Ships inventions 03/07

20070068434 - Small watercraft: A small watercraft equipped with a lock mechanism for an engine hood is disclosed. The watercraft includes a deck, an engine hood that is pivotably provided to the deck around a pivot shaft, and covers an engine room thereunder from above so as to open and close, and a lock... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070068435 - Pocket door for a boat: A boat has an outside pocket door that opens to provide a passageway large enough for a person to pass. Of particular interest are sliding doors that utilize a traveler and a guide, each positioned on one of the door and the housing, having tolerances that severely restrict side to... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP Robert D. Fish

20070068436 - Watercraft stabilizer: A watercraft stabilizer assembly includes a frame comprising a plurality of frame members connected together and a plurality of floats received on the frame. At least one clamp secures the frame to a watercraft. The clamp comprises clamp members that are securable together such that the frame and a portion... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070068438 - Small boat: A small boat comprises a steering wheel and a steering angle sensor that detects a steering angle of the steering wheel. A plurality of propulsion units are mounted to a transom of the boat. Electrically operable steering devices are coupled with the respective propulsion units. A control unit controls an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070068437 - System and method for indicating the steering position of steering means of a watercraft: The present invention is directed to system and method for indicating a steering position of the steering means of an associated watercraft. The system includes a storage unit for storing data representative of a predetermined steering position of associated steering means and means for monitoring a real-time steering position of... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070068439 - Pump system for a repetitive motion craft: A pump is mounted in a craft, wherein usage of the craft is associated with a repetitive motion. For example, the craft could be a kayak and the repetitive motion could be paddling. The pump is mounted in a manner such that in the course of performing the repetitive motion... Agent: Travis Johnson

20070068440 - Method for beaching a boat: A method for beaching a boat that includes four steps. The first step is to attach one end of a boat fender to one end of another boat fender to form a roller assembly. The second step is to position the roller assembly near and parallel to a shoreline of... Agent: MckellarIPLaw, PLLC

20070068441 - Linear-motor apparatus for moving sensor-support tubes of submarines: Apparatus for moving tubes (10) which are displaceable upon operation of an actuator (40) inside fixed guides (20) integral with the tower (1a) of submarines (1) and the like, said actuator (40) consisting of at least one pair of linear motors (41).... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.C.

20070068442 - Inflatable boat structure which is stabilized upon surfing in a riptide: An inflatable boat structure which is stabilized upon surfing in a riptide is provided with a bow and a stern which are extended upward, along two sides of a hull. The bow and stern are respectively formed with A-shape openings, plural independent air bags are transversally crossed over two sides... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070068443 - Handrail: The invention relates to a hand-rail (18) for a tarpaulin (12) comprising a handlebar (22) which is received between two bushings (20) which respectively consist of a fixing arm (24) with a screw thread (26) disposed thereon which can be fixed by means of screw nuts (28). The invention also... Agent: Dort Patent Corporation

20070062428 - High speed sailing craft: The invention relates to high-speed sailing craft, in particular, high-speed sailing craft that have one or more substantially horizontal airfoils for lifting the craft up from the water and one or more substantially vertical, rotating foils that are generally at least partially submerged in the water for providing tracking or... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070062429 - Personal watercraft: A personal watercraft including a body including a hull and a deck covering the hull from above; a water jet pump configured to pressurize and accelerate water sucked from a water intake provided on a bottom surface of the hull and eject the water rearward; an engine room that is... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070062430 - High volume liquid containment system for ships: A liquid containment system for an ocean-going vessel. The liquid containment system includes a tank having converging upper walls. The converging upper walls of the tank contain a substantial portion of the liquid therebetween and reduce the free surface area associated with the liquid. The upper converging walls of the... Agent: Conocophilips Company - I.p. Legal

20070062431 - Fitted deck for boat, yacht or ship: A fitted deck and a method for installing the fitted deck above an as-built deck of a boat, ship or yacht (sometime referred to hereafter collectively as a vessel). Threaded stud elements are stud welded or glued to the surface of the as-built deck of the vessel to form a... Agent: John R. Ross

20070062432 - Position-adjusting mechanism of an optical engine: A position-adjusting mechanism of an optical engine comprises a base, an adjusting board, two adjusting devices, two fastening devices, and a universal bearing. The adjusting board is set on the base and has two arc slots and two screw holes formed thereon. The adjusting devices are respectively screwed in one... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070062433 - Abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective rope: A flexible abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective rope has a central braided high strength core comprising gel fiber or p-aramid fibers that is surrounded by cylindrically braided sleeve of reflective strips composed of narrow width reflective strips that comprise a woven or knitted narrow width strip and a flexible nylon retroreflective... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20070062434 - Anchor comprising a shank: Anchor comprising a fluke and a shank which at a first end is attached to the fluke and a second end that is situated opposite to the first end, is provided with means for attachments of the anchor to a penetration line or anchor line, in which the shank comprises... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070062435 - Folding seat: A portable folding seat has a fabric seat supported in an open position by support rods and a rigid support tube. In an open position, the support tube acts as a pedestal for the seat and is removably affixed to a mounting surface. The folding seat may be folded into... Agent: Ted M. Anthony Suite 1600

