Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267590 | Recreational boat having twin electric trolling motors A recreational boat comprising a boat hull having a bottom and a top deck. Formed in the bottom are two spaced apart elongated cavities that extend substantially the entire length of the boat. Disposed in each cavity intermediately between the front and rear of the ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6345582 | