Ships inventions 07/08

20080178787 - Article storing structure for small boat: An article storing structure for a small boat capable of easily carrying out the opening operation of a lid without spending time and effort and capable of easily taking luggage in and out. The article storing structure includes an article storing box for storing luggage in the hull and a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080178788 - Tension and compression spring device linear motion control device: Secondly, a device, which by virtue of its shape, creates a retarding force when slid along a flexible tension element, such as a rope. This force is easily modulated by varying the tension in the element. A possible use would be to control, from below, the rate of descent of... Agent: Thomas Straub

20080178789 - Marine seating system and apparatus: A boat comprising an assembled modular seat formed from two individual, modular seating components. Each seating component includes a base and a seating frame secured thereto. The seating frame further includes a front wall, a back wall, and a connecting structure extending therebetween. The connecting structure forms a void or... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080173224 - Air-propelled vessel with articulating member: A wide, flat-bottom, buoyant, amphibious hull with a powered articulating member mounted on the deck. The hull is propelled by at least one engine-driven propeller rotating above the hull. The hull has a shallow draft and distributes its weight over a large area. These features cooperatively provide a vehicle capable... Agent: Ted M. Anthony

20080173225 - Watercraft structure, in particular an aquabike: Watercraft structure, in particular an aquabike, comprising a first elongated floating body (5) and a second elongated floating body (6) connected to the first floating body and arranged parallel to it spaced at a determined distance. Between two floating bodies (5, 6), furthermore, a seat (16) is provided, which can... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080173226 - Rub rail with inserted clip: The present invention is a rub rail assembly for mounting on a surface of a vessel, the assembly having a rigid portion having a mounting side facing the surface of the vessel, a wear side facing away from the surface of the vessel, a female recess on said wear side... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.a.

20080173227 - Trim tab control: A trim tab control system determines current tab position based upon a feedback signal that represents incremental motion of the actuator drive motor. Prior to power down, the current tab position is stored in non-volatile memory, and is retrieved on power up. The control system characterizes the actuator during a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080173230 - Boat window system: A cabin enclosure of a boat which is substantially water proof is provided. The cabin enclosure comprises a top, frame with joists attached to joist covers, plurality of windows, flashing and track which are layered upon each other to cascade water down the top, onto the windows and onto the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080173228 - Boat with stowable enclosure: A boat construction is provided. The boat includes a boat hull and top. The top is provided with a selectively stowable enclosure device that includes a curtain member that may be unfolded after release from a storage chamber for suspension from the top to form a tubular enclosure area for... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080173229 - Walk-through windshield: A hardtop for a boat including a windshield with an movable portion and a roof with a movable cover. The windshield includes an opening when the movable portion is in an open position and the roof includes a opening extending rearward from a front edge when the cover is in... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20080168937 - Propeller driven surfing device: A propeller driven surfing device includes a buoyant body having an outer contour divergent from a nose end to a front trunk segment, a rearmost surface which has a water outlet port that extends forwardly to form a water passage, and a water intake port that extends from a bottom... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080168938 - Pole bracket for a dock: A pole bracket for a dock assembly has with a c-shaped opening for receiving the pole, on which a dock section may be mounted. For the pole bracket for a dock, one side of the bracket allows for attachment to a dock section, while the other and opposing side of... Agent: Mathew R. P. Perrone. Jr. Brie A. Crawford

20080163808 - Room arrangement, ship, building and method for constructing a room arrangement: Invention relates to a room arrangement (20) comprising at least two superposed prefabricated load-bearing room units have a ceiling (24), a floor (2) and at least two walls (3, 4, 5, 6) that are at least mainly of cellular board. The invention also related to a ship, building and method... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080163809 - Retractable mooring line device: A retractable mooring line device comprising a reel for storing and paying off a mooring line, having side walls each comprising a series of notches for receiving a releasable latch. A latch simultaneously engages between notches in both side walls at a substantially right angle to provide a secure, positive... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20080163810 - Boat hull and method of manufacture: A boat hull is provided that has a substantially seamless construction wherein the boat hull is an integral monolithic structure. In the formation of the boat, the boat interior components for example deck precursors are positioned in the mold prior to formation of the hull so that the boat hull... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080156241 - Prone-forward-operated board-type sailboat: A prone-operated board-type sailboat that incorporates a dual-use device to counterbalance the force of the wind. This device comprises a handlebar extending bilaterally from the vessel, mountable to the deck forward of the sailor and adjustable with respect to the longitudinal axis of the deck for grasping and leaning out... Agent: Stephen R. Scholle

20080156242 - Foldable mast assembly for a sailing vessel: As one non-limiting example, a foldable mast assembly for a sailing vessel is provided. The foldable mast assembly includes a lower mast section; an intermediate mast section having a lower end foldably coupled to an upper end of the lower mast section; an upper mast section having a lower end... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080156243 - Ventilating cover for a hatch installation and a hatch installation incorporating same: A hatch installation comprises a hatch surround defining a hatch opening and a hatch door. The hatch door has a mounting end and a free end, and is pivotal between a closed position in which it abuts against the hatch surround and an open position spaced away from the hatch... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080156244 - Mooring system with active control: A vessel mooring system which includes at least two mooring robots secured to a terminal, each robot includes an attractive force attachment element eg. a vacuum cup and a base structure fixed relative to the terminal. The attachment element is able to be engaged with a vertically extending side vessel... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080156245 - Mooring/vessel snap hook device: A snap hook device comprises a detachable pole attached to a snap hook having a side link for securing a rope. The snap hook is generally U-shaped with a sloped spring closure having a first end attached to a first end of the hook and a second end of the... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20080156246 - Ventilated flow interrupter stepped hull: A boat hull has at least one generally transverse ventilation step formed in at least a part of its bottom planing surface open to the water. The step has a forward edge portion and a water flow interrupter is positioned to project downwardly from the hull forward of the forward... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080156248 - Boat tower with integral air tank: The present invention is an elevated boat tower that provides a vessel for the storage of compressed air therein. The device provides easy access and use of the compressed air within elongated and substantially hollow tube members connected at each end thereof to either the boat or other tube members.... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080156247 - Hidden marine windshield mounting system and method: A hidden marine windshield mounting system and method, utilizing a cooperative pair of elongated base members, longitudinally extending around the front of and fastened to a marine vessel deck. The two elongated base members cooperatively interlock with one another to form a single windshield mounting base unit, having a substantially... Agent: Darren A. Bach

20080156249 - Small watercraft: A small watercraft is provided. The small watercraft comprises a hull formed to have a substantially uniform thickness by using reinforced fibers impregnated with resin. The hull includes a curved portion formed by protruding outward and curving a part of the hull, and a filling material filled in a groove... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080156250 - Adjustable gunnel - mount boat tower: A boat tower is disclosed that includes a boat tower riser fixed at a lower end to a plurality of pivots and that is selectively positionable between a raised position and a lowered position or any position therebetween. At least one linear actuator is further included that includes a piston... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.