US3232263A

US3232263A - Combination stanchion socket and line chock

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Publication number: US3232263A
Application number: US385679A
Authority: US
Inventors: John W O'brien
Original assignee: MARINE RAILINGS CO Inc
Current assignee: MARINE RAILINGS CO Inc
Priority date: 1964-07-28
Filing date: 1964-07-28
Publication date: 1966-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 1983-02-01

Description

J. w. O'BRIEN 3,232,263

COMBINATION STANCHION SOCKET AND LINE CHOCK Feb. 1, 1966 Filed July 28, 1964 INVENTOR JOHN w. O'BRIEN ATT NEY United States Patent 3,232,263 COMBINATION STANCE-HON SOCKET AND LINE CHUCK John W. OBrien, St. Petersburg, Fla, assignor to Marine Railings Company Incorporated, St. Petersburg, Fla.,

a corporation of Florida Filed July 28, 1964, Ser. No. 385,679 2 Claims. (Cl. 114-218) This invention relates to improvements in boat deck hardware, and more particularly to a combination stanchion socket and line chock.

It is common practice on boats to support guard rails, bow pulpits, and the like by stanchions, the lower end of which are received in sockets secured to the boat deck or other like surface. It is likewise common practice to provide boats with chocks serving as guides or fairleads for mooring lines, towing lines, and the like, the ohocks usually being mounted on suitable supporting surfaces at or near the edge of the deck. The use of separate boat stanchion sockets and chocks not only requires separate installation and handling but in addition results in the placing of one or the other in a less desirable location and contributes to a cluttered deck condition, both of which factors detract from line handling efiiciency and from the appearance of the boat.

It is a primary object of this invention to provide, as an improved article of deck hardware, a combination stanchion socket and line chock which will alleviate the foregoing undesirable conditions leading to deck clutter and ineflicient line handling and to minimizing costs in providing equipment for the purposes mentioned.

It is another object of this invention to provide a combination stanchion socket and line chock which, by reason of its novel construction, permits the use of a stanchion as a guide for directing a line into the chock portion thereof.

Yet another object is the provision of a combination stanchion socket and line chock comprising a flange portion presenting a substantially flat bottom surface for engagement with a supporting surface such as a boat deck, a sleeve portion extending upwardly from the flange portion and having a cylindrical bore or opening therein for receiving a stanchion of a guard rail, bow pulpit, or the like, the combination socket and chock including a curved horn portion formed integrally with the flange portion, the horn portion extending upwardly from the flange portion and curving toward the sleeve portion so as to define a narrow entryway therebetween leading to an enlarged recess for guidingly receiving a flexible mooring line, anchor line, or the like.

The invention may be further said to reside in certain constructions and arrangements of parts by which the foregoing objects and advantages, as well as others, are achieved, as will be understood from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a combination stanchion socket and line chock embodying the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view thereof taken substantially along line 2-2 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a reduced perspective view of the combination stanchion socket and line chock.

In the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings and described hereinafter, there is provided a combination stanchion socket and line chock generally indicated at which is conveniently formed as a casting of aluminum, bronze, or other material suitable for deck hardware use. The combination socket and chock 10 comprises a flange portion 11 which is generally tear-drop shaped in plan configuration as viewed in FIG. 1 and presents a substantially fiat bottom surface 12 for engagement with the surface of a deck D or other supporting structure.

Formed integrally with, and extending upwardly from the flange portion 11 is a sleeve portion 15 which is provided with a cylindrical bore 16 so as to define a socket for receiving a stanchion or other upright S as illustrated in FIG. 3, in which view the stanchion S provides support for a boat rail R. The sleeve portion 15 is preferably disposed at an acute angle A with the plane of the bottom surface 12 of the flange portion 11, as illustrated in FIG. 2. The sleeve portion 15 is faired smoothly into the upper surface of the flange portion 11 so that a curved surface 20 is provided in the acute angle defined between the flange portion 11 and the sleeve portion 15.

