Introducing Nomen …
OUTSTANDING FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETICS
It’s not every day you see a new take on the humble cleat. There are two problems with these essential items: lines tend to get snagged in them when you least want them to and they attract bare toes with painful accuracy. NOMEN have solved these problems and won many awards along the way.
NOMEN Products came out of NOMEN Design, the Design Studio of Axel Hoppenhaus, founded 1995 in Hamburg Germany. It was established in 2002, and soon after produced the much awarded NOMEN CLEAT. The focus has been on producing distinctive high quality products, with outstanding functionality and aesthetics; inspired by the design tradition, that “form follows function”.
Attractive, strong and simple
The NOMEN Cleat I ‘the folding mooring cleat’, provides the benefit of a flush and rigid cleat with aesthetic perfection. The patented folding mechanism is unique to Nomen. The gentle locking of the cleat arms in the two end positions is produced by an elastic ball, located between the two arms. It deforms to respond to tension.
The NOMEN Cleat II has been designed so that the line can simply be wound around the rigid part of the cleat without having to activate any mechanism. The round rotary end pieces keep the cleat firmly closed so no lines can get caught and nobody can be injured.
The NOMEN Cleat III is ‘greener – lighter – smarter’ – with sustainable production through a more slender geometry and 30% less product weight and an excellent holding force. This is suitable for more performance orientated applications.
The NOMEN FAIRLEAD has an elegantly bowed aluminium device inside which two polyamide rollers rotate on stainless steel axles. The closed and technically simple structure ensures that nothing can get caught up in the NOMEN Fairlead and that mooring lines are led securely and expediently from boat to land.
The NOMEN OPEN FAIRLEAD lifts lightly over the deck forming a gentle open-centred aluminium bow.
NOMEN are available in various sizes, in anodised aluminum or stainless steel.
