Ships inventions 08/06

20060191455 - Folding pontoon trailer for all-terrain vehicle: A pontoon usable for supporting a load, said pontoon being towable on land and usable on water to support the load thereonto. The pontoon includes a hinge; a first platform attached to said hinge, said first platform including a first substantially buoyant body extending therefrom; a second platform attached to...

20060191454 - Pontoon craft: A watercraft of the “float boat” type, including spaced apart inflatable pontoons interconnected by a platform structure having a chair thereon and a front ramp and support rail movable between a stowed out-of-the way position to a use position and including a removable wheel for moving the float boat over...

20060191456 - Wastewater ballast system and method: The invention discloses a wastewater ballast method that includes the steps of collecting wastewater, treating the collected wastewater, storing the treated wastewater, and discharging the treated wastewater during ballast operations....

20060191458 - Environmental-sensor platform with curved foils, for displacing across a stream, powered by water flow and with tether control from just one shore: A flow-powered platform carries envirosensors, under tether (or remote-transmission) control from one shore, driven by at least one active waterfoil (ideally remotely interchangeable), with surfaces curved horizontally across the flow. Preferably: there are plural foils; the platform is a single unitary body, best a planar flat shallow panel (deterring aft...

20060191457 - Marine payload handling craft and system: A marine handling craft and system is intended for use in deploying, inspecting and receiving vessels and payloads to and from locations on, under, over or near water and wet soils in potentially turbulent aquatic or atmospheric conditions. The marine handling craft may operate as a robot, or deployed from...

20060191459 - Stabilizing surface for flight deck or other uses: A mechanism for maintaining a surface such as a landing pad in a desired orientation with respect to a supporting surface includes a pair of columns that rotate with respect to each other. The angle at which the columns engage, or the angle at which the columns engage the surface...

20060191461 - Minimized wave-zone buoyancy platform: Minimized Wave-zone Buoyancy is a new approach to oil and gas platform design with superior construction and performance characteristics compared to state-of-art off-shore drilling and production platforms. Minimized Wave-zone Buoyancy platforms capitalize on low cross sectional area of the portion of the platform exposed to waves. The low cross sectional...

20060191460 - Pipe sleeve for a floating dock: A pipe sleeve assembly includes a base plate and a sleeve portion. The base plate includes a base portion defining a longitudinal axis. The base plate further includes a first flange extending from the base portion in a first direction generally normal to the longitudinal axis and lying in a...

20060191462 - Collapsible self propelled hydrofoil device: A collapsible or compactable hydrofoil device having front and rear foils, a support structure and a steering mechanism that may be collapsed into a compact size for transport and storage. The steering mechanism includes several releasably coupled components that are in turn coupled to a drive platform and drive foil....

20060191463 - Pontoon for watercraft: The present invention is directed toward a motorized watercraft. The watercraft includes a pontoon section, a strut section, a deck section, and an optional a canopy section. The pontoon section includes a pontoon to which a housing capable of storing an object is coupled. The pontoon includes a receptacle that...

20060191464 - Folding watercraft platform: A folding platform for mounting to an outer surface of a watercraft includes a platform, a hinge base attached to the outer surface of the watercraft, and a hinge arm pivotally coupled to both the hinge base and the platform. The hinge arm operates to position the platform in a...

20060191465 - Boat safety float: An aquatic vessel safety device, comprised of a set of automatically inflatable water-tight inflatable flotation bladders, attached to the hull of any aquatic vessel or boat capable of being quickly inflated when the aquatic vessel is in danger of being sunk or capsized....

20060185569 - System for preventing the deformation of sails, such as jibs, which are mounted on reels: A system for preventing the deformation of sails, such as jibs, which are mounted on reels. The inventive system includes elements (14; 20) which are designed to produce a complementary volume at the centre of the reel. The sail which is mounted on the reel cannot be deformed by compression...

20060185570 - Method and apparatus for compacting sail cars: The invention relates to method and apparatus for compactly stacking a sail having a tack, clew and head, said sail being mounted to batten or sail cars above a boom when a sail is stowed, furled or fully lowered. More specifically, most of the cars are compacted or stacked by...

20060185571 - Tension load tow rope booster device for water sports: An apparatus for attachment of a tow rope to a boat for enhancing the performance of a user engaged in a water sport activity. The apparatus comprises a recoil element attached between the user end and the boat end. The apparatus may attach to a boat, tower or pylon. When...

20060185572 - Tension load tow rope booster device for water sports: A device for attachment of a tow rope to a boat for enhancing the performance of a user engaged in a water sport activity. The device comprises a booster assembly, a housing, a pivot joint assembly for rotatably connecting the device to the boat, a tow knob for attaching the...

20060185573 - Cylindrical hull structural arrangement: An improved floating circular hull construction arrangement. The hull is divided into sections by watertight flats. The flats are stiffened with angles or bulb tees curved to form concentric circles that are in turn supported by the radial girders spaced around the flats and spanning between the inner and outer-shells....

20060185574 - Access devices for inflatable and other boats: Equipment for entering and exiting boats is addressed. Generally, the equipment is in the form of “divers' doors” for inflatable or similar boats. However, unlike existing inflatable doors, the doors discussed herein need not necessarily inflate. Instead, they may be formed as flaps moveable between closed and open positions. Ramped...

20060185575 - Auxiliary vessel lifting, launching, and carrying system: A system for launching or retrieving an auxiliary vessel, using at least one support frame, with a connected auxiliary vessel support platform, mounted for rotational and translational movement in Cartesian coordinate directions. The support platform may be inclined to proximate the water level to facilitate launch and retrieval operations....

20060180069 - Lift arrangement for boats: A lifting arrangement for lifting boats 2 off the water and for putting boats 2 onto the water is provided, which comprises a crane 8, 9, 27 and pallets or cassettes 16 to be arranged under the hull of a boat 2 to be lifted or put down, connected to...

20060180070 - Steering control system for boat: A rudder control device for a boat can include a handle position sensor for detecting an operation angle of a handle. An engine control unit can be provided for receiving a detection signal from the handle position sensor. A motor can be provided for receiving a control signal from the...

20060180071 - Stowable ramp for a pontoon boat: A ramp assembly for a pontoon boat includes a pair of ramp support members, at least one of a roller and a guide bar, and a ramp. The ramp support members are positioned beneath a deck of the pontoon boat and include a vertically-oriented portion. The at least one of...

20060180072 - Wake tower and method of making same: An attractive wake tower assembly of a unique, generally U-Shaped configuration that can be readily pivotally mounted on powerboats of various constructions to enable the wake tower assembly to be pivoted from an upstanding to a lowered position. The wake tower assembly is of a high-strength, simple construction that does...

20060174810 - Simple but effective sail handling system that allows sail control to be carried out single-handed from the safety of the cockpit: Sail handling system and associated methods for sail raising, dousing, reefing, and stowing when operating sail-powered craft. The present invention allows these operations to be carried out single-handed from the safety of the cockpit in a wide range of wind and water conditions. The sail shape can be controlled continuously...

20060174811 - Anchor rope lock: An anchor rope lock that locks the rope in response to tension exerted by the anchor, and that unlocks the rope for retrieval or adjustment in response to tension applied to the free end. A locking shoe is mounted on a horizontal pivot axis for pivoting towards locked and unlocked...

20060169190 - Tug barge lightering connection system: A lightering connection system is provided for coupling a tug boat to a barge, where the connection permits relative vertical movement between the tug and barge while maintaining horizontal movement control between the vessels. The tug boat has port and starboard retractable rams having coupler heads which engage the barge...

20060169191 - Bow lifting body: A watercraft having a hull, a fore and aft longitudinal axis and a bow includes a three dimensional low drag submerged lifting body secured to the bow below the design waterline of the hull....

20060169192 - Mounting bracket: A mounting bracket for securing one or a pair of article holders to a land or sea craft to facilitate the carrying of articles on the craft; the mounting bracket comprising a non-circular body with opposing flat surfaces and threaded holes extending centrally through the body; a V-notch at one...