US 12,227,267 B1
Automatic boat docking system
Khaled Alhazza, Safat (KW); Shaikha Shams Aldeen, Safat (KW); Dalal Anwar Aloudah, Safat (KW); Salwa Fares Alazmi, Safat (KW); and Hayat Bader Albassam, Safat (KW)
Assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, Safat (KW)
Filed by KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, Safat (KW)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,508.
Int. Cl. B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 21/20 (2013.01) [B63B 2021/006 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mooring device for automatically docking a boat at a marina, the mooring device comprising:
at least one suction valve mounted to a midpoint on a first side of an arm;
a rod with a first end and a second end where the first end of the rod is connected to a plate at said first end; and
a track,
wherein the arm is connected to the rod at the second end of the rod on a second side of said arm opposite where the at least one suction valve is mounted to the arm,
wherein the at least one suction valve is configured to catch and hold the boat, the arm is configured to horizontally rotate 90 degrees, after which the arm, rod, and plate are configured to move on the track until the boat is delivered safely to a specific place at the marina.