Ships inventions 08/08

20080202401 - Sea vessel docking station: A system and method in which a buoyant central docking station captures, lifts and couples one or more other sea vessels is disclosed, wherein a flexible, modularized production system is quickly realized on a cost effective basis. The capabilities of a number of older, less expensive, readily available vessels are... Agent: Raymond R. Ferrera

20080202402 - System for rapid, secure tarnsport of cargo by sea, and monohull fast ship and arrangement and method for loading and unloading cargo on a ship: A system for rapid, secure transport of cargo by sea includes a monohull fast ship and an arrangement for loading and unloading cargo through an opening in the stern of the ship and along a driving surface of a cargo carrying deck of the ship. The arrangement includes a self-propelled,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080202403 - Apparatus for altering the course of travelling of a moving article and a method thereof: The present invention relates to an apparatus for altering the course of a moving article and a method thereof comprising of a launching aircraft or surface craft to deploy said apparatus towards a moving article. The apparatus comprises of a driving mechanism (10), wherein said driving mechanism (10) further comprises... Agent: Law Offices Of Albert Wai-kit Chan, PLLC

20080202404 - Vessel with mooring system, and mooring system: Vessel with mooring system, comprising a turret anchored to the seabed and a turret casing being part of the vessel, wherein the turret and turret casing are interconnected by a connecting element comprising a bearing arrangement and wherein the connecting element has a first end connected to the turret casing... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080202405 - Launch and recovery devices for water vehicles and methods of use: An embodiment of a launch/recovery device for both surface and underwater vehicles includes a plurality of driven wet-traction members arranged to form a low drag (e.g., water flow-through) ramp design. The wet-traction members provide traction even when wet between the water vehicle and the launch/recovery device. As a result of... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080202406 - Boat cover support pole: A support assembly for a boat cover includes a first support member having a first end disposed adjacent to the boat cover and a second end having an opening, a second support member having a first end telescopically received within the opening, and a biasing element disposed between the first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080196648 - Mechanism for collapsible catamaran: A method of folding the bridge structure between a catamaran's hulls so that the bridge structure can retract and expand laterally on the water. The structure is made from easy to manufacture panels and provides increased amenity for the crew of the catamaran as well as increased interior room compared... Agent: Philip Thompson

20080196655 - Vessels: In a process of construction of a twin-hulled vessel (2) unitary port and starboard outer mono-hulls (4) (or 4′) are connected to port and starboard transition sections (6) (or 6′), and two assemblies (4, 6), (or 4′, 6′) thus formed are connected by the transition sections (6) (or 6′) to... Agent: William D Hall Hall Vande Sande & Pequignot

20080196649 - Hatch assembly with seat and storage bin: A hatch assembly for a boat including a base pivotally attached to a boat deck, whereby the base can pivot between an open position and closed position to provide access to a power source within a boat hull. The base defines a storage bin with a compartment for storage. A... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080196650 - Mooring strap: A mooring strap for vessels includes a first loop for engaging a dock mounted cleat and a second loop for engaging a cleat on a vessel. A strap extending from each of the two loops is interconnected with a cam lock to permit drawing the two loops toward one another... Agent: C. Robert Von Hellens Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20080196651 - Towing device: An apparatus for towing behind an underwater vehicle has a body and a yoke pivotally connected to the body at a pivot point and having a tether remote from the pivot point by which the apparatus us towed. The yoke has wings which generate a resultant force on the body... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080196652 - Boat that is provided with floating tubes in a multi-layer design: A boat that is provided with floating tubes in a multi-layer design is composed a plurality of floating tube devices which are installed respectively at a left and a right side of a hull, and is provided with an air bag, a buffer, and a surface layer unit. The buffer... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080196653 - Windshield including vented walk-through door: A windshield assembly for a covered vessel includes a door section forming part of the windshield. The door section includes a door section securable to the vessel and being substantially contiguous with the windshield. The door section includes a door frame pivotable between a closed position and an open position,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080196654 - Fixing group for facilitated attachment of a watercraft appliance onto a boat and method for attaching the same: w

20080190341 - System and method of adjusting the location and position of the foresail on a sailboat: A system for sailing windward, which includes a moveable track fixture, a fixed track configured to receive the track fixture, and a control system for securing the location of the track fixture within the fixed track relative to a bow of a sailboat. The system can also include a retractable... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080190342 - Interchangable superstructures and hulls for ocean going vessels: An ocean going vessel with interchangeable superstructure and hull in which the superstructure has control units for controlling propulsion and steering, as well as components for communication and navigation. The superstructure and the hull each have an interface providing quick connect and disconnect capability between the control units of the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080190352 - Lng tank ship and operation thereof: Disclosed is a liquefied natural gas storage apparatus. The apparatus includes a heat insulated tank and liquefied natural gas contained in the tank. The tank has heat insulation sufficient to maintain liquefied natural gas therein such that most of the liquefied natural gas stays in liquid. The contained liquefied natural... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080190353 - System for balancing forces acting on a hermetically-sealed container ship which is sinking in a liquid: The present invention concerns those elements that, by means of valves, allow the balance of forces acting upon the walls of a hermetic container during its sinking in a liquid, thus preventing the stress produced due to the effect from an increased volume of liquid applied on the external face... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080190343 - Jib boom: A sailboat having a free standing jib boom mounted on a stub shaft, which rotates about an axis coextensive with the jib stay. The boom may extend not only aft of the stub shaft but also forward allowing unique rig configurations... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080190344 - Chain or wire stopper: A stopper device (1) for chain (2) or wire, especially for locking in position an anchor chain, tow wire or mooring wire, wherein the stopper consists of a pair of plates (3, 4) which can be pivoted up from the deck of a ship to be vertically positioned in a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080190345 - Airborne tugboat for emergency aid for seagoing vessels: An airborne tugboat with three hulls (4): an underbody (4), surface body (5) and inflatable body (6). When stationed on shore the inflatable body is not activated, but is folded up against the surface body. Gas turbine (1) drives the propeller (3) via the reduction gear (2). The rotatable ring... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20080190346 - Method and apparatus for variable floating structures: A method and apparatus for varying the buoyancy of a floating structure are provided. The method can include securing a plurality of floatation modules to at least a portion of the floating structure at various locations thereabout, while the floating structure is at sea such that the operational flexibility of... Agent: Kellogg Brown & Root Llc Attn: Christian Heausler

20080190347 - Very high speed-hydro ski structure (vhs-hss): The disclosed is for a specifically designed ski structure to support a vessel's hull above the water surface while the vessel is underway so that the hull encounters minimal or no resistance from the water, the viscosity of which is 800 times greater than air. The skis, which may number... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080190348 - Watercraft with wave deflecting hull: The invention is directed to a watercraft hull design that comprises a hull having a bow, stern, top, and bottom. A wedge-shaped wave spreading system is located at a forward portion of the craft. The wave-contacting surface planes of the wave spreading system are positioned substantially perpendicular to the plane... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080190349 - Fastener for a boat cover: A trim assembly for a windshield includes a trim piece extendable along an edge of the windshield and a gasket secured within the trim piece and including a first channel for receiving the edge of the windshield and a second channel separate from the first channel. A fastener clip is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080190350 - Stackable board platform for marine vessel: There is disclosed a stackable platform for a boat deck which can be placed between a helm of a boat deck and a seat on a boat deck. The platform is for allowing a user to stand on the platform. There is an optional shock absorbing element coupled to the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080190351 - Boat drain plug receptacle: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receptacle for a boat drain plug, the receptacle being adapted to support the boat drain plug relative to a boat trailer, the boat trailer having a boat trailer winch, the boat trailer winch including a winch handle shaft, and the receptacle including an aperture... Agent: Jeffrey D. Hunt

20080184926 - Ship with liquid transport tanks provided with deformation absorbers: A ship (20) with one or more liquid transport tanks (21) arranged in an upright position in a ship's hull, said transport tanks having an axial direction and a circumferential direction, and each transport tank comprising a tank bottom (22), a tank circumferential wall (25) and a tank roof (23),... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080184923 - Brace for mounting of shrouds on the hull of a sailboat: Brace for mounting of shrouds (13, 14) on the hull of a sailboat by way of a fixed mounting device (22), such as chain plates, has a through-going bore (20) for reception of a crossbolt (21), which is attached to the mounting device (22). The brace (1) consists of to... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080184924 - Rotatable guard mounted about boat mooring: Improved boat bumper assemblies are provided which include upright, rotatable, synthetic resin rollers rotatably mounted on stationary uprights located adjacent the sides of a boat slip. In one form, the bumper assemblies are mounted either as original equipment or as retrofits directly onto roof-supporting stanchions of a boat mooring structure;... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080184925 - Kayak: A kayak having a hull shape in which the wetted area is situated over the forward two-thirds section of the hull with the rear hull section having minimal wetted area to provide a kayak of increased steering leverage, and of exceptional maneuverability and speed. The hull is asymmetry that is... Agent: Patrick J. Walsh, Esq.