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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Flintstone Technology Ltd, Dundee, GB;
Richard Taylor, Dundee, GB;
FLINTSTONE TECHNOLOGY LTD, Dundee, GB;
Abstract
A mooring apparatus () comprising a guide portion () for guiding a portion of a first mooring line (), an arrangement () for connecting or coupling the apparatus () to a second mooring line (), and a lock () or lock means. The guide portion () is moveably connected to the arrangement, and the lock is connected to, attached to or provided on the arrangement. A system () for tensioning a mooring line, the system comprising the mooring apparatus () and the first mooring line () and/or the second mooring line (). A method of tensioning a mooring line, wherein the method comprises providing the system for tensioning a mooring line, and the method further comprises applying a pulling force to a first portion of a first mooring line () in a direction away from the apparatus ().