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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Santelli, Jr., Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 5/902 ;
Abstract
An impact absorbing device which provides impact protection for boats and personal watercraft, having an elongated collapsible molded plastic body including a plurality of pleats that fold and stack against one another, and a flexible plastic attachment member connected to the body that permits the device to be suspended from an associated boat, watercraft or docking structure. The collapsible body of the device permits it to be collapsed down into a compact configuration that consumes less space storage space in a boat or watercraft.