Ships inventions 02/08

20080047476 - Twin hull boat suspension system: A twin hull suspension system that facilitates independent movement of each hull is disclosed. The twin hull boat suspension system is comprised of a pivoting beam, an aft telescoping beam, a fore telescoping beam, a bridge deck set atop of these beams and a plurality of universal connections. The pivoting... Agent: George R. Reardon

20080047477 - Boat hull and bait tank design: A boat hull is described that includes a plurality of features to improve stability and tracking. Any one or more of the features can be provided in a watercraft having displacement and planing characteristics. The hull features improve tracking and stability of the hull when in displacement mode and planing... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080047478 - Rat guard for ship: A rat guard for a ship, installed on a rope which connects a quay and a ship, to prevent hygiene-threatening animals, such as rats, snakes and cats from boarding the ship. The rat guard comprises a first plate defined with a first rope groove in a center portion of a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080047479 - Water sport towing apparatus and method: Wakeboarding performance is improved using a vessel which is fitted with a towing frame having spaced supports attached on opposite sides of the vessel while coupling upper extremities of the supports with a bridging portion, to which a tow rope attachment point is fitted.... Agent: Carl M. Napolitano, Ph.d. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080047480 - Machine to get rid of hurricanes: Method of operation. The machine is placed in the hurricane eyewall near the hurricane eye. The machine would mechanically blow air from the eyewall to the eye. The machine would bend the eyewall so that the eyewall would be diverted into the eye. The machine would slow down the air... Agent: Brian P. Sandler

20080047481 - Amphibious vehicle: A disclosed amphibious vehicle includes a trailer portion, a hull including a bottom, and at least one wheel. The wheel moves between a first wheel position where at least some of the wheel is below the hull bottom, and a second wheel position above the hull bottom. The wheel supports... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080041287 - Personal watercraft storage bin: A personal watercraft has a hull, a deck disposed on the hull, a bin, and hood. The hood is operatively connected to the deck and is movable between an open position providing access to the storage bin and a closed position preventing access to the storage bin. An opening having... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20080041288 - Watercraft control apparatus: In one embodiment, a watercraft control apparatus according to the present invention includes a control member that operates a power-consuming unit or load. The control member is operably connected to the power-consuming unit or load through a drive member that transmits a control force and/or a displacement from the control... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20080041289 - Bowsprits: A bowsprit or davit assembly is for raising and lowering, and for firmly securing, an anchor. The assembly includes an elongate frame member, of a substantial U-shape in cross-section, adapted to be mounted on a surface (deck of a vessel), the frame member including respective front and rear U-shaped sections... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP Suite 1100

20080041290 - Flexible support for dock fender: A dock fender support bracket includes a cup-like holder section having a sidewall and a bottom wall and a pair of axially aligned holes through the sidewall. In one embodiment, the support bracket includes a clevis section having a body with spaced flanges oriented inside of the cup-like holder section... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080041291 - Deep water gas storage system: A deep ocean gas storage system for storing compressed gas, the system comprising an inflexible thin walled storage vessel anchored to the sea floor having an axis located in water substantially perpendicular to and on a sea floor below sea level, a gas intake for admitting and discharging compressed natural... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20080041292 - Spar platform having closed centerwell: A spar platform for use in the offshore drilling or production of fossil fuels includes a hull having a centerwell. An airtight and watertight barrier traverses the centerwell, forming a variable buoyancy compartment in the centerwell. In certain embodiments the centerwell is open at the bottom to the sea, while... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080041294 - Encapsulated underwater vehicle modules: An encapsulated module (14) for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) (V) is formed with an operational component (16) and encapsulating material (60). The encapsulant (60) forms a rigid capsule surrounding the operational component (16). The capsule (14) has a least one exterior surface (18) that assists in forming the exterior... Agent: Marsteller & Associates, P. C.

20080041293 - Self contained underwater vehicle modules: An unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) (V) includes a steering unit (10) for directional control of the UUV (V) with an exterior surface (12) and at least one interchangeable module component (14) for housing a desired operational unit (16) appropriate for a chosen mission profile. The interchangeable module (14) has an... Agent: Marsteller & Associates, P. C.

20080041295 - Folding kayak: A folding kayak includes fore and aft subassemblies which are joined together and are covered by a water-impermeable skin to provide a watercraft with the favorable attributes both hard shell and skin on frame kayaks, with none of the disadvantages. In addition, one or more hydraulic adjustment mechanisms provide the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080041296 - Deck configuration for ocean bottom seismometer launch platforms: A configuration for the deck of a marine vessel, wherein parallel and perpendicular travel paths, for movement of individual OBS unit storage baskets, are formed along a deck utilizing, in part, the storage baskets themselves. A portion of the deck is divided into a grid defined by a series of... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20080035042 - System for lifting and lowering a sailboat mast: A system for one person raising and lowering the mast of a sailboat wherein the mast is less than about forty feet in length and in the down position the mast is laid horizontally along a median line of the hull of a sailboat. The system includes rigging to raise... Agent: James C. Wray

