Sumitomo Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Ryosuke Saito

A fender and life ladder for mounting on the wall surface of a quay in a harbor comprises a main post formed of a resilient material and a plurality of rung members mounted on said main post in a spaced relation. The main post comprises a shock receiving portion provided with a shock receiving surface for making contact with a boat, a rear wall portion positioned substantially parallel to and spaced apart from said shock receiving portion, and a pair of side wall portions. The side wall portions are each connected along both widthwise ends thereof to respective ones of said shock receiving portion and said rear wall portion, and the side wall portions diverge away from each other in the direction from said shock receiving portion towards said rear wall portion. The plurality of rung members extend substantially horizontally and parallel to the wall surface in a suitably spaced relation along the length of said shock receiving portion.

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Kobe, Japan

Ryosuke Saito