Ships inventions 04/08

20080092793 - Storable, sickle-shaped sailboat mast utilizing constant curvature and a curved mast extension: A sailboat mast including a straight lower portion and an arcuate upper portion. The arcuate upper portion has an aerodynamically efficient cross section designed to reduce drag. At least the arcuate upper portion is free to rotate with respect to the boat's hull in order to position the mast in... Agent: John Wiley Horton Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20080092792 - Ship and associated methods of formation and operation: A ship and associated methods of formation and operation. In an example embodiment, a ship comprises a vessel for attachment to a second vessel. The vessel may comprise a catamaran hull including first and second parallel sides extending from a fore portion of the vessel to an aft portion of... Agent: Ferdinand M. Romano, Esquire Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080092794 - Two piece view port and light housing with swivel light: The present invention is a view port suitable for installation under the water line of a vessel wherein the view port comprises a flange made from a corrosion resistant material and a body made from a heat resistant material. An alternative embodiment of the invention is an underwater light in... Agent: Lott & Friedland, P.A.

20080092795 - Bracing for collapsible boat: A collapsible boat hull comprises a pair of bottom panels and a pair of side panels, connected by continuous hinges. Erection of the boat causes a fore portion of the bottom panels to curve upwards, and fore portions of the side panels to curve inwards. The boat also includes a... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080087208 - Apparatus for protecting the hull of a watercraft: An apparatus for protecting the hull of a watercraft includes a support. A submersible barrier assembly is connected to the support and is displaceable with respect to the support between an inoperative, submerged position and an operative surface position. The barrier assembly is configured to cover at least a submerged... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080087209 - Profiling float and usage of the profiling float: Provided is a profiling float that can minutely and surely control effective buoyancy acting on the float in itself, and usage of the profiling float. The profiling float according to the present invention is equipped with a float chamber forming an airtight internal space, a fluid storage part provided in... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080087210 - Table mount for boat: A device support for the passenger area of a recreational boat having a deck and interior side walls extending up from the deck, including a clamping plate and a support arm. The clamping plate has an open top slot and is secured to the boat side wall so as to... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080087211 - Universal mounting system: The invention is a universal mounting system allowing a wide variety of accessories to be used interchangeably among one or more mounts secured to convenient surfaces or structures, such as the gunnel of a boat. The universal mount system includes a mount having barrel configured to receive the insert member... Agent: Burnewiin

20080083360 - Window housing for use with thru-hull fittings: Disclosed is a window housing for use in combination with a transducer style thru-hull fitting. The window housing is sealingly attached to the thru-hull fitting by use of a first securement cap. The window housing having a window panel positioned adjacent to the outer side surface of the vessel hull.... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.a.

20080083361 - Pneumatic system reducing friction between a vessel hull and the surrounding water: A pneumatic system designed to minimize the high coefficient of water friction, known in the nautical industry as “skin resistance” or “drag,” against the submerged hull (10) area of a vessel. This system directs pressurized air from a shipboard compressor (30) through many distributing pipes (60). These distributing pipes (60)... Agent: Jo-anne Yau, Esq. Wood, Atter & Associates, P.a.

20080083362 - Water intake riser: A water intake riser that can be suspended from a vessel having a riser connected to a riser hanger, which riser hanger includes a first tubular element, a second tubular element to which the riser is connected, a flexible load transfer element joining the tubular elements, and a hose of... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080083363 - Human towing device and sports based on the device: Glided sporting activities can be performed by pulling a person associated with a glide element. The pulling is performed with a stationary motor connected to a spool that winds a rope having a handle or harness at one end. An operator controls the speed and braking. The towing device has... Agent: Dardi & Associates, Pllc

20080083364 - Inflatable fender system and method: An inflatable fender system for protecting a watercraft from damaging contact with a permanent object, such as a dock, wharf, piling and rafted watercraft. Two elongated flexible substantially airtight tubular fenders are provided having a generally flat cross section when uninflated, rolled into a coil and stored at the stern... Agent: Charles J. Prescott, P.a.

20080083365 - Lifeboat disengagement system: The present invention provides a lifeboat disengagement system for supporting and releasing a twin fall lifeboat, the system comprising a single lifeboat release assembly and a pair of hook assemblies for releasable engagement with a corresponding pair of lifting links. The lifeboat disengagement system includes an engaged configuration wherein the... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080078316 - Turbine-integrated hydrofoil: A turbine integrated within a hydrofoil extracts energy from a free-flowing motive fluid. In the preferred embodiment, the turbine is of the crossflow variety with runner blades coaxial to the width of the hydrofoil. The foremost edge of the hydrofoil comprises a slot covered by a continuously adjustable gate for... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080078317 - Waterborne vehicle: A waterborne vehicle having a steering mechanism for transmitting a tilt of a hull and steering a propulsion apparatus. The steering mechanism comprises a first operation element for transmitting the tilt of the hull, and a second operation element that is connected to the first operation element, and that converts... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080078318 - Power assist steering apparatus and method responsive to volume flow of fluid: An apparatus and method for providing power assisted steering for a marine craft having a manually operable steering pump and a hydraulic steering actuator. A powered hydraulic pump is hydraulically connected between the manually operable pump and the actuator. Hydraulic fluid volume output of the steering pump and hydraulic fluid... Agent: Norman M. Cameron

20080078319 - Floating pontoon berthing facility for ferries and ships: A berthing facility for use in moving vehicles between a shore facility and a bow/stern-loading RORO ferry, having a substantially rigid floating pontoon comprising several modules joined one to another, a two-tier vehicle ramp running from the shore to the pontoon, means for pivotally securing the pontoon in the vicinity... Agent: Robert H. Barrigar Barrigar Intellectual Property Law