20080035041 - Unsinkable hull structure and a method for the manufacturing thereof: There is provided a method for manufacturing an unsinkable hull structure, comprising a first bottom hull (1), a covering (2, 4) for said bottom hull (1), a plurality of reinforcing structural elements (6) arranged according to the longitudinal direction of said first bottom hull (1) and said covering (2, 4)... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080035043 - Twin fin fairing: A fairing for the reduction of vortex-induced vibration and the minimization of drag about a substantially cylindrical element immersed in a fluid medium. The fairing also eliminates the galloping phenomenon typically associated with a teardrop-shaped fairing. The fairing having a U-shaped cylindrical shell with opposing edges defining a longitudinal gap... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Fulbright Tower

20080035044 - Manned submersible vehicle: A submersible vehicle includes a hull having at least one main ballast buoyancy tank and an operator compartment. Further, the hull includes an air tank bay for receiving at least one tank of compressed air, and a battery box for holding the vehicle batteries. An opening is formed in the... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20080035045 - Apparatus and method for transporting a vessel: An apparatus and method for transporting a vessel is provided. The apparatus includes: a base which is attachable to the vessel; and a wheel rotatably mountable to the base such that the apparatus is operable at the wheel to support the vessel substantially midway beneath the vessel when the apparatus... Agent: Laurence C. Bonar

20080035046 - Kayak with a selectively deployable float: A watercraft stabilizing system includes a float selectively movable by a user to a deployed position extending away from a hull of the watercraft. The hull and float may be configured so that in a retracted position the float does not detrimentally affect the handling and/or performance of the craft.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080035047 - Hybrid kayak and canoe self-propelled watercraft: A self-propelled watercraft including a buoyant hull having a bow, a stern opposite the bow, and a gunwale extending in a curved, substantially planar, and spaced apart path around the hull from the bow to the stern, the hull having an open deck separated by bulkheads defining a plurality of... Agent: Peter E. Heuser Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080035048 - Air scoop device: Disclosed is an air scoop device for installation on a windshield header member of an open top vehicle, for example, convertible cars, water boats, water crafts and the like. The air scoop device has a scoop body configuring a hollow interior space capable of receiving air through a first area... Agent: Bruce Hearne

20080029007 - Watercraft provided with two floating bodies stacked on top of each other: A watercraft includes at least two floating bodies; a drive device that drives the at least two floating bodies; and a control device that controls at least the drive device, wherein the at least two floating bodies are stacked, the at least two floating bodies are connected by at least... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080029008 - Spoiler anchoring sail: Disclosed is a spoiler anchoring sail that counters the swinging and jerking of a sailboat during anchoring or mooring, thereby providing a convenient, comfortable and secure environment to sailors. The anchoring sail comprises a first wing, a second wing attached to the first wing at a common edge, and a... Agent: Jess Gregory

20080029009 - Sail flaking system: A sail flaking system, comprising attachment points for receiving resilient band or elastic cord material. The attachment points are to be affixed in sets to a boat sail, the sets alternating from side to side on the sail. Each set of attachment points can then be joined by elastic cord/resilient... Agent: Michael L. Serpa

20080029010 - Twist and stow rudder: means connecting said rudder to the rear of a boat enabling said rudder to pivot on an axis such that when the rudder is retracted, it rotates upwardly through about 270° from the normal operating position in the water while twisting about 90° so as to lay essentially flat on... Agent: Joseph E. Mueth, Esq. Joseph E. Mueth Law Corporation

20080029011 - Twist-n-seal hatch: a

20080029012 - Steerable diverter for towed seismic streamer arrays: A paravane for a marine seismic survey system includes a float and at least one diverter operatively coupled to the float. The diverter is configured to redirect flow of water past the paravane with respect to a direction of motion of the paravane through water. The paravane also includes a... Agent: E. Eugene Thigpen

20080029013 - Spar-type offshore platform for ice flow conditions: A spar-type platform includes a hull defining a centerwell extending downward to a keel. The hull includes a reduced diameter neck portion for diverting ice flow. Adjustable ballast tanks allow the hull to be moved between a ballasted down position defining an upper water line, and a ballasted up position... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080029014 - Monohull fast ship or semi-planing monohull with a drag reduction method: A monohull surface ship has a hull having a profile which produces a high pressure area at a bottom portion of the hull in a stern section of the hull and hydrodynamic lifting of the stern section at a speed above a length Froude number of 0.30. The ship includes... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080029015 - Recoverable optical fiber tethered buoy assembly: The invention as disclosed is a recoverable tethered optical fiber buoy and winch assembly that is mounted to the back of the sail or the back of an aft non-moving surface of an underwater vehicle and housed in a configuration to provide very little additional drag to the underwater vehicle... Agent: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport

20080029016 - Water sport towing apparatus misting system: A misting system is combined with a water sport towing apparatus, such as a wakeboard tower. The water sport towing apparatus's frame comprises a misting system providing the vessels occupants a benefit of misting combined with the tower in design and function. A vapor of water molecules is showered from... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080029017 - Preventive maintenance system and method for fiberglass boats: A method for preventive maintenance of a boat hull to restore the integrity of a fiberglass boat hull and prevent new water infiltration damage to a boat hull. The wet area repair guidelines using a surface moisture meter. Any balsa cored area reading 15% or above is considered a wet... Agent: Alfred M. Walker