Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120006249 | Portable Boat A portable boat and related method of manufacture. In one embodiment the boat includes first and second hulls and a deck member, each configured to be securely interlocked to another to assemble the boat. The deck member includes: at least one tenon extending outward fr... | 01/12/2012 |
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| 20110100284 | SPLIT-CONSTRUCTION WATERCRAFT A foot-steered, split-construction watercraft adjustable to accommodate users of different heights and compactable into a transport configuration and having a reversible bow with different leading hull geometries for accommodating different water conditions.... | 05/05/2011 |
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| 20100058971 | Portable boat in nesting sections, with waterproof fabric cover incorporating a stabilizing keel The present invention introduces a small boat (kayak or hybrid kayak-canoe) made in a plurality of nesting sections. It is covered with a waterproof fabric cover, incorporating a stabilizing and flexible keel sewn into it. The boat also has a releasably attachable and f... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100050922 | Portable collapsible boat The invention is a portable collapsible boat comprising one or more rigid cockpit sections, constructed of a material such as fiberglass, attached to a bow section and a stem section, which are constructed of fabric material covering a skeleton of longitudinal stringers... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100043693 | Device at a Transformable Boat The invention relates to a device in the form of a transformable craft (1). It consists of two or three sections held together, a middle part (10) and one or two end parts (stem and stem) (8, 9). When a so-called “Container & Boat”™ forms ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100024709 | TAKE APART WATER CRAFT A water craft comprises two or more sections with mating bulkheads and a tensioning device extending from bow to stem and passing through said bulkheads such that the tensioning device holds the sections together for use on the water. The mating bulkheads have inwardly ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090084303 | Marine Vessel A marine vessel is defined by multiple modular floatation modules, each of which is defined by a float captured in a frame. Plural floatation modules may be interconnected in a variety of configurations to vary the size and shape of the vessel. A deck is supported on th... | 04/02/2009 |
| 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 i... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20070295255 | Sectional pontoon boat A modular pontoon boat assembly comprising a railing assembly, a deck assembly comprising a plurality of panels, each of said panels interfitting with an adjacent panel. The deck assembly and the railing assembly are coupled to one another. A plurality of spaced apart c... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070277722 | Multi-person racing canoe A multi-person racing canoe that can be assembled in sections to make different canoe configurations for different numbers of people. When the sections are disassembled, they pack for storage and/or transportation. A particular embodiment of the present invention uses a... | 12/06/2007 |
