Title: Dockside protective device for boats

Abstract: A generally cylindrical member and a vertically extending H-member with mounting brackets for fixed mounting relative to a support member such as a piling in a boat docking area are provided, the H-member is fixed as by bolts in a vertical relation to the side of a piling which would normally contact a boat, docked adjacent thereto. The cylindrical member includes a normally deformed T-slot vertically along a vertical inner side thereof for frictional sliding engagement over the outer T-portion of the H-member. One or more of the cylindrical members may be supported in an end to end relation to extend to any desired depth in the water and distance above the water surface on a single elongated H-member to accommodate the depth of the water as well as the extremes of tidal flow and wave action in any particular locale.

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Inventors: Leone, Anthony J. (Hollywood, FL, US)
Leone, Raymond A. (Pembroke Park, FL, US)
Long, James (Plantation, FL, US)

Application Number: 908642
Filing Date: 1978-05-23
Publication_date: 1980-10-14
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Primary Class(es): 405/215 114/219, 267/140
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US Patent Ref:

3449917	Jun, 1969	Roskopf	61/48.
3498252	Mar, 1970	Peacock	114/219.
3503600	Mar, 1970	Rich	61/48.
3574379	Apr, 1971	Jordan	267/140.
3593531	Jul, 1971	Saadeh	61/48.
3741598	Jun, 1973	Novak et al.	267/140.
3950953	Apr, 1976	Matthews	405/215.

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Primary Examiner: Corbin, David H.
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