess in a dock wall, as is sometimes the case.
According to the present invention there is provided a mooring implement comprising a yoke with two spaced apart arms, a device at the end of each arm for releasably retaining a mooring warp, and means for connecting the yoke to an elongate handle.
In use of such an implement, a mooring warp is connected across the arms of the yoke so that a portion of the warp is held in a fixed position and can then be hooked over a bollard by manoeuvring the implement at the end of a long handle.
The invention extends to a mooring implement as set forth above connected at the end of an elongate handle.
The retaining devices preferably allow a mooring warp to be simply pressed into the jaws of the devices with the compressibility of the rope and/or resilience of the jaws ensuring that the rope is held in position but can be pulled out of the jaws when necessary. Conveniently the jaws can be formed by a generally C-shaped plastic moulding, such as used for retaining central heating pipes against a wall.
In another embodiment however the jaws can be spring loaded to allow them to accept a range of warps of different diameters.
The yoke is preferably semi-circular in plan, with the connecting means being provided on the outside of the semicircular shape, at the mid point thereof.
The invention will now be further described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows an implement in accordance with the invention, in use; Figure 2 is a plan view of the implement; Figure 3 is a side view of the implement; and Figure 4 is an end view.
Figure 1 shows a dock wall 10 with a bollard 12 mounted in a recess 14. To moor a boat to the bollard 12 it is necessary to pass a mooring warp 16 around the bollard. It is normal practice to either make a loop in an end of the warp 16 and to drop the loop over the top of the bollard, or to pass a bight of the warp over the top of the bollard with both ends of the warp being led back to the boat.
Because the amount of space above the head of the bollard 12 is limited, it can be difficult to correctly position the warp over the bollard and to assist in this task the implement generally designated 18 is used. The implement comprises a yoke 20 with an elongate handle 22. The yoke has two arms 24, 26 which are spaced apart as shown and have at their ends devices for retaining the warp 16.
In use, the implement 18 is clipped onto the warp.l6 so that part of the warp at 28 is held in a fixed position relative to the handle 22. When the boat comes close enough to the dock wall 10, somebody on the boat can reach out with the handle 22 and lower the yoke 20 over the bollard 12 so that the portion 28 of the warp is placed behind the bollard.
Once this has been achieved, pulling the handle 22 back onto the boat will release the warp from the ends of the arms 24, 26 so that mooring can continue normally.
It is not always necessary for the yoke 20 to be sufficiently large to pass entirely over the top of the bollard 12; all that is actually required is that the portion 28 of the warp should be hooked over the top of the bollard so that when the warp is released it will drop down to its correct position behind the bollard.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 show more details of the implement. The yoke 20 with its arms 24, 26 is formed by a single piece of curved plate (which may be of stainless steel) which has two outwardly extending flanges 30, 32 at the end. These flanges receive clips 34, 36 which can be seen in more detail in Figure 3. The clips have two arms 38, 40 formed as part of a single moulded plastics body, and the resilience of the arms 38, 40 coupled with the compressibility of a mooring warp 16, allows the warp to be pressed into the clip and to be retained there against light withdrawal forces. However when a large withdrawal force is applied the warp will simply pull out of the clip.
The clips shown are secured to the flanges 30, 32 by nuts and bolts 42 and therefore can easily be removed and replaced, for example by a larger size of clip if they are to be used with a different diameter of mooring warp.
The yoke 20 also has attached to the middle portion thereof a stem 44 which is a hollow tube for receiving an elongate handle. As shown, the stem 44 has a hole 46 through which a screw or the like can be placed to secure the stem to a handle. The handle can be of any desired length and can be purchased separately from the yoke and fitted to the yoke by the user.
The implement described is simple in construction and simple to use and can significantly assist the crew of a boat in placing their mooring warps on mooring bollards. This is particularly advantageous when the crew are inexperienced.
Although Figure 1 shows the implement being used in relation to a bollard 12 in a recess 14, the implement is equally useful in placing warps over bollards which are placed in the open, on the top of a quay.

Claims (7)

1 A mooring implement comprising a yoke with two spaced apart arms, a device at the end of each arm for releasably retaining a mooring warp, and means for connecting the yoke to an elongate handle.
2 A mooring implement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the devices each include jaws which are adapted to retain a mooring warp when the warp is pressed into the jaws, and to release the warp when the warp is pulled.
3 A mooring implement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the jaws are formed by a generally C-shaped plastics moulding.
4 A mooring implement as claimed in claim 2, wherein the jaws are spring-loaded to allow them to accept a range of warps of different diameters.
5 A mooring implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the yoke is semi-circular in plan, and the connecting means are provided on the outside of the semi-circular shape, at the mid point thereof.
6 A mooring implement as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the implement is connected at the end of an elongate handle.
7 A mooring implement substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in any one of the accompanying drawings.
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DE19619944A1 (en) * 1996-05-17 1997-11-20 Spellier Roland Boat hook with push-off spike and hook and shaft sleeve
US5799602A (en) * 1997-10-01 1998-09-01 Trillo; Joseph Docking fork
WO2009039577A2 (en) * 2007-09-28 2009-04-02 Walter Peter Wright Lasso handling device

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GB250367A (en) * 1925-02-23 1926-04-15 Stanley Percy Christie Improvements in or relating to appliances for passing the end of a rope, wire or thelike round an object such as one side of a mooring ring
US3828716A (en) * 1973-09-13 1974-08-13 Bernardi Brothers Inc Mooring device
US3918385A (en) * 1974-10-21 1975-11-11 Goerge T Wallace Mooring device
US4635986A (en) * 1985-12-02 1987-01-13 Johns Richard B Line handling device
US5009181A (en) * 1990-07-12 1991-04-23 Upchurch Paul E Line handling device

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB250367A (en) * 1925-02-23 1926-04-15 Stanley Percy Christie Improvements in or relating to appliances for passing the end of a rope, wire or thelike round an object such as one side of a mooring ring
US3828716A (en) * 1973-09-13 1974-08-13 Bernardi Brothers Inc Mooring device
US3918385A (en) * 1974-10-21 1975-11-11 Goerge T Wallace Mooring device
US4635986A (en) * 1985-12-02 1987-01-13 Johns Richard B Line handling device
US5009181A (en) * 1990-07-12 1991-04-23 Upchurch Paul E Line handling device

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE19619944A1 (en) * 1996-05-17 1997-11-20 Spellier Roland Boat hook with push-off spike and hook and shaft sleeve
DE19619944C2 (en) * 1996-05-17 1999-03-04 Spellier Roland Boat hook
US5799602A (en) * 1997-10-01 1998-09-01 Trillo; Joseph Docking fork
WO2009039577A2 (en) * 2007-09-28 2009-04-02 Walter Peter Wright Lasso handling device
WO2009039577A3 (en) * 2007-09-28 2009-05-22 Walter Peter Wright Lasso handling device

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