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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110132245 | CNT-TAILORED COMPOSITE SEA-BASED STRUCTURES An apparatus having a composite sea-based structure with a first carbon nanotube infused material and a second carbon nanotube infused material. The first and second carbon nanotube infused materials each having a range of carbon nanotube loading selected to provide dif... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110030603 | Reconfigurable ocean-going vessel The vessel includes a hull, a main deck on the hull, and a superstructure on the main deck. The vessel may further include a lower deck below the main deck and bulkheads within the hull crossing the lower deck.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100282152 | MEGA YACHT MAST TRACKING SYSTEM WITH ARTICULATING SAIL FEEDER Disclosed is an articulating sail feeder that solves problems associated with furling and reefing sails on yachts, particularly large yachts. The inventive sail feeder includes hinge tracks arranged in articulating column that bends and rotates freely, but limits the ax... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20080190476 | Retractable solar panel system A retractable solar panel system, which includes a plurality of solar panels, and a system for extending and retracting the plurality of solar panels. The plurality of solar panels can be configured to be attachable to a nautical stay, wherein the stay is fixed at one e... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080184923 | Brace for mounting of shrouds on the hull of a sailboat Brace for mounting of shrouds (13, 14) on the hull of a sailboat by way of a fixed mounting device (22), such as chain plates, has a through-going bore (20) for reception of a crossbolt (21), which is attached to the mounting device (22 | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080156242 | Foldable Mast Assembly for a Sailing Vessel As one non-limiting example, a foldable mast assembly for a sailing vessel is provided. The foldable mast assembly includes a lower mast section; an intermediate mast section having a lower end foldably coupled to an upper end of the lower mast section; an upper mast se... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080141918 | Trailerable Sailboat with Mast Raising Method Important design features and methods of launching a trailerable sailboat are described. The trailerable sailboat is designed to allow transportation on overland highways and to provide a simplified method of raising the mast without the need for a crane.... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080092793 | Storable, sickle-shaped sailboat mast utilizing constant curvature and a curved mast extension A sailboat mast including a straight lower portion and an arcuate upper portion. The arcuate upper portion has an aerodynamically efficient cross section designed to reduce drag. At least the arcuate upper portion is free to rotate with respect to the boat's hull in ord... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080078316 | TURBINE-INTEGRATED HYDROFOIL A turbine integrated within a hydrofoil extracts energy from a free-flowing motive fluid. In the preferred embodiment, the turbine is of the crossflow variety with runner blades coaxial to the width of the hydrofoil. The foremost edge of the hydrofoil comprises a slot c... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070240622 | Gate type vertical elevated mast A vertically elevated gate mast with open front that is divided into multiple sections and is assembled section by section from bottom to the top. The first section is an integrated structure, and 2nd to nth sections are divided into a left part and a right p... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070144423 | Masted vehicle The invention relates to a vehicle, such as an amphibious land and water vehicle or terrestrial vehicle comprising, vehicle sides; a seating deck where passengers are seated (preferably having capacity for at least 20, 30, 40 or 50 passengers); and a mast connected to t... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070095267 | Sailing boats A mast (1) is in the form of an egg-shaped closed loop that extends abeam of a hull (7). A main spar (2) is supported on the mast (1) and extends upwardly from a lower, fore position on the bowsprit (4) to a higher, aft position above ... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20060236910 | Masthead control system A masthead control system and method are provided for a sailing vessel to reduce the number of cables running inside the mast to a single coaxial cable carrying power, control and data signals, and VHF radio signals. The coaxial cable connects an antenna directly to a V... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060219144 | Telescoping mast having variable height locking and a chain erection mechanism with a cable management system A telescoping mast for supporting and raising a load may be telescopically extended by a zipper-action chain extension system further comprising a system for the management of one or more cables, such as power or communication cables traversing the length of the mast, a... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20050252432 | Extendable sailboat mast An apparatus and method for use to raise and lower a sailboat mast are described. A channel (101) in a base (103) complements and is capable of receiving a guide (105) of a mast (107) that is slideably mounted inside the base (103). A ... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050204984 | Carbon masts A carbon mast includes a tube which is made from, for example, a pre-impregnated material and which is produced by filament winding or pultrusion. The tube (1) remains sealed by gluing the pieces for attaching the different elements that equip the mast thereto, i... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050016429 | Mast and method of manufacturing a structural member for a boat A mast for a sailboat and a method of manufacturing the mast or other structural member for a boat, which is produced in a female mold. Any augmentation of the deflection resistance of the structural member is provided by fabric-resin fabric added to the interior surfac... | 01/27/2005 |
