Ships inventions 07/07

20070169675 - Floating drive on boat docking apparatus: An improved floating boat lift incorporates a passive hydraulic pivoting lift mechanism, onto which a boat can be driven and positioned ready for storage using only the motive power of the boat itself. The passive hydraulic pivoting lift mechanism provides mechanical advantage in the pivoting action of the apparatus by... Agent: Anthony Claiborne

20070169676 - Boat bumper: A boat bumper for use on a boat dock includes a bumper body and a frame. The frame includes uprights and connectors that interconnect the uprights and permit the frame to deflect when a force is applied to the boat bumper. The body includes a base and a roller insert... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070169677 - Tooth and friction lightering arrangement: A system (10) for coupling first and second vessels (12,14) to minimize movement therebetween while allowing for lightering. The system (10) comprises rams (20,22) and coupling heads (36,38) associated with the first vessel (12), and receivers (24,26) associated with the second vessel (14) for receiving the coupling heads (36,38). The... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20070169678 - Floating dock: A floating dock for supporting a personal watercraft out of the water when not in use. The floating dock comprises an elongate platform having a recess on its upper surface. The recess is shaped to receive the hull of the personal watercraft and has a forward wall portion for engaging... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070169679 - Built-up type boat: The present invention relates to a prefabricated boat. The prefabricated boat comprises a body part being composed of a plurality of division members capable of being assembled, an armor part for wrapping around and fixing the body part assembled into a single body, and an air tube mounted on a... Agent: J C Patents Inc

20070169680 - Prime minister boat which is become independent we clear up and to have the air chamber: Disclosed is a boat having a plurality of independent air chambers. At least two independent small tubes are included in one cover to form a porous tube body with a plurality of independent air chambers so that air is injected into and exhausted from the independent small tubes at the... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070163480 - Through-hull connector for boats: A through-hull connector is used in connection with a hull of a boat. The through-hull connector comprises a body extending between opposite first and second ends, and having a central axis. The body has an outside surface and a bore through it. Hose barbs are provided for attaching a conduit... Agent: Andrew W. Ludy

20070163481 - Submerged loading system: An offshore system allows a vessel (12) to sail to a predetermined sea location (14), quickly set up a loading system and start the transfer of hydrocarbons to or from a pipeline (22), and then quickly disconnect and sail away. The vessel is a DP (dynamic positioning) vessel that does... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20070163482 - Cargo transport device for towing behind watercraft: A cargo transport device for towing behind a watercraft features a watertight container and a connection member extending along a longitudinal axis between the container and the watercraft. The connection member includes a swivel such that the container and watercraft on opposite sides of the swivel can pivot freely about... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070163483 - Building over the water, group of buildings, their maneuvering methods and their hosting sites: Building over the water and group of these buildings, their maneuvering methods and their hosting sites, the said building and group of buildings offering the flexibility of usage found in both land-based buildings and in ships by the fact that each building over the water consisting of: a superstructure (A)... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070163484 - Ramp: A bow ramp for a boat is described; the bow ramp has a first part hinged to the boat at a first end; a second part hinged to the first part at a second end of the first part. The ramp also has raising and lowering means comprising: a wire... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070157863 - Adjustable outrigger holder for the top of a boat: A holder for an outrigger is disclosed which has a housing for mounting the holder on top of a structural part of a boat. The holder can be rotated in a horizontal plane to various fixed positions by means of a rotatable, retractable handle positioned below the structural part of... Agent: Benasutti, P.A.

20070157864 - Dynamics stabiliser for a boat, a force stabilising device for orienting sails and semi-sumersible boat: The invention relates to a boat comprising a platform (52), at least one main, completely submerged, streamlined float (51), integral with the platform (52) by one or more supporting pylons (16) which take up the full weight of the platform (52) to keep it out of the water, arms (14)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070157865 - Watercraft with wave deflecting hull: The invention is directed to a watercraft hull design that comprises a hull having a bow, stern, top, and bottom. A wedge-shaped wave spreading system is located at a forward portion of the craft. The wave-contacting surface planes of the wave spreading system are positioned substantially perpendicular to the plane... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070157866 - Boat hull with channel forming member and method of manufacture: A molded boat hull is provided having a channel forming member extending between a motor mounting transom and an aft riser that forms a step in the bottom portion of the boat hull. The channel forming member has at least one open side and at least an opening in another... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070157867 - Pop top trailer: A vehicle includes a wheeled frame and sidewalls with a cockpit therein. A top is provided having a perimeter contoured for engaging a sidewall perimeter in a closed position and providing a canopy for the cargo/living space in an open position. Linear actuators are provided for moving the top between... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20070157868 - Placement system for a flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a wind-powered watercraft: Disclosed is a placement system for a free-flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a watercraft in which the kite-type wind-attacked element comprising a profiled wing is connected to the vessel body via a traction rope. Said wind-attacked element can be guided from a neutral position on board the watercraft into a... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070151493 - Integration of a large calibre gun on a ship: A method for integrating a large-calibre gun on a ship, including connecting a turret having an armament of a lad gun with a calibre >127 mm in a modular configuration to an adaptor plate and a shock-absorbing mounting, and installing the turret on the ship so that an existing steel... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070151495 - Catamaran air cushion ship with folding, retractable seals: A vessel designed to operate efficiently as both a catamaran and air cushion vessel can travel at low speed in a catamaran or displacement mode, high speed in an air cushion mode, and amphibiously with the aid of deployable side seals. The vessel includes catamaran hulls and flexible air cushion... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070151494 - Pilot house isolator: A boat having a hull and a separate a passenger compartment with one or more suspension elements suspending the passenger compartment structure relative to the hull, the one or more suspension elements provide means for isolating the passenger compartment from shocks, vibrations and sounds experienced by the hull. According to... Agent: Charles J Rupnick

20070151496 - Device and method for removing kelp/debris from a keel: A kelp removing system is provided. The system may comprise a kelp remover and an access tube. The access tube is pre-installed on the hull of the boat adjacent to and exterior of the keel for providing access to the leading edge of the keel from within the boat. A... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070151497 - Extendable retractable portable watercraft mooring system: A kit features two arm assemblies, each of which features a longitudinal member with a padded portion extending from proximate one end thereof toward the other end and a connection at each end allowing horizontal and pivotal motion of the arm assembly about. A method of mooring a watercraft involves... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070151498 - Inflatable towable float: A towable structure is configured to be towed behind a boat while floating above the surface of a body of water. In one implementation, the towable structure has a platform for supporting one or more passengers thereon extending between or otherwise supported by at least three water engaging base members.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070151499 - Marine vessel transfer system: A vessel transfer system utilizes a larger, surface effect vessel with a hull and a cargo deck, having a pressurized volume of air under its hull. The larger vessel cargo deck is lowered relative to a water surface in order to receive a smaller vessel. Lowering is achieved by depressurizing... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070151500 - Pontoon and a carrier element for pontoon: A pontoon for use in a lake, pool or corresponding water area includes a carrier element and a support surface. The carrier element is intended to realise buoyancy and the support surface is intended to carry a load. The carrier element and the support surface are of one piece manufacture... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070151501 - Boat construction with stowable seat: A boat having a jump seat is provided. The boat includes a boat hull having a recessed passenger compartment. The jump seat includes a support assembly comprising a support deck and a sleeve. A seat cushion is provided for selectively resting on a portion of the deck assembly and being... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP