Fender hook rope anchor
View Patent ↗Improvements in a rope securing anchor for a boat fender that provides a versatile rope securing system to secure a boat to a dock or other location. The fender hook rope anchor can be quickly installed or removed from a boat fender and the rope can be quickly adjusted for the rope position within the fender hook rope anchor. The rope anchor has an open hook with a flexible tension finger that is easily installed and removed over the fender of a boat. A user can place the fender hook rope anchor where needed and quickly removed when not needed. There is an opening where a rope can pass and be secured using a one-way spring loaded and releasable cam. A user can quickly pass a rope through the opening to secure a line, and can pull the line out of the rope anchor when not needed.
1 . A fender hook rope anchor comprising:
a housing;
said housing having an opening that is configured for a line to pass through said opening;
said opening includes a one-way line brake that allows movement of a line through said brake in a first direction of travel and stops movement of said line in an opposite direction of travel;
said housing having a temporal securing mechanism for a fender or a tube;
said securing mechanism for said fender or said tube having a vertical member, a top and a front lip therein between, and
said securing mechanism further includes a flexible finger that is configured to provide retention of said fender hook rope anchor on said fender or said tube.
2 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , further includes a key shaped hole for securing a fender hook portion to a rope anchor portion.
3 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 2 , wherein said key shape has an opening in said fender hook portion that is configured for a head in said rope anchor portion to pass into said key shape hole.
4 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 3 , wherein said key shape hole further includes a slotted area that is narrower than said head.
5 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said line brake has a lever that is rotated by a spring that biases said lever into a line passage.
6 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 5 , wherein said line brake allows a line to be pulled on only one direction through said line passage.
7 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said line brake has a manually operable lever.
8 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein manually operable lever allows for free passage of said line or one-way passage of said line through said opening.
9 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said operable lever has a plurality of teeth that are configured to engage in said line.
10 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , further includes a securing fastener that secures said rope anchor to said fender hook.
11 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said flexible finger hinges from said top of said fender hook.
12 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 11 , wherein said finger flexes between openings at the sides of said finger in said vertical member.
13 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said finger extends to said front lip into an area between said vertical member.
14 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 13 , wherein said finger exists above the bottom of a knee.
15 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 13 , wherein said finger is configured to retain a fender between said finger and an underside of a wall of said top of said fender hook.
16 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said fender hook has a knee portion that rests on a ledge.
17 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein said vertical member has tapered sides from said fender hook to said rope anchor.
18 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , wherein an opening between said front lip and said vertical member is narrower than an opening between said front lip and said back.
19 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 18 , wherein front lip bends under said top of said fender hook.
20 . The fender hook rope anchor according to claim 1 , further includes a fender on a boat or ship.