Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices inventions 08/07

20070202758 - Device for loading and/or unloading flowable media: A device for loading and/or unloading of flowable media, comprising a buoy connected to at least one riser (6) and a vessel (30) provided with a pick-up space (77) for the buoy. The pick-up space (77) ends at the bottom of the vessel (30), the buoy being provided with buoyancy... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070202759 - Pressure activated latch: A pressure activated latch includes a latch housing, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, an internal biasing member and a sliding latch pin that is configured to engage a latch tab that is substantially adjacent to the latch housing. The latch pin is slidable between a first position in which... Agent: Peter K Hahn Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, LLP.

20070202760 - Multi-function surfboard fin and fin box attachment device: A surfboard having a hull, a multi-function fin and multi-function fin receiving box system. This invention incorporates the use of a variety of fins, fin bases including multi-tab, rectangular and positioning inserts. Receiving box and locator inserts are optionally configured so that the fin may be adjustable positioned and secured... Agent: James Michael Caldwell

20070190870 - Floating structure: The present invention relates to a floating loading buoy (1) comprising a surface element (2), columns (3) connecting the surface element (2) to a submerged pontoon element (4), mooring devices (5) for securing the loading buoy (1) to the seabed (6), at least one attachment point (7) for transfer pipelines... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070184730 - Recreational aquatic airborne vehicle: The present invention provides a towable aquatic airborne vehicle having an inflated base ring with a top sheet and a bottom sheet attached to the top and bottom sides of the ring to form a non-inflated closed chamber. A cockpit section extends in from te interior side of the back... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070178782 - Lightweight marine buoy and method of handling the same: A lightweight constructed navigation buoy, and method for handling the same, is provided with waterborne stability comparable to the conventional and much heavier navigation buoys. The desired waterborne stability is achieved using a liquid-ballasting/-venting system in which a ballasting compartment and a connection cooperate to allow a liquid ballast to... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070178783 - Wave rider with connector strap and signal light: A boomerang shaped wave rider board, specifically designed to be used by children and young adolescents in the whitewater portion of a breaking wave is disclosed. The board has a pair of elastic connectors on each side to enable two or more boards to be connected in parallel so that... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone