Ships inventions 12/08

20080314303 - Rudder for ships: A rudder (1) for ships with a swivellable rudder blade (2) and a fin (3) hinged thereon as well as with a fin control device (S) having control elements which is placed outside the rudder blade (2) in bearing vicinity between a hull (6) and the rudder blade (2), it... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080314304 - Spring line assembly: A mooring device including two telescoping tubes, a pair of ropes for securing a boat to a dock or piling, and a spring biasing the ropes and/or tubes with respect to one another to adjust to changes in waves and/or tides, while maintaining the boat at a safe distance from... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080314305 - Bi-directional boat anchor: This invention relates to marine anchors and more particularly to bi-directional boat anchors with a shank which is pivotable relative to at least one fluke. The invention also relates to bi-directional anchors that have two or more flukes positioned at opposite ends of the anchor.... Agent: Michael J. Bootcheck, LLC

20080314306 - Bimini misting system: The present invention is a water misting device built in to a boat's bimini framework. The water for the device is taken from a lake, river, ocean or any other water body or source, and pumped through a screening or filtration system for endless misting opportunity. As the device is... Agent: Michael A. Shippey, Ph. D.

20080314307 - Multi-function watercraft portage device: An assembly for transporting a watercraft, wherein the assembly remains coupled to the watercraft during transport of the craft and during operation of the craft. The assembly is rotatably adjustable through a range of positions including a transport position, a plurality of stabilizing positions, a stowing position, and an emergency... Agent: Iphorgan, Ltd.

20080314308 - Kick boat: A twin-hulled, single-person, collapsible boat, has a pair of open, canoe-shaped hulls; a removable, collapsible frame connecting the hulls together; and a removable, one-person seat assembly connected to the frame between the hulls.... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20080314309 - Boat and method for manufacturing using resin transfer molding: One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for making a boat. The boat includes a port side positioned opposite from a starboard side. The boat also includes a floor and stingers supports positioned within the hull. The method includes providing a insert having two spaced-apart elongated portions... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080314310 - Device for holding water bottle or other object in watercraft or other mobile conveyance: A stowage device for a mobile conveyance such as a watercraft. In the case of a watercraft, the stowage device replaces an inspection port cover. The stowage device is adapted to screw into the existing inspection port with no modification. The stowage device incorporates a stowage cavity to securely hold... Agent: William C. Milks, Iii Russo & Hale LLP

20080308029 - Floating island: The present invention is a floating island (FI), which is a buoyant apparatus for a watery environment such as, for example a swimming pool. The FI may be designed as a playful apparatus enabling users to safely climb upon the FI. The FI may be designed especially, yet not exclusively,... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080308030 - Portable boat having a plurality of attachable segments: A portable boat having multiple sections, which are connected together during use and are stacked together when not in use is disclosed. Each boat section is made of aluminum and attached in such a manner as to preserve the buoyancy and integrity of the boat. The boat is formed of... Agent: Micheal Wayne Strus

20080308031 - Ladder assembly for a boat: A stowable ladder assembly adapted to be positioned at a ladder stowing region of a boat. There is a main ladder section having an upper ladder pivot connecting location which connects to a rear pivot location of a connecting section that has a forward pivot connection to an upper surface... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080308032 - Hydration system for kayak integration: A hydration system for kayak integration includes a deck port configured to allow fluid passage through a deck of a kayak. The system includes a reservoir having an internal sealable compartment configured to contain a liquid under pressure. The reservoir has a first port configured to receive pressurizing gasses into... Agent: Jack H. Mckinney Ormiston & Mckinney PLLC

20080302289 - Line handling winch for sailing yachts: A power or manually operated winch mechanism for handling the running rigging lines of a sailing yacht. The winch includes a winding drum, operating in conjunction with a level wind mechanism, which winds and stores the line during line retrieving operations and controllably releases the line when desired. Novel level... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20080302290 - Membrane body and relative production method: Membrane body (1) comprising at least one pair of panels (10, 11) connected together in an adhesive manner and for each pair of said panels (10, 11), at least one flexible sheath (15) arranged stably according to a set pattern to resist membrane stress acting on the panels (10, 11);... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080302291 - Float assembly means: A float assembly means that includes platform consisting of a plurality of floats adjoined to float on the surface of a body of water; a bottom base below the water surface consisting of a plurality of floats adjoined that are submerged in the water; and a surrounding wall disposed between... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080302292 - Apparatus and method for deploying and recovering an underwater vehicle, and method for docking an underwater vehicle to a recovery apparatus: An apparatus for deployment and recovery of an underwater vehicle can be introduced into a recovery tube of an underwater recovery vehicle. The apparatus has a moveable tube provided with an insertion/extraction device at one of its ends. The device is in the form of a tube or of a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080302293 - Forward facing rowing attachment with rolling seat: A frame assembly forming a portion of a rowing accessory is to be mounted within a watercraft, to which frame assembly is attached a seat and oars. The frame assembly comprises first and second frame members each having the general shape of a winged U. First and second wing portions... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080295756 - Dual draft crane vessel: Vessel including a hull of a substantially closed surface has at deck level a lifting crane, ballast tanks within the hull and a ballast control unit for admitting water to the ballast tanks for changing the draft of the vessel. The hull has a narrow lower section having first width... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080295757 - Floatation apparatus and methods for providing a floatation apparatus: A floatation apparatus attachable to an outrigger extending from a side of a boat such as a shell for rowing includes a buoyant member, and at least one releasably attachable member operably attachable to the buoyant member for releasably attaching the floatation apparatus to the outrigger so that the buoyant... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080295758 - Dockside water intake system for marine vessels: A method and apparatus for providing ballast water, cooling water, and/or auxiliary service water to a marine vessel is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of pumps coupled to a docking facility. Each of the pumps collect water surrounding the docking facility and provides filtered water to the marine vessel... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080295759 - Group for operation fender elements suitable to protect a boat during movement and mooring: An assembly (1; 200; 300; 400; 500; 600) for operating fender elements (P) suitable to protect a boat during the movement and/or mooring including articulation means (2; 201; 301; 401; 501; 601) which are connected to the fender element (P) and moving means (3; 202; 302; 402; 502; 602), suitable... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.