SE2130331A1 - Mooring device with locking function for boat - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY Mooring device (1) for a boat including a locking function where the mooring device (1) has a rod in the form of a tube (2) which at a front end is made with a hook (3) which has a gap (6) and further provided with a loop (4) for connecting a mooring line at a rear end, where a locking rod (5) running inside the pipe is arranged to be displaceable so that a front end of the locking rod (5) can be passed through the attachment of the hook (3) against the pipe (2) so that the gap (6) in the hook (3) is closed, and where at the rear end of the locking rod (5) this is made with a handle (7) which projects sideways at an angle through a longitudinal opening ( 8) in the pipe (2) wall, and where the gap (6) in the hook (3) can be locked in the closed position by a locking pin (12) or locking bracket being arranged to be inserted behind the locking rod (5) handle so that the locking rod (5 ) cannot be moved backwards and thus put the mooring device (1) in the locked position.

Description

Mooring device with locking function for boat TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a mooring device for facilitating mooring of a boat, wherein the mooring device is further provided with a device for locking the boat against a mooring line that is arranged in a mooring position.

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[0002] Mooring devices of the type referred to here are previously known in the art. As an example, reference is made to patent document SE 441514 which shows a mooring device which comprises a rod with a hook at one end, where the hook has a gap which can be opened and closed by means of a locking rod arranged in the mooring device. The gap in the hook can thus be closed or opened. The hook can be hooked onto a buoy or other mooring attachment. The rod is connected at its other end to a mooring line. This mooring device does not contain any elements which can be used for locking a boat to a mooring position. id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3" id="p-3"

[0003] As further known art of a general nature, mention may be made of devices for facilitating mooring shown in the publications SE442618, SE449723, DE9012077 and US6363 876. Nor do any of the mooring devices shown in these publications contain any mechanism for enabling locking of the mooring device against the mooring bracket to which the hook in the mooring device is attached.

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[0004] According to one aspect of the invention, this consists of a mooring device which comprises a rod in the form of a tube with a hook at one end, the front end. The hook is intended to be hooked around, for example, a mooring eye on a boat, preferably a bow eye. At the other end of the rod, the rear end, this is connected to a mooring line. Inside the tube runs a locking rod which can be displaced through the hook's mount against the tube so that a gap in the hook is closed by the locking rod. The locking rod is designed at its rear end so that it is bent at an angle, in the order of 90 degrees, outwards and thereby forms a handle which projects through a longitudinal opening in the tube, whereby the projecting handle is used by a user to regulate the closure of the gap in the hook. The locking rod can be locked in the closed position by a lock being connected to or applied to the rod. The locking has alternative configurations. In the simplest variant, the locking function is arranged so that the rod has locking eyes which are arranged on the side of the rod and positioned so that the locking eyes are located behind the protruding handle of the locking rod. By attaching the shackle of a padlock through the locking eyes behind the outwardly extending handle of the locking rod, the locking rod cannot be moved back and open the gap in the hook whereby the mooring device is locked to the boat's mooring eye and can only be opened by using a key to the padlock so that the shackle of the lock can be moved away and allow a return of the locking rod whereby the gap of the hook is opened and release of the mooring device from the boat's mooring eye is enabled. id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5" id="p-5"

[0005] A preferred alternative embodiment is that the mooring device is provided with a lock integral with its rod. Here, according to one aspect of the invention, the lock is attached to the rod where the lock has a locking pin which can be inserted into the tube behind the handle of the locking rod when the locking rod is advanced into the hook and thus closes the gap of the hook. The locking pin is then inserted by pressing a push button which thereby inserts the locking pin behind the handle of the locking rod and locks the locking pin in the inserted position. The locking pin can then only be removed by using a key, or alternatively in the form of a code, which unlocks the lock whereby the locking pin and push button spring out and thereby allows the locking rod to be retracted so that the gap of the hook is opened. id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6" id="p-6"

