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Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/09

20090029610 - Surfboard horizontal fin: 2. The Horizontal Fin is also a marine vessel stabilizing mechanism. It accumulates equalizing water pressure to resist equal amounts of side to side wave pressures. Rough water and waves have mercilessly challenged the ability of the surfer to stand or fall. This will significantly “tip” the odds in favor... Agent: Sherman Rourman

20090029611 - Multifunction safety garment: A safety garment comprising; a garment body arranged for location on a torso of a wearer. The garment body includes openings to accommodate a wearers neck and arms and means for securing the garment to the torso of a wearer. The vest includes a space on the garment which receives... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20090017707 - Reconfigurable buoyant apparatus: In one embodiment, a buoyant device includes multiple buoyant members with each buoyant member defining a first aperture and a second aperture. Each buoyant member is coupled to an elongate member such that the elongate member extends from that first aperture to that second aperture.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090011667 - Sportsboard structures: A sports board that includes an elongate, water impervious, thermoplastic foam core having an upper surface and an under surface; an upper layer covering at least a portion of the upper surface; and an under layer covering at least a portion of the under surface. The foam core is made... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20090011668 - Inflatable rope: An inflatable rope comprises three layers, a bladder, a sheath, and a fitted, perforated plastic bag to keep the inflatable rope in a compressed form. The compressed form can be hurled through the air at great distance to a person overboard. The inflatable rope can be inflated to a size... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090004936 - Shaped inflatable water sports board: A shaped inflatable water sports board is presented. The inflatable water sports board includes an airtight elongated housing having a predetermined shape. An internal structure is contained within the housing for substantially maintaining the predetermined shape when the board is inflated. An inflation valve is provided for inflating the board... Agent: John Crane Mollis

20090004937 - Automatic disconnect for riverboard propulsion system: This apparatus provides an automatic release of a resilient buoyant tether from a water-skimming board device. In use, a tether (100) is attached to a waterboard (50) at one end and secured to an anchor (30) at the other. By maneuvering the board, a rider (20) first stretches the tether... Agent: Robert Frohwerk

20090004938 - Buoyant swim garment: A swimsuit includes a vest provided with buoyant floatation members, a bottom portion in the form of swim trunks, and a coupling mechanism for selectively coupling the vest to the trunks. The vest may be uncoupled from the swim trunks to permit a user to remove the swim trunks while... Agent: Jason M. Hunt Dorsey & Whitney LLP