Patent Application
20190263479
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The disclosure and prior art relates to covering devices and more particularly pertains to a new covering device for cushioning a bow anchor on a boat when the boat is docked.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of mitts. Each of the mitts is positioned on an associated one of a plurality of protrusions on a bow anchor of a boat when the boat is docked. Additionally, each of the mitts is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to inhibit the protrusions on the bow anchor from injuring a passerby when the passerby strikes the protrusions.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of cushions 22 is provided and each of the cushions 22 is positioned within the outer wall 20 corresponding to an associated one of the mitts 12 for cushioning the associated protrusion 14. Each of the cushions 22 is coextensive with the outer wall 20 of the associated mitt 12 and each of the cushions 22 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material, such as rubber or the like. Thus, each of the cushions 22 enhances the associated mitt 12's ability to inhibit the passerby from being injured by the bow anchor 15. A plurality of cables 24 is provided and each of the cables 24 is coupled between each of the mitts 12 such that the plurality of mitts 12 is coupled together. The cables 24 may comprise rope, chain and any other type of flexible cable that resists being damaged by salt water and freshwater. Each of the mitts 12 may be structured in a shape that corresponds to the design of the bow anchor 15 and each of the cables 24 may have a length and orientation to accommodate the design of the bow anchor 15.
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In use, each of the mitts 12 is positioned on one of the protrusions 14 on the bow anchor 15 when the bow anchor 15 is fully retracted and the boat is being docked at a marina or the like. Thus, the mitts 12 inhibit the protrusions 14 on the bow anchor 15 from injuring a person walking past the bow anchor 15 when the person inadvertently strikes the protrusions 14 on the bow anchor 15. In this way the mitts 12 and cables 24 enhance safety for people walking on docks at a marina with respect to accidentally striking anchor bows. Each of the mitts 12 is removed from the bow anchor 15 prior to deploying the bow anchor 15 for anchoring the boat.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
