Ships inventions 08/07

20070199496 - Gas supply arrangement of a marine vessel and method of providing gas in a marine vessel: Gas supply arrangement of a marine vessel being adapted to carry liquefied gas in its gas tank having an ullage space section and a liquid phase section, which arrangement provides the gas for demands of the vessel, the arrangement comprising a gas supply line provided for delivering the gas formed... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070199497 - Sailboat tiller: A carbon fibre sailboat tiller, in particular for a sailboat having a traveller rope which passes across the tiller, has a midsection comprising an elongate, rounded ridge on its upper surface and a corresponding, inverted V-shaped groove on its lower surface. The ridge defines a ramped profile which minimises interference... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070199498 - Convertible multipurpose recreational assembly: A multipurpose recreational assembly comprises a first module having a top side and a bottom side, a first pair of channel members each having a first side and a second side, a first pair of guide members, and a second module having a top side and a bottom side. The... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070199499 - Actuator box assembly: An emergency floatation system for an aircraft includes an actuator box assembly that activates the floatation system either electrically or manually. The actuator box assembly is separated from a valve assembly of an inflation reservoir and provides an interface between an electromechanical trigger system and a redundant mechanical trigger system.... Agent: Peter K Hahn Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, LLP.

20070199500 - Device for landing a craft: Device for disembarkation on a marine structure for landing a craft that can be conveyed on the surface of water, comprising interacting landing devices arranged to the marine structure and craft respectively. The landing devices comprise a principally vertically elongated part and a contact member, respectively. The contact member is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070193496 - Deep water installation vessel: An installation vessel has upper and lower decks (40, 50) that are vertically spaced about 3 meters apart, with most of the lower deck covered by the upper one, but with a rear portion (60) of the lower deck being uncovered. The upper deck is used primarily for storage, while... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20070193492 - Folding tiller for boats: The invention relates to a folding tiller for boats. The inventive tiller comprises a central fixed part and two essentially-symetrical, opposing lateral segments which are articulated to the central part by means of respective hinges which are provided on two diametrically-opposed spokes of the tiller. According to the invention, the... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.L.C.

20070193493 - Fender harness apparatus: A fender harness assembly includes a lanyard having a first lanyard end and a second lanyard end and a lanyard mid section extending from the first lanyard end to the second lanyard end. A bridle, having first bridle end and second bridle end and a bridle midsection extending from the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070193494 - Modular construction system for floating structures such as boats: An assembly of mouldings that can be joined together and used as boats or other floating structures. The mouldings are advantageously of rotational moulded plastics material and can be of identical shape. Each of the mouldings has an outer face incorporating at least two zones that are advantageously flat and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070193495 - Boat with skylight windows: A large recreational powerboat has a forward passenger area, a helm, and a rearward passenger area. A top deck covers the forward passenger area and extends upwardly over the helm. The rearward passenger area is exposed. A large skylight window is formed streamlined with the boat and is imposed into... Agent: Richard Elliott Halsey

20070186833 - Never ship empty - a system for interchanging superstructures and hulls for ocean going vessels in which the superstructure is removable and interchangeable with compatible hulls: A system for interchanging superstructures and hulls for ocean going vessels in which the superstructure of a vessel is removable and interchangeable with compatible hulls. A removable superstructure of a vessel is removed from its inbound hull upon arrival into port by a crane apparatus and placed on top of... Agent: Luis D. Elizondo

20070186834 - Method and apparatus for off-hull manufacture and installation of a semi-membrane lng tank: The invention pertains generally to manufacturing and installing a semi-membrane tank for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Specifically, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for facilitating off-hull manufacturing of a completed semi-membrane LNG tank and installation of the tank in a permanent supporting structure, such as a ship's hull.... Agent: Brandon N. Sklar. Esq. (patent Prosecution) Kaye Scholer, LLP

20070186835 - Dock line server: A dock line server (1) attachable to a conventional line pole (3) for use in maintaining a loop (8) in a dock line (3) in a horizontal configuration to facilitate placement of the dock line over a mooring piling (9) or cleat when docking a boat. The frame of the... Agent: Edward M. Livingston, Pa

20070186836 - Live/bait well ventilation vent: A sport or pleasure fishing boat having a closed live well for holding a selected volume of water and a live well ventilation vent unit mounted in a top wall overlying well. The live well vent unit is an open ended elongate sleeve that projects through the wall into the... Agent: David W. Carrithers Carrithers Law Office, PLLC