[0006] In locking a boat to a mooring position, the most common approach is for a user to lock a mooring line to a locking eye on the boat. The locking eye is usually the bow eye of the boat. This bow eye is usually poorly positioned in relation to the user who is usually standing on a pier edge or quay edge. The upper part of the bow of the boat protrudes beyond the position, further down towards the water surface, on the bow of the boat where the locking eye is located. When the user is to lock the boat according to a known procedure by means of the mooring line, which is usually a chain, in order to access the bow eye, he must bend down over the water between the boat and the pier/quay edge and, in unnatural body positions, carry a padlock and the end of the mooring line with him in order to lock it to the bow eye of the boat. It is thus a great advantage to have the possibility of locking the boat already with the mooring device, especially in the preferred embodiment where locking can be done using only the hand that the user uses to catch the bow eye of the boat using the hook of the mooring device, where the user only needs to press down the push button to lock the boat to the mooring position.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Figure 1 schematically shows a principle sketch of a first variant of the mooring device where a lock is integrated with the rod of the mooring device and where the lock with its locking pin blocks the return of the locking rod which in the figure is extended from the rod and closes the gap of the hook.

Figure 2 schematically illustrates a perspective view at a further angle of the mooring device according to Figure 1. Figure 3 shows a perspective view at a further angle of the mooring device according to Figure 1, where the locking rod is in a retracted position in the rod, whereby the gap in the hook is open.

Figure 4 illustrates the mooring device according to Figures 1 to 3 by means of a sectional view showing that the locking rod is in a locked position in that the locking pin of the lock is located behind the locking rod and its handle, whereby the locking rod cannot be moved rearward to open the mooring device.

Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the mooring device where locking loops are fixed to the rod and allow insertion of a lock, for example a padlock, behind the handle of the latch rod when the latch rod is moved forward and closes the gap in the hook.

Figure 6 shows the mooring device according to Figure 4 in a perspective view taken at a different angle.

Figure 7 shows the mooring device according to Figures 4 and 5 where it is shown that the locking rod is moved forward to close the gap of the hook and that thereby a locking pin or locking bar can be inserted behind the handle of the locking rod and thereby lock and keep the gap in the hook closed.

Figure 8 shows the hook of a mooring device in close-up and illustrates the front end of the latch rod when it is retracted into the rod, thereby leaving the hook gap open.

Figure 9 shows the hook of a mooring device in close-up and illustrates the front end of the locking rod when it is advanced into the gap of the hook and thereby closes the gap of the hook.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS [0007] In the following, a number of embodiments of the invention are described with the aid of the accompanying drawings. The drawings only schematically show the principle of the device and do not claim to show to scale any proportions between different elements thereof. id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8" id="p-8"

[0008] Embodiments of a device according to the aspect of the invention are presented here. In the figures 1 - 6 two alternative embodiments of mooring devices are shown, indicated by the reference 1. The mooring device comprises a tubular rod, hereinafter referred to as the tube 2. The tube 2 has at the first end, here referred to as the front end, a hook 3. As mentioned, this hook 3 is intended to be hooked around a mooring eye on a boat. At the other end of the rod, the rear end, the tube 2 has an eye 4 which, when used for mooring a boat, is usually connected to a mooring line. Inside the tube 2 runs a locking rod 5 (only visible in dashed lines in Fig. 1) which is intended to be displaceable through the hook 3 attachment to the tube 2 so that a gap 6 in the hook 3 is closed by the locking rod 5. The locking rod 5 is designed at its rear end so that it is bent at an angle, in the order of 90 degrees, outwards and thereby forms a handle 7 which projects out through a longitudinal opening 8 in the tube 2, whereby the projecting handle 7 can be used by a user to regulate the closure of the gap 6 in the hook 3 by pushing the locking rod 5 forward so that a tip 9 of the locking rod 5 is brought out from the front end of the tube 2 and out over the gap 6 in the hook 3 and thereby closes the gap 6 in the hook 3. The locking rod 5 can be locked when this is in advanced position and thereby in the closed position of the hook 3 by a lock being connected to or attached to the tube id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9" id="p-9"

