Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B59/00—Hull protection specially adapted for vessels; Cleaning devices specially adapted for vessels
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
  • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
  • E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
  • E02B3/20—Equipment for shipping on coasts, in harbours or on other fixed marine structures, e.g. bollards
  • E02B3/24—Mooring posts
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
  • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
  • B63B21/00—Tying-up; Shifting, towing, or pushing equipment; Anchoring
  • B63B2021/003—Mooring or anchoring equipment, not otherwise provided for

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a mooring aid device. More specifically, the invention relates to a device that makes it possible to facilitate the mooring of a vessel to a pier or a buoy.
• the mooring that is typically carried out by a vessel to a wharf or pier in a harbor is achieved using two lines which are connected to two bitts arranged at the stem end of the vessel and to two bitts or rings arranged on the pier, as well as a line that connects the bow of the vessel to a fixed point on the bottom that lies in front of the bow of the vessel itself.
• the lines described above are normally connected to the pier and positioned on it or in the water.
• a simple and effective mooring solution also makes it possible to avoid any damage to the vessel that could derive both from accidental contact with the structure of the wharf or pier, and from contact with the adjacent vessels.
• the aim of the present invention is to provide a mooring aid device that enables a simplified mooring operation in total safety for a vessel that docks at a pier or at a buoy.
• an object of the present invention is to provide a mooring aid device that makes it possible to prevent accidental damage to the vessel if it should move in reverse toward the wharf.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a mooring aid device wherein the vessel always remains at an adequate distance from the wharf or jetty.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a mooring aid device that is highly reliable, easily and practically implemented and low- cost.
• a mooring aid device characterized in that it comprises a net-like structure, adapted to be supported by at least one supporting element, said supporting element being configured to support said net-like structure above water level, keeping it deployed, said net-like structure being engageable by a hook-like element for the mooring of a vessel.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the mooring aid device according to the present invention
• FIG 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a detail of the mooring aid device according to the present invention shown in Figure 1;
• Figure 3 is an additional perspective view of the device in Figures 1 and 2;
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of a hook-like element of the device according to the invention.
• Figure 5 is a plan view from above of the mooring operation using the device according to the invention.
• Figure 6 is a side view of the mooring operation using the device according to the invention.
• Figures 7 and 8 are partial cross-sectional side views of details of the mooring operation using the device according to the present invention.
• FIGS. 9-11 are perspective views of a second embodiment of the mooring aid device according to the present invention.
• Figures 12 and 13 are perspective views of steps of mooring using the mooring aid device of the second embodiment of the present invention.
• the mooring aid device in a first embodiment thereof illustrated in Figures 1-8, generally designated by the reference numeral 1, comprises a net-like structure 2, adapted to be supported by at least one or preferably a pair of bows 3, for example made of fiberglass, which are flexible and are provided with mini buoys or floats 4 that make it possible to keep them at water level.
• the net-like structure 2 is conveniently provided for example using ribbon-like elements.
• the bows 3 are therefore substantially for the most part immersed in the water, with the floats 4 keeping the net-like structure 2 in suspension with respect to the water surface.
• the net-like structure 2 is furthermore connected to two fixed points 5 provided at a jetty or pier 6. In this manner, the net-like structure 2 is lifted up from the water, kept in a substantially horizontal position, spaced apart from the jetty or pier 6, and adapted to carry out mooring by engaging a line with such structure.
• the bows or arc-like elements 3 can also be connected to a fixed point 7 provided at the wharf 6.
• the net-like structure 2 has a substantially quadrangular shape, with two sides 2a, 2b arranged substantially parallel to the wharf 6, and connecting sides 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f and 2g arranged respectively to connect the parallel sides 2a, 2b of the net-like structure 2.
• the arc-like elements 3 are connected respectively to the point of connection between the parallel portion 2b and the portions 2c and 2g and to the ends of the portions 2d and 2f that are designed to be in contact with the wharf 6.
• the mooring aid device also entails the use of a hook-like element 10, conveniently twisted, so as to have a hook-like element 10 with a portion 10a arranged on one plane and a portion 10b that is arranged on a plane at an angle with respect to the plane that contains the portion 10a, so as to provide a form of loop 11 that makes it possible to engage the net-like structure 2.
• the hook-like element 10 can be simply thrown over the net-like structure 2 and then pulled back so that the loop 11 comes to be engaged by a portion of the structure 2, thus enabling the yacht sailor to hook on to the net-like structure 2, and then complete the mooring operation without haste.
• the hook-like elements described above can be engaged with the net- like structure using special rods, which are actuated manually (for example a boathook) or mechanically by the vessel, or they can also be thrown, tied to a line fixed to a bitt of the vessel. In any case the hook-like element, whatever way it falls within the net-like structure 2, remains stably fixed to it.
• the hook-like element 10 is provided with an eyelet 12 which allows the fixing of a line or the engagement of a rod.
• the net-like structure 2 is constituted by a sort of basket which is coupled to a top of a rod-like element 17 that protrudes upward from a buoy 16 and ends in a ring 20.
• the basket conveniently can rotate with respect to the buoy 16 and is further fixed to the ring 20 by way of a shackle 18.
• the bow-like elements 3 support a quadrangular net-like structure 2 that defines the basket mentioned above.
• the basket can take different forms.
• the mooring aid device according to the invention fully achieves the set aim and objects, in that it makes it possible to perform a mooring operation in total simplicity and safety, while preventing the vessel from coming to impact against a wharf, if the mooring aid device is installed adjacent to a wharf, or from coming to impact against a buoy if the device is coupled to a buoy.

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