20070186837 - Buoyancy control system: The present invention relates to a buoyancy control system, and in particular to a buoyancy control system for controlling the buoyancy of an underwater submersible. The buoyancy control system comprises a buoyancy chamber (5) having a seawater inlet (5A) and a seawater outlet (11A), a power supply(31) used to power... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070186838 - Retractable windshield for a boat: A boat has a hull and a deck supported by the hull. The deck has a forward passenger area and a rearward passenger area. A seat is disposed in the rearward passenger area. A passageway allows for communication between the forward passenger area and the rearward passenger area. A door... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070186839 - Retractable windshield for a boat: A boat has a hull and a deck supported by the hull. The deck has a rearward passenger area. A seat is disposed in the rearward passenger area. A first console is disposed on the deck at a front of the rearward passenger area and forwardly of the seat. The... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20070186840 - Collapsible boat boarding platform: The present invention is directed to a boarding platform for a boat that includes all of the stability of a permanent swim platform as well as the capability of being adjusted and adapted so that it can be set up at virtually any location on the boat. The boarding platform... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070186841 - Boat with retractable deck mounted rumble seat: A boat having a deck section, e.g., a forward deck, having an opening in which a pivotable seat assembly is located. The pivotable seat assembly includes a seat that mounted on a frame and is arranged to be pivoted from a closed position, wherein the back of the seat forms... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070181049 - Floatation apparatus for an all terrain vehicle: A floatation apparatus for an all terrain vehicle, includes a bridging support adapted to extend under the all terrain vehicle from a first side to a second side. The bridging support has a first end and a second end. The bridging support has a first float support extending upwardly and... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070181050 - Inflatable mooring station: An inflatable mooring station is adapted for use with a fixed or floating platform extending over a body of water. The mooring station is attached to the platform, and designed for holding a water craft in a generally stationary position relative to the platform. The mooring station includes a buoyant,... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C. Southpark Towers

20070181051 - Florida anchor: An aesthetically pleasing anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which has an anchor sleeve containing a sleeve liner through which an anchor pole with a pointed bottom end passes... Agent: Timothy L. Hughes

20070175380 - Water craft with new configuration of active hulls and stationary hulls for better hydrodynamic performance, greater stability and increased versatility: Water craft achieving better hydrodynamic performance, greater stability and increased versatility. The improvement over the water craft in the U.S. Pat. No. 6,595,815 is achieved by the use of a new configuration of the active hulls and the stationary hull, the modification of the active hulls and the stationary hulls... Agent: Ching Yin Au

20070175373 - Apparatus and method for reducing motion of a floating vessel: A vessel (2) comprises a first stabilizer assembly (14) and a second stabilizer assembly, each stabilizer assembly comprising at least one submergible at least partially hollow body; and suspending means (16) for suspending the or each body from the vessel, the first and second stabilizer assemblies being suspended from substantially... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070175374 - Roll motion damping device for a floating body: The present disclosure relates to techniques for reducing roll motion experienced by a floating vessel. The disclosure reveals several different techniques for damping roll motion, which may be used alone or in conjunction to stabilize a floating vessel. A typical disclosed embodiment of a roll motion damping device would employ... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070175375 - Steering column bracket: The present invention provides a steering column bracket 1 including a receiving main body 12 put to the deck cross member 2 from below and a sling plate 11 straddling the deck cross member 2 from above to be spanned over the receiving main body 2. The receiving main body... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070175376 - Device for protecting a boat hull: The invention relates to a device for protecting a boat hull comprising an inflatable element (100), having a deflated state in which the element is adapted to be positioned both inside or outside of a hull. When located outside the hull, the inflatable element is operatively connected to an inflation/deflation... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070175377 - ocean-based device for loading and unloading of ships: A device for loading or unloading a ship (6), wherein a loading pipe or a loading hose (12) is connected to the ship (6) via a floating, self-motored coupling unit (1) designed to be moored to the ship (6), preferably near the loading manifold (18) of the ship (6). The... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070175378 - Floatation system including life raft: A floatation system for attachment to a helicopter landing skid includes a girt dimensioned to be attached to a landing skid and a plurality of floats attached to the elongate girt, wherein the plurality of floats are adapted to be converted from a packed configuration to an deployed configuration, and... Agent: Peter K Hahn Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, LLP.

20070175379 - Cover and method for constructing same: An assembly including a boat and a cover. The cover covers and protects the boat. The boat is provided with one or more covered portion, and one or more uncovered portion. The cover includes a protective covering, and a boot. The protective covering defines a tolerance cut out adapted to... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.