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7275494 Valve structure, bladder, and hull portion for inflatable boats  
A valve structure includes a valve body on which is mounted a first valve and a second valve. The first valve traverses the valve body at a first position and the second valve traverses the valve...
7275493 Hydrofoil watercraft  
A watercraft capable of operating in hydrofoil mode or ground-effect mode with self-righting retractable V-shaped foil, fiberoptic control systems, and a plurality of aircraft style engines with...
7275492 Anchor rope lock  
An anchor rope lock that locks the rope in response to tension exerted by the anchor, and that unlocks the rope for retrieval or adjustment in response to tension applied to the free end. A locking...
7275491 Sail furling system with recirculating halyard  
A sail furler with a recirculating halyard includes a foil having a longitudinal halyard channel and a longitudinal recirculating halyard channel formed within; and a halyard, having a first and...
7275490 Shallow draft floating vessel  
A catamaran-like one piece molded stable watercraft with sloping sides and a graduated sloping channel for supporting an individual and up to 600 pounds of gear without flipping and wherein the...
7273576 Hull and fuselage construction  
A boat hull or an aircraft or spacecraft fuselage is constructed by laying up perforated architectural wood veneer strips which have been designed to create the desired shape and overlap one...
7273562 Ozone injection method and system  
A target biokill of species for water to be discharged from a ballast tank of a sea faring vessel is determined. A diverted portion of sea water is regulated prior to charging the water into the...
7273329 Hydraulic boat lift  
An improved boat lift with an hydraulically-powered jack is provided with a locking mechanism, not only for maintaining the lift in its raised position when water pressure in the jack cylinder is...
7273019 Seasonal, multi-use, multi-level structure transportable both by ground and water for use in a body of water  
A multi-use, multi-level structure can be installed in and removed from a body of water in a seasonal fashion. The structure has a lower level that includes a boat lift and an upper level that...
7273018 Modular floating dock frame and interconnection system  
A modular floating dock system utilizing steel frame modules that are interconnected to form the dock system desired, the modules preferably having a concrete deck and pontoons or floats with the...
7270214 Method and apparatus for reducing and extracting wing-tip vortex energy  
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for reducing wing-tip vortex energy during seismic exploration. The apparatus includes a vortex concentrator of deployed proximate a tip of...
7270075 Combination storage cover and cruising top for a boat  
The specification discloses a combination cruising top and storage cover for a boat of the kind having a deck disposed between fore and aft ends of the boat, the deck including a passenger area,...
7270074 Diver propulsion system with separate battery and motor-transmission modules  
A diver propulsion system includes separate battery and motor-transmission modules.
7270073 Florida anchor  
An aesthetically pleasing anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which...
7270072 Florida anchor  
An anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which has an anchor sleeve...
7270071 Deep draft semisubmersible movable offshore structure  
The present invention is a deep draft partially submersible and buoyant floating vessel comprised of at least three independent vertical columns. The columns have an upper column with an upper...
7270070 Tooth and friction lightering arrangement  
A system ( 10 ) for coupling first and second vessels ( 12,14 ) to minimize movement therebetween while allowing for lightering. The system ( 10 ) comprises rams ( 20,22 ) and coupling heads (...
7270069 Torpedo mounted dispenser  
The present invention is a dispenser mounted on the aft section of a torpedo for deploying an elongated, flexible article along a deployment axis. There is a molded elastomeric encasement over the...
7270068 Steering control system for boat  
A rudder control device for a boat can include a handle position sensor for detecting an operation angle of a handle. An engine control unit can be provided for receiving a detection signal from...
7270067 Wheel-controlled sails  
The present invention simplifies sailing providing control of one or more sails with a wheel. The proposed system eliminates the need to control boom-footed sails separately, giving benefits of...
7270066 Ice breaker (variants), method and system for single-support mooring and servicing ships  
To ensure the possibility of offshore shipping of a liquid medium, primarily oil, from an onshore tank farm into sea-going tankers in the winter time in the ice conditions by ensuring both mooring...
7267588 Selectively lockable marine propulsion devices  
A steering system for a marine vessel is provided with a connecting link attached to first and second marine propulsion devices. The connecting link is selectively disposable in first and second...
7267074 Bi-fold dinghy  
A bi-fold dinghy, which is foldable from front to back, is being claimed in this application. It will be easily stowed and transported on the back of a sailboat or other vessel like the traditional...
7267073 Wind direction indicator  
The present invention provides a first axial support that allows of the weathervane to rotate and a second axial support that prevents the weathervane from becoming dislodged from the first axial...
7267072 Dry cargo submarine with air-charge cargo hold  
Submarines with air-charged cargo holds are provided. The pressurize hull of a traditional submarine's cargo hold is replaced by non-pressurized hull, which lowers costs for transporting dry cargo...
7267071 Apparatuses and methods useful for centering watercraft  
Apparatuses and methods useful for helping to center watercraft—such as personal watercraft, ski boats, fishing boats, luxury boats, and the like—as they are docked (such as on trailers or...
