Mooring apparatus

Claim 1

IN BOAT MOORING APPARATUS, A PAIR OF SPACED UNITS EACH INCLUDING AN ELONGATED AND VERTICALLY EXTENDING HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE FIXED TO A DOCK AND HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED SIDE WALLS, A LENTHWISE ADJUSTABLE BOAT SPACING ARM HAVING INNER AND OUTER ENDS AND WITH SAID INNER END DISPOSED WITHIN AND PERMANENTLY PIVOTED TO SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID WALLS, SAID ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM BETWEEN SAID WALLS TO A PRESELECTED ADJUSTED MOORING POSITION FOR MOORING A BOAT SPACED FROM THE DOCK, SAID ARM ENGAGABLE BY SAID WALLS TO PRECLUDE LATERAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID ARM WHEN IN SAID MOORING POSITION, A SPRING DEVICE PERMANENTLY SECURED DIRECTLY TO SAID OUTER END OF SAID ARM AND DEPENDING THEREFROM FOR DETACHABLE CONNECTION TO A SECTION OF A BOAT, AN ELONGATED SPRING IN THE HOUSING AND SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID HOUSING AND CONNECTED AT THE OTHER END TO SAID INNER END OF SAID ARM AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE PIVOT THEREOF IN POSITION TO MOVE SAID LAST-MENTIONED END DOWNWARDLY FOR PIVOTING SAID ARM TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION FROM SAID MOORING POSITION UPON DETACHMENT OF SAID SPRING DEVICE FROM THE SECTION OF THE BOAT, SAID SPRING DEVICES AND SAID ARMS OF SAID UNITS COOPERATING TO MOOR THE BOAT IN SAID MOORING POSITION AND PERMIT LIMITED MOVEMENT OF THE BOAT WHILE IN SAID MOORING POSITION.