20070056494 - Water craft with a sail: A catamaran-type water craft includes a frame (1) which is fixed on two bodies forming floats (2) and a sail (5) for wind-driven displacement when the floats are on a stretch of water, characterized in that the water craft includes a central piloting station (6-8) whereby the pilot sits on... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070056495 - Personal watercraft: A personal watercraft having an air-water separating structure to communicate the outside of a body of the watercraft with an interior of an engine room, which allows the layout of the interior of an engine room to be designed flexibly, including a body 1 including a hull 2 and a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070056496 - Sea rescue craft: An apparatus, method and system for rescuing persons and distressed vessels, up to about 50 tons displacement, in foul weather and for transporting loaded full sized truck/ship containers or other loads by water. Two pairs of long straight pontoons, each having five articulated short pontoon segments, support an upper framework... Agent: Frank Hodgson

20070056497 - Hull and steering mechanism for a marine vessel: A combined hull and steering mechanism for a marine vessel has a substantially rectangularly-shaped upper hull joined to a lower hull that is dual-tapered from its sidewalls to both its forward and aft portions. A directional thrust steering mechanism having a pair of vertical rudder blades positioned on either side... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070056498 - Water vessel that includes a manufactured home on a floating section: The present invention relates to a water vessel that includes a floating section and a manufactured home which is mounted on the floating section. The manufactured home is a home that is built as a dwelling unit with a chassis to assure transportability of the manufactured home. The manufactured home... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070056499 - Boat slip step assembly: A boat slip step assembly (10) for being mounted proximate the corner of a boat slip (16). The step assembly (10) includes at least one tread member (24) for being mounted in a corner of the boat slip (16) below the level of the upper surface of the boat dock... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070051289 - Personal watercraft: A personal watercraft including a body including a hull and a deck covering the hull from above, an engine room formed in an interior of the body, an engine hood mounted over an opening that is formed on the deck to be located at an upper region of the engine... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070051290 - Speedboat hull design: A multi-hull speedboat hull design suitable for racing craft. The apparatus is a polygonal boat hull apparatus having a bow and stern wave penetrating feature. The bow has an additional triangular section to add strength and wave penetration capability. The hull is made from triangular-shaped essentially flat panels which provides... Agent: William B Ritchie Law Ofice Of Williams B. Ritchie

20070051291 - Apparatus for cleaning the hull of a floating vessel: Improvements to a cleaning assembly include a support for a rotating object, a rotary brush, an apparatus for manoeuvring a floating vessel and an arm arrangement for cleaning a surface. Thus, an inventive cleaning assembly is provided, the cleaning assembly comprising a submersible framework, and two arms of the aforementioned... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070051292 - Unmanned ocean vehicle: An unmanned, autonomous, waterborne vehicle (500) for marine use capable of operating on and below the surface of water, said vehicle (500) including an enclosed hull (501) having a payload bay (506), a hybrid propulsion system having energy collection means (504) in the form of a wing sail (503) covered... Agent: John H Thomas

20070051293 - Rescue transfer device: A device for transferring a person or object across fluid or unstable surfaces such as mud, snow, ice, water or sand, has a base member for supporting the person or object and at least one inflatable structure which forms a wall around only part of the periphery of the base... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20070051294 - Submarine emergency evacuation system: A system and a method for evacuating personnel from an offshore unit are described. The evacuation system comprises at least one submarine evacuation module attached to the offshore unit. A submarine evacuation module comprises a submarine for transporting personnel to be evacuated and a watertight submarine bay fixed to the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070051295 - Foldable windshield for t-top watercraft: A foldable windshield device for removable attachment to a T-top of a motorized watercraft includes: (a) a lower windshield portion including at least one lower attachment mechanism; (b) a foldable upper windshield portion including at least one detachable upper attachment mechanism; and (c) a waterproof, durable, flexible, substantially transparent hinge... Agent: Kathleen M Harleston The Harleston Law Firm

20070044699 - Occupant protection apparatus for a center console vessel: An occupant protection apparatus is provided for a vessel having a center helm console supported by a deck, wherein the console is disposed between and separated from opposing port and starboard gunwales of the vessel. The apparatus comprises a rigid panel member operably engaged with each of the port and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070044700 - Outrigger canoe and kit for making the same: The invention provides a kit for constructing a boat, such as an outrigger canoe, which a user can build into a complete outrigger canoe. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the kit can include a plurality of precut wooden panels, wooden spars, metal hardware, composite parts, manufactured parts,... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070044701 - Nautical transport vehicle having enhanced stability: A nautical transport vehicle includes at least one floating member, at least one longitudinal fin pivotally mounted on the floating member, and at least one corresponding plate mounted on the floating member and parallel with the longitudinal fin. Thus, the nautical transport vehicle is immersed in the water stably to... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070044702 - Catamaran with hinged underwing: A catamaran has a pair of spaced-apart pontoons, each having a forward tapered end and a rearward end. An underwing is affixed to the pontoons and spans therebetween. The underwing has a forward end and a rearward end. A platform is pivotally connected to the underwing forward end and/or rearward... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building