	US 12,296,737 B1
	Torsion guidance launch and recovery system and method
Joseph K. Isley, III, Fort Myers, FL (US); Joseph K Isley, IV, Fort Myers, FL (US); and Sabrina I. Lundbohm, Fort Myers, FL (US)
Filed by Joseph K. Isley, III, Fort Myers, FL (US); Joseph K Isley, IV, Fort Myers, FL (US); and Sabrina I. Lundbohm, Fort Myers, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,966.
Application 18/241,966 is a division of application No. 16/290,267, filed on Mar. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,745,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/637,590, filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Int. Cl. B60P 3/10 (2006.01)

CPC B60P 3/1075 (2013.01) [B60P 3/1066 (2013.01)]

2 Claims

1. A vessel controlling device for positioning a vessel, comprising:

a base for supporting the vessel;

a forward retainer cord extending from a primary end to a secondary end;

said primary end and said secondary end of said forward retainer cord coupled to said base for defining a contact cord region elevated above said base;

a rearward retainer cord extending from a primary end to a secondary end;

said primary end of said rearward retainer cord coupled to said base and said secondary end of said rearward retainer cord coupled to said forward retainer cord;

a hook coupled the vessel;

said hook engaging said contact cord region for defining a forward capture lock during a forward displacement of the vessel over said base;

said forward retaining cord terminating forward displacement of the vessel over said base for defining a forward vessel break;

said hook engaging said contact cord region for defining a rearward capture lock during a rearward displacement of the vessel over said base;

said rearward retaining cord terminating a rearward displacement of the vessel over said base for defining a rearward vessel break;

a primary stanchion extending between a proximal end and a distal end;

said proximal end of said primary stanchion coupled to said base;

a primary keeper coupled to said distal end of said primary stanchion;

a secondary stanchion extending between a proximal end and a distal end;

said proximal end of said secondary stanchion coupled to said base;

a secondary keeper coupled to said distal end of said secondary stanchion;

said primary keeper and said secondary keeper engaging said forward retaining cord for elevating said contact cord region above said base; and

said forward retaining cord disengaging from said primary keeper and said secondary keeper upon said hook engaging said contact cord region during forward displacement of the vessel over said base.