The flange portion 11 is preferably provided with a number of openings to receive screws, bolts, or other fasteners F, by which the combination stanchion socket and line chock is conveniently secured to a deck D or other supporting structure. Of course, the heads of the fasteners F are neatly recessed into the flange portion.

At the narrower end of the flange portion 11, toward which sleeve 15 is inclined, is a horn portion 22 which is formed integrally with the flange portion 11 and curves upwardly and inwardly toward the sleeve portion. The horn portion 22 has a curved inner surface 23, the curvature of which is substantially the same as the curvature of the surface 20 between the sleeve portion 15 and the flange portion 11. The tip 22a of the horn portion 22 is spaced from the sleeve portion 15 to provide an entryway 24 to an enlarged recess 25 defined by the horn portion 22, the flange portion 11 and the sleeve portion 15. The entryway 24 is of a size to permit the entrance of a rope or line L of a size corresponding to the

curved surfaces

23 and 20.

It will be seen that the horn portion 22 and the sleeve portion 15 thereby cooperate to provide an efficient chock means which serves as a guide or fairlead for a line L, for example when the line is led to a deck cleat C as illustrated in FIG. 3. It will also be recognized that the combined stanchion socket and chock 10 suports the stanchion S in an inclined position, and that the stanchion serves as a guide for leading the line L into the recess 25 between the horn portion 22 and the sleeve portion 15, thereby facilitating line handling and obviating the necessity of precisely placing the line L between the relatively short horns of the usual chock. Furthermore, the invention provides in a single piece of hardware structure for replacing what has heretofore been considered to require two separate items of hardware.

Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to a specific combination stanchion socket and line chock embodying the invention, it will be understood that the invention is not limited thereby, but rather the invention includes all those modifications, adaptations, substitutions and uses as are reasonably embraced by the scope of the claims hereof.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A combination stanchion socket and line chock comprising:

(a) a flange portion presenting a substantially flat bottom surface for engagement with a supporting surface,

(b) a sleeve portion extending upwardly from one end of said flange portion at an acute angle to the plane of said bottom surface and inclined toward the opposite end of said flange portion and defining a socket therein for receiving a stanchion,

and

(c) a curved horn portion formed integrally with said flange portion at the other end thereof, said horn 2 portion extending upwardly and curving toward said sleeve portion and terminating short thereof so as to define an open top recess therebetween for guidingly receiving a flexible line between said horn portion and said sleeve.

27 A combination stanchion socket and line chock cornprising:

(a) a flange portion presenting a substantially flat bottom surface for engagement with a supporting surface, said flange portion having a wide end and a narrow end in plan configuration,

(b) a sleeve portion extending upwardly from the wide end of said flange portion at an acute angle to the plane of said bottom surface and inclined toward the opposite end of said flange portion and defining a socket therein for receiving a stanchion,

and

(c) a curved horn portion formed integrally with said' flange portion at the narrow end thereof, said horn sleeve portion and terminating short thereof so as to define an entryway leading to an enlarged recess between said horn and sleeve portions for guidingly receiving a flexible line between said horn portion and said sleeve.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS MILTON BUCHLER, Primary Examiner.

FERGUS S. MIDDLETON, Examiner.

Claims

1. A COMBINATION STANCHION SOCKET AND LINE CHOCK COMPRISING: (A) A FLANGE PORTION PRESENTING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOTTOM SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A SUPPORTING SURFACE, (B) A SLEEVE PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM ONE END OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE PLANE OF SAID BOTTOM SURFACE AND INCLINED TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID FLANGE PORTION AND DEFINING A SOCKET THEREIN FOR RECEIVING A STANCHION, AND (C) A CURVED HORN PORTION FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID FLANGE PORTION AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID HORN PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND CURVING TOWARD SAID SLEEVE PORTION AND TERMINATING SHORT THEREOF SO AS TO DEFINE AN OPEN TOP RECESS THEREBETWEEN FOR GUIDINGLY RECEIVING A FLEXIBLE LINE BETWEEN SAID HORN PORTION AND SAID SLEEVE.