(19)
(11) EP 4 480 804 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.02.2025 Bulletin 2025/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.12.2024 Bulletin 2024/52

(21) Application number: 24210592.2

(22) Date of filing: 29.07.2019
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B63B 59/02(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B63B 59/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 30.07.2018 US 201862711943 P
27.08.2018 US 201816114203

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
19020447.9 / 3604110

(71) Applicant: Arditi, Shmuel, Sam
Discovery Bay, CA 94505 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Arditi, Shmuel, Sam
    Discovery Bay, CA 94505 (US)

(74) Representative: Humphrey-Evans, Edward John 
HEIPS
1 Hawkes Close Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 2SZ
1 Hawkes Close Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 2SZ (GB)

   


(54) REDUCED-COMPLEXITY BOAT FENDER SYSTEM AND METHOD


(57) A boat fender system, for mounting upon a motorized boat or sail boat having a hull and one or more attachment points, that enables a boat operator to safely and conveniently deploy boat fenders when needed at reduced cost, comprising a boat fender, one or two motors each mountable to an attachment point of the one or more attachment points, and lines connecting the boat, fender, and motor(s). The system, once mounted to the one or more attachment points in an operational state upon a boat operation of the motor in a first direction causes the length of line to be reeled in hereby the depending boat fender to be raised by sliding along the line; and, wherein when the line is let out, the boat fender is lowered by gravity, whereby to position the depending fender such that it can operably protect the hull of said boat.







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