Ships inventions 11/07

20070272139 - Floating dry dock system: A floatable dry dock includes a lifting cradle having two spaced arms pivotally mounted on a buoyant base and, one or more flotation tanks interconnecting the arms. A platform is mounted on the arms and a platform support is operable to ensure that the platform remains horizontal when the arms... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070272140 - Method of manufacturing a ship deck and a prefabricated ship deck element for executing the method: A method of manufacturing a ship deck and a prefabricated ship deck element for manufacturing the ship deck. The ship deck comprises a surface layer with an exposed upper side, e.g. of teak, being supported upon a carcase existent in the ship and having a surface that has protruding irregularities.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070272141 - Positioning device for a free-flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a wind-powered watercraft: Disclosed is a positioning device for a free-flying kite-type wind-attacked element that comprises a profiled wing, is used as the exclusive, an auxiliary, or an emergency drive unit, and is connected to a watercraft via a traction rope. Said positioning device is provided with a winch that encompasses means which... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070272143 - Active roll stabilisation system for ships: The object of the invention is to provide an active roll stabilization system for ships that can be used both with ships which are underway and with ships that are at anchor. According to the invention, the active roll stabilization system is to that end wherein the stabilization element is... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070272142 - Hydrogyro ship stabilizer and method for stabilizing a vessel: An apparatus for stabilizing a vessel is provided. The apparatus, or “hydrogyroscope,” includes a liquid container disposed along the hull of a floating vessel. The liquid container provides a rotational flow path therein for a spinning liquid mass. The liquid container also preferably includes a valve for receiving water or... Agent: Gerald D Malpass Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070266921 - Multi-hull boat: A multi-hull boat 50 comprising a pair of side by side hulls 21, and a wingdeck 22 extending between the hulls 21, wherein the hulls 21 include inner topsides 23 which are adapted to inhibit the hulls 21 from pitching.... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070266922 - Vessel hull: A vessel hull having a pair of vents formed in the chine on each side for allowing air to be introduced to the bottom and a pair of downwardly extending fins formed longitudinally along the chine adjacent to each vent. Each vent can be formed by a recess in the... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070266923 - Hybrid hull: An improved hybrid boat hull adapted for use with a motor. The boat hull structure combines the handling characteristics of a v-hull design with a speed and acceleration characteristics of a tunnel-hull design. A transom recess is positioned approximate the aft portion of the stern, defining an upper portion and... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070266924 - Ship hull and a method of manufacturing such a hull: A ship hull, especially intended for oil and chemical ships, passenger ships are fishing ships, comprising a hull made of steel or aluminium built on a supporting structure of frames, stringers and longitudinals, having improved buoyancy and energy absorbing capability, and a method of manufacturing such a ship. Between an... Agent: Krishna Kalidindi Potomac Patent Group

20070261623 - Multi-hull boat: An ocean-cruising V-hull catamaran is disclosed in which the hulls mirror image one another and each have a forward portion longitudinally symmetric with convex curves while the rearward portion of each has a concave, inside curve and said hulls are uniquely wide and high and contain a full-height walkway while... Agent: Leland Lloyd Whitney

20070261624 - Watercraft having a kite-like element: The invention relates to a water craft comprising a kite-type element, which is connected to the water craft by means of a traction cable. Said water craft is characterized in that the kite-type element is equipped with adjusting devices and an energy generation unit, which delivers energy when the tractive... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070261625 - Suspension system for a boat: A suspension system (2) for a boat (4), which suspension system (2) is for mounting to a hull (6) of the boat (4), and which suspension system (2) comprises a single accommodation unit (8) for at least one person travelling on the boat (4), and suspension means (10) for providing... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska

20070261626 - \"in-situ\" ballast water treatment system and method: A method and system for ballast water treatment are provided. A vacuum is applied directly to an existing vent of a vessel's ballast water tank during the vessel's voyage. The applied vacuum is in a range of approximately −2 to −4 pounds per square inch. To further assure success, living... Agent: Peter J. Van Bergen, Esq.

20070261627 - Boat hull: The boat hull includes a hull body having an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface of the hull body is divided into a fore portion, a central portion and an aft portion, with a central recess being formed in the central portion and an aft recess being... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070261628 - Device for an anchor with a retrieval provision: Device for connecting an anchor line to an anchor, which anchor has a fluke and according to a direction of penetration can penetrate into an anchoring ground by exerting a tensile force on the anchor line, wherein the device is provided with an attachment means for attachment of an anchor... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070261629 - Romotely controlled apparatus for recovering liquid in sunken ship and method performed by the same: A remotely controlled apparatus for transporting liquid, such as oil, toxic chemicals, or the like, in a tank of a sunken ship to a floating body, without leakage and a method performed by the apparatus are disclosed. An underwater recovery device (100) of the apparatus includes a supporting frame (10),... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070256620 - Sailboat safety system for a person falling overboard: A safety system, which stops the motion of a sail boat when a person falls off the boat, is comprised of a wireless transmitter carried by the person, a receiver-controller, an actuator, and a separable member which ordinarily holds a sail or a sail assembly in its working position. When... Agent: Charles G. Nessler

20070256621 - Apparatus and method to make a sail and relative sail made: A sail having at least three tops and three corresponding edges opposite the tops and comprising a plurality of panels each of which in turn comprises two outer covering layers, between which a plurality of reinforcement elements are positioned which define, in their entirety, a multi-directional main reinforcement structure. The... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070256622 - Headlamp for personal watercraft: A novel headlamp for installation onto a personal watercraft, such as a jet-ski, is disclosed and includes a housing, a lamp, and a wiring harness, for substantially watertight installation onto a cowling of a personal watercraft. The housing further includes a contoured base for fitting the housing onto the cowling,... Agent: Christopher D. Harrington

20070251439 - Watercraft lock: A watercraft transport lock includes a walled structure that can be filled and emptied of water received from two separate bodies of water for the purpose of transporting a boat or other watercraft between the two bodies of water. The system prevents the water of one body from mixing with... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20070251440 - Convertible vessel: A vessel includes an heavy loaded catamaran, one or several movable buoyant roll-on/roll-off platform(s) (3); a moving element is provided for draft variation in heavy deep seas so that the platform(s) (3) may be raised or lowered between the hulls thereby selectively changing the flotation of the vessel. In the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070251441 - Boat attachable light: A light system that is pivotally attachable to a boat has a body member that floats on the surface of the water and has at least one light received within an opening thereat, the light shining down into the water toward the water body's floor in order to illuminate the... Agent: Peter Loffler