7267070 Device for controlling steering of a towed underwater object  
A device for controlling steering of a towed underwater object, in particular a towed linear acoustic antenna. The device comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, the body being provided with a...
7267069 Steering control system for boat  
A load variation amount can be derived from an output of a load sensor for detecting an external force acting on a watercraft. A computation can be performed whether or not the load variation...
7267068 Method for maneuvering a marine vessel in response to a manually operable control device  
A marine vessel is maneuvered by independently rotating first and second marine propulsion devices about their respective steering axes in response to commands received from a manually operable...
7267067 Apparatus and method for reducing fluid drag on a submerged surface  
An apparatus and method for reducing surface friction drag on the hull of a surface vessel by entraining air into water flowing in the boundary layer flow along the hull. The apparatus creates a...
7267066 Boat lift  
The pontoon boat lift system comprises a plurality of lifts. Each lift is comprised of a channel that mounts to deck support members of the boat. One end of a leg is pivotally mounted to one end of...
7267065 Sailing vessel with lateen sail rigging  
A lateen rigged sailing vessel having a mast; a luffspar; a boom; a pair of lateral struts; and a lateen sail, has a lower end of the mast mounted forward on the vessel and positioned on the...
7267064 Harness suitable for use on watercraft  
A safety system of a harness, in particular of the trapezoidal type, is suitable for use on watercraft such as a yacht or windsurfer. A basic element ( 10 ) is coupled to the harness. A hook ( 15...
7264286 Recessed lift gate latch  
A lift gate latch is used with a lift gate and a handrail on a boat having a deck. The handrail has a jamb with a hollow interior having a predetermined width and breadth. The lift gate has a stile...
7263946 System for measuring chain or rope deployment  
A system for deploying a cable, such as a ship's anchor chain, wherein the chain is measured as it is deployed and the deployed length displayed on a visual display. The chain consists of links of...
7263945 Pontoon for watercraft  
The present invention is directed toward a motorized watercraft. The watercraft includes a pontoon section, a strut section, a deck section, and an optional a canopy section. The pontoon section...
7263944 Portable universal ski boat pylon  
A temporarily mounted towing device for towing a water sporter as part of a water sporting activity. An elongate towing member is stowed within a storage housing temporarily secured to the bottom...
7263943 Outboard motor steering system  
In a boat having a seat, a steering wheel, and an outboard motor, an outboard motor steering system is provided, where the steering wheel is installed near the seat a steering angle sensor...
7263942 Fin stabilizer for vessel and control method and control program therefor  
An object is to suppress the rocking motion of a vessel body with a high level of accuracy by obtaining a required lifting force. A torque calculation section 27 calculates a torque of a fin 11 ...
7263941 Sail furling device  
A sail furling/unfurling device comprises at least an outer foil wound about and made rigid with an inner foil or stay designed for transmitting the furling torque required for furling a sail being...
7263940 Pontoon frame and adjustable motor mount  
A float structure having a mainframe and pontoons is described. The mainframe includes floor support beams transversely attached to pontoon connector beams. The pontoon connector beams are...
7263939 Simplified elevated sailing apparatus  
An elevated sailing apparatus that extracts traction power from the wind. It operates without the heeling moment (typical of conventional sailboats), which constrains the design and limits the...
7261932 Composite structural laminate plate construction  
A composite structural laminate plate construction comprises two outer metal layers, a form between them and an elastomer layer bonded to the outer metal layers and filling the space between them...
7261607 Hovering inflatable towable water-sport device  
An inflatable towable device capable of both being towed across a surface and to hover over the surface is disclosed. The device includes an inflatable frame and a wing surface that extends across...
7261353 Dividers for reduction of aerodynamic drag of vehicles with open cavities  
A drag-reduction concept for vehicles with open cavities includes dividing a cavity into smaller adjacent cavities through installation of one or more vertical dividers. The dividers may extend the...
7261050 Surfing device  
A surfing device is provided comprising a board-like body having a foam core, an upper side, and a lower side. The foam core is encased in laminate, wherein at least an edge region of at least one...
7258836 Freeze resistant buoy system  
A freeze resistant buoy system includes a tail-tube buoy having a thermally insulated section disposed predominantly above a waterline, and a thermo-siphon disposed predominantly below the waterline.
7258710 Maritime emissions control system  
An Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) includes several Exhaust Intake Bonnets (EIBs) of different size and/or shape, an Emissions Capture System (ECS), and an Advanced Maritime...
7258472 Illuminated rubrail/bumper assembly  
An illuminated bumper assembly having an elongated light source for emitting light rays and an elongated bumper for carrying the elongated light source. The elongated bumper is adapted to allow...
7258301 Personal propulsion device  
The present invention provides a personal propulsion device including a body unit having a center of gravity, where the body unit includes a thrust assembly providing a main conduit in fluid...