Boat bumper/fender holder

Abstract

A boat bumper holder for retaining and/or storing one or more boat bumpers onboard of a watercraft so that the boat bumpers may be easily and/or readily stored, identified, and deployed. The holder includes parallel columns that support upper and lower plates which each define cut-outs allowing for the insertion of boat bumpers. The upper and lower plates may also have additional fender cut- outs attached to them and which align with each other to permit easy and ready storage of additional boat bumpers. The cut-outs of the upper and lower plates and of the fender cut-outs may vary in geometry (e.g., to allow the insertion of boat bumpers of various shapes and geometries).

1 . A boat bumper holder comprising:
 a first support member spaced apart by a spacer from a second support member,   wherein the first support member is supported by a vertically extending column extending from a base;   wherein the first member defines a cut-out;   wherein the second support member defines a cutout; and   wherein the cutouts are aligned and configured to retain a boat bumper therein.   
     
     
         2 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the cut-outs are of a circular form. 
     
     
         3 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the cut-outs are of a non-circular form. 
     
     
         4 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 1 , wherein the base defines a plurality of holes for attachment to a watercraft. 
     
     
         5 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 5 , wherein the base is coupled to the watercraft. 
     
     
         6 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 1 , wherein the first member defines a second cut-out and the second member defines a second cut-out and wherein the second cutouts are aligned and configured to retain a second boat bumper therein. 
     
     
         7 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 7 , wherein one or more of the second cut-outs are of a circular form. 
     
     
         8 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 7 , wherein one or more of the second cut-outs are of a non-circular form. 
     
     
         9 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 7 , wherein the base defines a plurality of holes for attachment to a watercraft. 
     
     
         10 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 10 , wherein the base is coupled to the watercraft. 
     
     
         11 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 7 , wherein at least one first fender support defining a first fender cut-out is coupled to a periphery of the first support member. 
     
     
         12 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 11 , wherein at least one second fender support defining a second fender cut-out is coupled to a periphery of the second support member and wherein the first fender support cut-out and second fender support cut-out are aligned and configured to retain a boat bumper therein. 
     
     
         13 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 12 , wherein one or more of the first and second fender cut-outs are of a circular form. 
     
     
         14 . The boat bumper holder of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first and second cut-outs are of a non-circular form.