ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,791, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Stillstrom A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark).
"Mooring buoy" was invented by Philip Peberdy (Lyngby, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mooring buoy for a vessel comprises a floating body arranged to project out of the water. At least one buoy anchoring line is connected between the floating body and sea floor. At least one vessel mooring line is connectable between the mooring buoy and the vessel. At least one moveable electric cable is connected to a power supply and the moveable electric cable has a free end connectable to a switchboard of the vessel when the vessel is tethered to the at least o...