ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,927, issued on May 13, was assigned to FLINTSTONE TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Dundee, Great Britain).
"Mooring/tensioning apparatus" was invented by Richard Taylor (Dundee, Great Britain) and David Smith (Dundee, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an apparatus for mooring a structure and/or tensioning a mooring line. The apparatus comprises: a guide portion for guiding a portion of a first mooring line, and a lock arrangement, wherein the apparatus provides a mooring line path, the lock arrangement being provided on an opposite side of the mooring line path from the guide portion, at least when the lock arrangement ...