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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Technology From Ideas Limited, Co Dublin, Dun Laoghaire, IE;
Paul McEvoy, Dublin, IE;
TECHNOLOGY FROM IDEAS LIMITED, Dun Laochaire, IE;
Abstract
A mooring line () comprising a metal chain () and an elastomeric element () which is attached between two points of attachment () thereby defining a bypass section () of metal chain (). The elastomeric element () is arranged such that when an initial tensile load is applied, the elastomeric element () stretches from an initial length to a longer length wherein the bypass section () is not taut and thus the initial tensile load is transmitted from and to further sections () of the metal chain through the elastomeric element (). When a further tensile load is applied, the elastomeric element () stretches to a length wherein the bypass section () becomes taut, and thus the further tensile load is transmitted directly from and to the further sections () of the metal chain through the bypass section ().