Ships inventions 10/07

20070245941 - Lng sloshing impact reduction system: A tank is provided that reduces sloshing pressures in the corner sections of a tank, such as an LNG membrane tank. The tank includes a sloshing impact reduction system placed in selected corner sections within the tank. The system serves as a slosh attenuation system, and reduces the severity of... Agent: Adam P. Brown Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070245942 - Modular floating construction: A modular floating construction comprises one or more floating bodies having platforms including removable latching means, thereby providing floating stages, wharfs, working platforms to be used on water surfaces in general.... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070245943 - Wing in ground effect hydrofoil vessel: The present invention concerns a marine vehicle that derives its lift and control forces and moments from a combination of the following mechanisms; aerodynamic effects on a lifting surface in ground effect, hydrodynamic effects on submerged hydrofoils, planing forces on deployed winglets, and hydrostatic effects on submerged elements. The portion... Agent: Peter Macshane

20070245944 - Slot-v hull system: The present invention comprises systems and methods of utilizing hull arrangements that combine aerodynamic and hydrodynamic effects to provide marine vessels with broader ranges of performance capabilities. The combination hull arrangements variously combine V-hulls, slot aspects, topographic features, and other hull characteristics that enable a vessel to retain the primary... Agent: Klotzer Patents

20070245945 - Static soft rail launch and recovery system: The static soft rail launch and recovery system provides an anchor or piling located in a body of water away from the shoreline. The anchor remains at a fixed point under water, while being attached to cables having their opposite ends affixed on land to tension the cables. The cables... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070240622 - Gate type vertical elevated mast: A vertically elevated gate mast with open front that is divided into multiple sections and is assembled section by section from bottom to the top. The first section is an integrated structure, and 2nd to nth sections are divided into a left part and a right part. Each left and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070240623 - Free floating mooring links: For floating platform horizontal stability, mooring lines can be floated by external water neutral-density means to remove anchor line curvature. Thus mooring lines could be pulled straight under water to provide optimal horizontal resistance, thereby reducing need of excessive mooring line pretension that increases platform loads. More savings are realized... Agent: Andrew W. Chow

20070240624 - Mooring system: A mooring system for a floating aquatic structure includes a harness, a primary weight, and a first anchor. The harness has first and second ends. The first end is pivotally attached to the structure. The primary weight is removably attached to a connecting line and suspended from the second end... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070240625 - Watercraft stabilizing paddle holder: A watercraft stabilizing paddle holder and a water craft stabilizing paddle holder kit, the kit comprising a shaft brace having a lower shaft support surface to limit downward shaft displacement and a pair of lateral shaft support surfaces to limit lateral shaft displacement, a shaft holder having a lower shaft... Agent: Thomas N. Phung Jacobson And Johnson

20070240626 - Portable and stowable safety device: A safety device including a support that may be stowed within an enclosure and easily extended for use. One embodiment comprises an adjustable length strap coupled to a support strap fixed in the form of a loop that may act as a handle or a step, and a keeper comprising... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP Intellectual Property Department-nwj

20070234942 - 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

20070234943 - Fixed window arrangement: A fixed window for use in an opening in a supporting structure. The window comprises a glazing material, a spigot, an interior trim ring and an exterior trim member. The glazing material is bonded directly to the supporting structure, which provides a window that is less likely to be pushed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070234944 - Apparatus for connecting two offshore units: A connecting apparatus for two offshore units includes a coupling element with two sets of couplings and resetting facilities that compensate movements between the two offshore units. The coupling element includes a frame connected with the offshore units by two sets of couplings in a manner allowing pivotal movement and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070234945 - Photovoltaic floatation device: A device and system for generating electricity with a photovoltaic floatation device is provided. The device comprises one or more photovoltaic cells, which are attached to a panel that is removably attached to a floatation element. The device allows users to utilize the surface areas of water for placement of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070227426 - Integrated storage structure for housing electrical components in a personal watercraft, and personal watercraft including same: In a personal watercraft with a watercraft body including a hull forming a bottom portion and a deck covering the hull from above, a magnet box is integrally combined with a battery storage tray. The watercraft also includes an engine disposed within the watercraft body, and a saddle-type seat disposed... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070227427 - Fluid filler opening system for a small planing boat: A small planning boat includes a filler opening for a fuel tank and an opening section that are formed on the deck of the boat body. The filler opening and the opening section are covered with a hatch cover when the hatch cover is closed. A fuel-receiving concave section is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070227428 - Surface topographies for non-toxic bioadhesion control: An article has a surface topography for resisting bioadhesion of organisms and includes a base article having a surface. A composition of the surface includes a polymer. The surface has a topography comprising a pattern defined by a plurality of spaced apart features attached to or projected into the base... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070227429 - Boat having prioritized controls: An outboard motor control system can have a first PTT switch and a second PTT switch in a first steering station and in a second steering station respectively, and a third PTT switch in a location outside of a boat hull. Operation instruction given by each PTT switch can be... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070227430 - Sliding window arrangement: A sliding window for use in an opening in a supporting structure. The window comprises a plurality of glazing materials, an interior trim ring, and a housing having a plurality of tracks and at least one drain passage connecting each track to a surface on the housing. The drain passages... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070227431 - Connection device for a tilting window: A device for connecting two portions of a cremone-bolt mechanism related to parts having a different diameter of the leaf of a tilting window of the porthole type, comprising: a flat guide applied astride the two parts with a different diameter of the frame of the leaf, a longitudinal lamina... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070227432 - Watercraft launch extension: Provided is a watercraft launch extension, including a tow vehicle section with an elongated tube having one end configured and sized to fit a tow vehicle receiver, a hollow interior and holes bilaterally aligned in pairs at intervals along its major axis, a watercraft trailer section, including an elongated tube... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070227433 - Fluidynamic lift combined array, technology: A Fluidynamic Lift Combined Array, Technology for flying, and/or land, and/or other motor vehicles comprises: a. an aerodynamic structure of chord-telescopic smooth-united multisegment lifting wings; and/or b. a set of hydrodynamic circuits including closed loop waved tunnels each with placed inside pump impelling operative liquid and having curved elbows with... Agent: Bereli M. Lazar

20070227434 - Testing device for hull shells: The invention relates to a testing device for hull shells, wherein the test specimen is joined to a complementary structure with legs, having a U-shape in cross section, and at the ends of the legs there are provided lengthwise flanges in the lengthwise direction of the complementary structure with means... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070227435 - Protective device for the drive unit of a watercraft: A protective device (14) for the drive unit (10) of a watercraft such as a sport motor boat, a fishing vessel or the like, especially having a Z-drive. In order to prevent barnacle infestation and fouling of the drive unit (10) while the watercraft lies in the water, the protective... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070227436 - Bracket for holding accessories on a boat: A bracket in combination with a boat surface for holding a boat accessory on a boat includes a boat surface, a mounting plate having a first side and a second side, a slotted exterior surface extending through the first side and defined by raised portions on either side thereof, each... Agent: R. William Graham