[0009] The locking has alternative configurations. In a preferred embodiment of the mooring device, the locking function is arranged so that a lock 10 is attached to the tube 2 according to figures 1 - 3. Here, a locking button 11 on the lock 10 controls a locking pin 12 which is inserted from the lock 10 through a hole in the wall of the tube 2 where the lock is arranged. The locking pin 12 is then located behind the locking rod 5 where this is angled out to the handle 7 so that the locking rod 5 cannot be inserted back into the tube 2, whereby the gap 6 remains closed as long as the lock 10 is activated. This is evident from figure 4. Activation of the lock 10 is most easily done by pressing down on the locking button 11, where this is snapped into the locked position and thus keeps the locking pin 12 behind the locking rod 5. Unlocking, i.e.; Deactivation of the lock 10 is effected by using a key which releases the lock button from its locked position. The lock button then springs up by means of spring force from a spring under the lock button 11. The key may alternatively consist of some form of code lock. id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10" id="p-10"

[0010] In an alternative embodiment of the mooring device, a type of externally applied lock is used, for example a padlock, where the configuration is shown in Figures 5 - 7. Here, a pair of locking eyes 15 are arranged parallel to each other and located on each side of the longitudinal hole 8 in the tube 2. The locking rod can then be moved forward by means of the handle 7 so that the handle 7 is between the locking eyes 15, whereby a hole 16 in each of the locking eyes 15 ends up behind the handle 7. Here, locking of the mooring device 1 is then enabled by a locking shackle of a padlock or other locking device being inserted through the holes 16 in the locking eyes, whereby the locking rod 5 cannot be moved back because said locking shackle is placed behind the locking rod 5.

Claims (6)

1. l. Mooring device (l) for a boat comprising a locking function where the mooring device (l) has: - a rod in the form of a tube (2) which at a front end has a hook (3) with a gap (6) and provided with a loop (4) for a mooring line at a rear end, - a locking rod (5) running inside the pipe which is arranged to be displaceable so that a front end of the locking rod (5) can be passed through the attachment of the hook (3) to the pipe (2) ) so that the gap (6) in the hook (3) is closed, - at the rear end of the locking rod (5) this is made with a handle (7) which projects sideways at an angle through a longitudinal opening (8) in the tube (2) wall, - characterized in that - the gap (6) in the hook (3) can be locked in the closed position by a locking pin (l2) or locking bracket being arranged to be inserted behind the handle of the locking rod (5) so that the locking rod (5) cannot be displaced backwards and thus put the mooring device (l) in the locked position. 2. The mooring device according to patent claim 1, where a lock (l0) is attached to the tube (2), the lock having a locking pin (l2) that can be inserted into the tube (2) through the wall of the tube so that the locking pin ends up behind the handle (7) at the locking rod (5). 3. The mooring device according to patent claim 2, where a locking button (11) is arranged in the lock (l0), whereby pressing the locking button causes the locking pin to be pushed down behind the locking rod (5) and where the locking button is snapped into the locked position and thus keeps the locking pin behind the locking rod (5). 4. The mooring device according to patent claim 3, where deactivation of the lock (l0) takes place by means of a key or a code lock which releases the lock button (ll) from its locked position. 5. The mooring device according to patent claim 4, where the lock button (11) is arranged to spring back to an initial position from the locked position by a spring under the lock button springing it up when unlocking the lock (10) by means of the key or code lock. 6. The mooring device according to patent claim 1, where a pair of locking loops (15) are arranged essentially parallel to each other with a locking loop located along each side of the longitudinal hole (8) in the tube (2). The mooring device according to patent claim 6, where the mooring device (l) is locked by means of a locking shackle of, for example, a padlock when the locking shackle is inserted through the locking loops (15) with the locking shackle located behind the handle (7) of the locking rod (5). The mooring device according to patent claim 2 or 7, where this is manufactured in a number of variants where the distance between the hook (3) and lock (l0) and the loose loops (l5) respectively varies.