Ships inventions 06/09

20090158982 - Personal watercraft with pivotable platform: A personal watercraft is disclosed, having a straddle-type seat disposed on a deck. The seat has a seat profile. A storage compartment is disposed rearwardly of the seat. A rear platform is pivotally connected to a rear portion of the watercraft. The rear platform is pivotable between a raised position... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20090158983 - Yacht and ballast assembly therefor: A yacht having an adjustable ballast assembly comprising a ballast, an elongated hollow ballast guide mounted to the hull of the watercraft to extend transversely of the hull, the ballast being located within the guide and there being means for selectively moving the ballast longitudinally of the guide between respective... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20090158984 - Prepreg composite material discontinuous and continuous sailboat rigging system and method of manufacture: The invention is a sailboat rigging system and method for forming same. It is formed from a plurality of resin prepreg high strength fiber strands, tows or roving. The fiber are laid out in a preferred rigging configuration with the fiber strands, tows or roving being placed under generally equal... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090158985 - Disconnectable mooring system: A disconnectable mooring system is provided, comprising a vessel with an outrigger supporting a riser assembly in a disconnectable manner, which riser assembly is provided with a riser top body which by means of disconnectable latching means is attached to the outrigger. The riser top body additionally is connected to... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090158986 - Deep draft semi-submersible lng floating production, storage and offloading vessel: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and system of a deep-draft semi-submersible liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating production and storage vessel that can include a pontoon containing LNG tanks, fixed ballast at the bottom in a double-bottom portion, and segregated ballasted tanks with variable ballast located generally above the... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090158987 - Spar with detachable hull structure: A spar-type offshore platform includes a buoyant upper hull structure having a lower end to which is detachably connected a buoyant lower module. A plurality of mooring line assemblies is connected to the lower module, the total weight of the mooring line assemblies being sufficient to sink the lower module.... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20090158988 - Truss semi-submersible offshore floating structure: A semi-submersible structure. The hull includes four columns that are supported by two pontoons. The columns support the topsides and the topsides structural framing serves as horizontal framing between the columns. A truss frame is attached to the columns. The truss frame preferably includes heave plates. The truss frame extends... Agent: J. Ray Mcdermott, S.a. Patent Department

20090158989 - Ship: A ship designed for use at high speed and heavy seas having a single long and slender hull with a narrow beam and a more or less vertical bow, whereby the front half of the hull has more or less vertical sides, minimal flare in the bow sections and towards... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090158990 - Payload deployment system for a submarine: A payload deployment system for a vessel, such as a submarine, which includes a cable extending between a piston in a piston tube and an ejection element in an ejection tube, wherein the ejection tube is suitable for holding the payload, such as a torpedo. The system is arranged such... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090158991 - Device, system, structure, method, computer program product and control system: Device (10) or apparatus for launching at least one boat (12) from a structure (14), that is at least partially surrounded by water (16), into the water. The device (10) comprises at least one launch ramp (18) and means to effect translational displacement of said at least one launch ramp... Agent: Christian N. Heausler Kellogg Brown & Root LLC

20090151613 - Anti-sloshing device in moon-pool: An anti-sloshing moon pool structure is disclosed. The anti-sloshing moon pool structure of the present invention includes moon pool plates (112, 114 and 116), which are provided on a bow-side wall (401), a stern-side wall (403) and opposite sidewalls (405) of a moon pool (100), and a moon pool bottom... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090151618 - Method and apparatus for off-hull manufacture and installation of a semi-membrane lng tank: The invention pertains generally to manufacturing and installing a semi-membrane tank for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Specifically, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for facilitating off-hull manufacturing of a completed semi-membrane LNG tank and installation of the tank in a permanent supporting structure, such as a ship's hull.... Agent: Brandon N. Sklar. Esq. (patent Prosecution) Kaye Scholer, LLP

20090151614 - Sailing craft comprising a tilting rigid sail system: A sailing craft propelled by a tilting sail system comprising an aerofoil sail capable of omni-directional attitude for wind propulsion. The sail is fixed to the craft in such a manner as to permit omni-directional attitude. Sail control means allows the sail placement in a forward propulsion attitude relative to... Agent: J. Gordon Thomson

20090151615 - Boat bumper assembly: A boat bumper and a securing harness for mounting the boat bumper to a boat hull. The securing harness includes a main strap which is flexible and sufficiently stiff to be self sustaining to maintain its shape, and securing straps for securing a bumper roll to the main strap. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090151616 - System and method for connecting marine bodies: A coupling to engage and retain two adjacent buoyant marine bodies in a side to side abutting relationship, is described. The coupling has two coupling portions (9), one each on one of the two adjacent buoyant marine bodies. The coupling portion (“first coupling portion”) including a downwardly directed receiving recess... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090151617 - Appliance for deployment and tracking of an unmanned underwater vehicle: An appliance for lowering and tracking an underwater vessel includes a carrier arranged on an end of a holding cable; a holding device on the carrier used to receive/release the underwater vessel with a controllable holding element; and a tracking device arranged on the carrier and used for acoustically determining... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20090145345 - Emergency watercraft: Disclosed is a watercraft for use in combination with a PWC or suitable shallow draft propulsion system. The watercraft is designed to operate in emergency conditions where flood waters leave an uncharted bottom that may be as little as twelve inches deep or conceal a submerged object. The watercraft includes... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090145346 - Assembly for retrofitting watercraft and method: An assembly for retrofitting the hull of a watercraft is presented, which includes an elongated panel which defines a longitudinal channel and at least one chamber housing. The chamber housing defines at least one chamber extending through the panel and an upper chamber opening and a lower chamber opening. The... Agent: Mcglinchey Stafford, PLLC Attn:IPGroup

20090139437 - Rear platform geometry: A personal watercraft is disclosed having a hull and a sub-deck together forming a hull and sub-deck (HSD) assembly. Left and right gunnels have generally vertical inner walls. The HSD assembly has a pedestal disposed on a longitudinal centerline of the watercraft generally between the forward portion of the left... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20090139438 - Collapsible perimeter supported wind propulsion device: A sail device or assembly that contains a single supporting perimeter member or batten that supports an internal 3-dimensional sail area used for down or off the wind sailing. The perimeter batten is stiff enough to hold and support the sail material yet elastic enough that it can be folded... Agent: Nicholas Mark Wiltz

20090139439 - Portable boat mooring system: A portable boat mooring system is provided that includes a base removably or non-removably attached to a pier. An arm assembly can extend from the base outwardly beyond an edge of the pier. A mooring line that has a resiliently flexible portion thereof attaches a boat to the system while... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090139440 - Submarine escape suit: A submarine escape suit includes an ascent stole (22) for assisting a wearer to ascent to the surface from a submarine. The suit also includes a life preserver stole (26) that can be inflated on reaching the surface, to provide the suit with additional surface buoyancy. The life preserver stole... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower