Ships inventions 09/08

20080229993 - Spade rudder: Disclosed herein is a spade rudder, which is intended to relieve bending moment generated by a rudder, and to suppress vibrations generated from the rudder due to a propeller, in the case of a large ship. The spade rudder has a rudder stock for rotating a rudder, and a vertical... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080229995 - Boom system for encircling vessel: A system and method are disclosed for use during in-water scrubbing of a vessel hull, which system and method are designed to substantially reduce or eliminate environmental contamination of the water surrounding a vessel during in-water cleaning. The system includes a curtain formed of a substantially impermeable fabric material, the... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080229994 - Device for cleaning the outer hull side of a boat: The aim of the invention is to improve a device for cleaning the outer hull side of a boat such that various types of hull contours with various types of embodiments in the form of profiled ribs or planking can be cleaned therewith in a simple and precise manner. According... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080229996 - Mooring apparatus and method: A mooring system for securing a floating vessel to the sea floor comprises a plurality of mooring legs, at least one of which includes separate first and second mooring lines. The first mooring line comprises a first end which is connected to the vessel and the second mooring line comprises... Agent: Henry C. Query, Jr.

20080229997 - Flotation device, method of mounting same and operation thereof: Flotation device which comprises an exterior receptacle which is designed to be supported on the external surface of a ship, cargo container or floating structure in such a manner that it extends substantially within the ship, cargo container or floating structure, leaving its open end oriented toward the outside; and,... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080229998 - Seating device for a boat: A seat for mounting to a platform of a boat in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure has a lid contoured to receive a person sitting on the lid and a lower housing having a cavity, the lower housing hingedly coupled to the lid and having contours substantially... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20080223277 - Boat decontamination systems, and methods of use: Decontamination systems, and methods of their use, for decontaminating boats of noxious marine life when the boat is pulled out of the water. The system is generally located at a boat launch site. Decontaminating water sprayed on the boat falls onto the ground, and runs along the surface back into... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20080223278 - Autonomous, multipurpose floating platform for environmental and oceanographic monitoring: Highly stable floating platform for measuring surface and subsurface environmental variables. It consists of a main toroidal body, inside of which equipments are installed, mainly on its base, to maintain low and nearby the centers of gravity and of buoyancy, allowing the in situ inspection, maintenance and installation of equipments.... Agent: Et Seq Limitada

20080223279 - Pontoon crawler track assembly: A pontoon crawler track assembly intended to be used as a crawler-track-driven undercarriage in a working machine. The assembly includes a mounting frame and pontoon members. The mounting frame includes a coupler to couple the pontoon crawler track assembly with the working machine and a fastener for attachment of box-structured,... Agent: Venable LLP

20080223280 - Bimini top assembly: A bimini top assembly for providing a partial cover for the operators of a vehicle. The bimini top assembly generally includes a tower connectable to the vehicle. The assembly further provides at least one support member, a plurality of adjustment assemblies having a connector assembly attached to the tower and... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20080216727 - Stealth armed surface ship: The invention relates to an armed stealth surface vessel (1) comprising a hull (2), a deck (5, 6) and superstructures (3). The inventive vessel is equipped with sensors, transmitters, arms and, optionally, handling means. The invention is characterised in that the outer casing (4) of the deadworks comprises walls which... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080216728 - Apparatus and method to optimize sailing efficiency: This invention provides improvements in the efficiency of a sailing vessel through the use of flaps, hydrofoils, or members on the keel of a sailing vessel. One or more are positioned at the top, or root of the keel of the vessel, which primarily generate a force in the windward... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080216729 - Hull for sailing craft whereof the bottom enables water gliding performances to be enhanced: A hull (1) for sailing craft enables water gliding performances to be enhanced. The hull (1) for a sailing craft includes a bottom (2) which has a particular profile. The bottom (2) includes a rail (3) shaped from the stem up to the transom, the rail (3) being formed by... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080216730 - Fin stabilizer to reduce roll for boats in turns method and apparatus: The disclosure relates to a fin stabilization system adapted to minimize roll about the longitudinal axis of the boat during sharp cornering at very high speeds. In one form, equipment such as a machine gun is mounted to the bow of the boat and targets are adapted to be engaged... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, Pllc

20080216731 - Latch for a boat storage compartment cover: A latch assembly includes a housing assembly having a thru-bore, a handle assembly selectively pivotally engaged with the thru-bore of the housing assembly, wherein the handle assembly includes a handle and a base portion; and a catch assembly selectively engaged with the handle assembly, wherein the handle assembly selectively rotates... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080216732 - Automatic boat washing assembly: An automatic boat washing system including several brush assemblies mounted on a vertically movable cage supported by a mainframe assembly and side ballast tanks is disclosed. The vertical position of the movable cage and brush assemblies may be adjusted in relation to the mainframe and ballast tanks during operation of... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP

20080216733 - Cargo transport device for towing behind watercraft: A hitching device permits towing a cargo transport device behind a kayak. The cargo transport device comprises a watertight container and a connection member extending along a longitudinal axis between the container and the watercraft. The connection member includes a swivel such that the container and watercraft on opposite sides... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080216734 - Marine telescoping grab bar: The marine grab bar of the present invention is intended for use on a boat wherein a passenger needs a gripping post when standing. The grab bar assembly includes a base mounted to a wall or upright surface in the boat, and a telescoping bar moveable between a lower retracted... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080216735 - Protective cover for a boat: A boat deck cover includes a flexible, generally water impervious, non-elastic central sheet with a peripheral, elastic strip having fasteners along the outside edge thereof for attachment to compatible fasteners on the boat.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080210151 - Aquatic friction reducer and antifouling paint enhancer: P

20080210148 - Watercraft steering system: A boat has a propulsion unit and a steering system. The steering system includes a steering device actuated by an electric actuator. A steering wheel operated by an operator is electrically connected to the actuator. Detectors collect data regarding one or more of operation status of the steering wheel, running... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080210149 - Ship hull comprising at least one float: A ship hull includes at least one float (10) and a centre of buoyancy (CB) situated behind the centre of flotation (CF), the distance between the centre of buoyancy and centre of flotation is greater by 5% than the waterline length L of the hull.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080210150 - Ventilated aft swept flow interrupter hull: A boat hull has an aft swept ventilated area in at least a part of its bottom planing surface. An aft swept water flow interrupter is positioned to project downwardly from the hull forward of the ventilated area. The aft swept flow interrupter has two generally angularly related legs or... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto