Ships inventions 05/06

20060107886 - Gravity installed anchor: An anchor for mooring of structures to a water bottom, comprising an elongated central body having a longitudinal axis through its center. The central body comprises a plurality of channel members radiating outward from the center, each with a channel therein. A plurality of nose and tail plates are disposed...

20060102059 - Gating for cleats: A cleat assembly comprising two wall-defining members 12, 14 between which an elongate element to be gripped can be inserted and a gate 40, 42. Each wall-defining member defines at least one ridge 30, 32 for gripping an elongate element. The gate 40, 42 controls entry of elongate element between...

20060102060 - Automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel: The invention relates to an automatic system for taking up and handling a connecting towrope between a tugboat and a towed vessel. The inventive system comprises a fastening carriage which moves on guides around the deck of the tugboat. Once the towrope has been launched from the vessel to be...

20060102061 - Buoy for building a floating platform: There is disclosed a buoy for building a floating platform. The buoy includes a plurality of wave-like sides each for engagement with one of the wave-like sides of another buoy, four lugs each between two of the wave-like sides in order to receive a pin, a top and a rough...

20060102062 - Anchor bra: An anchor bra provides an easily removable and replaceable cover over a protruding boat anchor, thereby protecting other boats and people from damage by an exposed anchor. The anchor bra is preferably formed of a buoyant and pliable marine grade plastic that covers a boat's anchor when it is raised....

20060102063 - Accessory platform assembly for a kayak: The present invention is directed to an accessory platform assembly for attachment to kayak. The assembly comprises attachment means for attaching the assembly to the deck of a kayak, a frame attached to the attachment means, the frame holding a platform and allowing the platform to be moved from a...

20060102064 - Personal watercraft: A personal watercraft (PWC) is disclosed that is convertible between a stand-up type watercraft, and at least one of a straddle-type watercraft, a sit-down type watercraft or a kart-type position watercraft. The PWC includes a hull supporting a power source, and a deck, the deck supporting a steering handle support...

20060102065 - Lifting and extension devices: Method and apparatus for the lifting and extension of objects, including the lifting and elevating objects such as boats, and the extension and support of protective covers such as awnings and the like....

20060096512 - Sailing method and system: There is disclosed a method of sailing based on manipulation of a sail in the air whil permitting free rotation of the sail about a single point, and manipulation of a keel in the water while permitting free rotation of the keel about a single point; and coordinating the sail...

20060096513 - Ice breaker (variants), method and system for single-support mooring and servicing ships: a system of single-point mooring and servicing of ships is provided with the ice-breaker (1), which is claimed as an invention, for ensuring offshore shipping of oil, a mooring line and a hose for transporting a liquid medium are made as a single hose-mooring line (28); a method of single-point...

20060096514 - Underwater shock protection device: An object (1) to be set up or transported in or on water, provided with a structure for the protection of the object against underwater shock (3), which structure (7) comprises resilient members which have been provided over an outside skin (14) of the object that is operatively situated in...

20060096515 - Boat hull dispersion tunnel engagement device and method: A boat hull includes a dispersion tunnel extending fore and aft forming a channel within a hull bottom surface for receiving a flow of water. A gate is inserted into and out of the channel for affecting pressure on the hull bottom with movement between open and closed positions, wherein...

20060096516 - Phosphorescent marine products: In one embodiment of the invention, a marine article of the invention includes a phosphorescent phosphor. A particularly advantageous phosphorescent phosphor comprises MAl2O4. As used herein, “M” is at least one cation selected from a group consisting of calcium, strontium, and barium. The phosphor comprises 0.001% to 10% of a...

20060096517 - Inflatable boat with a high pressure inflatable keel: An inflatable boat comprising: an inflatable float that is U-shaped and open at the stern, and that braced by a transom; a floor that is disposed inside the space defined by the float, and a V-shaped keel formed of a flexible canvas sheet fastened to the float and to the...

20060096518 - Service and survival dinghy: A dual-function service and survival dinghy (10) for use, e.g., with a sailboat or powerboat, has flotation capacity comparable to a life raft, and it is designed and constructed to be lightweight, rigid, durable, and easily towed and rowed....

20060090682 - Front conversion deck for a boat: A convertible bow arrangement for a boat, permitting the bow of the boat to be converted from a flush deck configuration to an open bow configuration. A deck extension is positioned over a footwell in the flush deck configuration and folded beneath and stowed under a forward hatch in the...

20060090683 - Steering wheel for boat rudder: A steering wheel for a boat rudder, which can be mounted on a rudder actuating shaft, comprising a substantially circular body (2) with an external peripheral edge (3) for gripping by a user and a central hub (4) defining an axis of rotation (L), characterized in that the body (2)...

20060090684 - Powerboat with disappearing tunnel: A shallow draft boat has a hull that protects a propulsion propeller within a tunnel that passes only partially through the hull from stern to bow. The hull has a mechanism, such as a flap for selectively permitting or blocking water flow access to the tunnel from under the boat....

20060090686 - Bimini top hook: A bimini top hook is used in connection with a boat and a bimini frame. The bimini top hook comprises an anchor having hook with a column extending upward from a base. The hook has an arch with a throat facing downward. A clevis is provided, and has a pin...

20060090685 - Bimini top main bow connector: A collapsible frame for a cloth or canvas-like top for a boat, having latching members which retain the collapsible frame to a plurality of mounting brackets secured to the boat frame. An over the center rotating latching member allows the collapsible frame to be quickly connected to the boat when...

20060090687 - Kayak launcher: An apparatus is described for use in stabilizing a watercraft such as a kayak or canoe during boarding and exiting the watercraft. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced pontoons having above-water surface areas, below-water surface areas, inner sides, and lengths equal to from about 0.25 to about 1.0 times...

20060090688 - Folding deck: A boat deck including a bow convertible between a flush deck and an open bow. The boat deck includes a removable deck portion positioned above a footwell forming a portion of the forward deck flush with the remainder of the deck. To convert to an open bow, the removable deck...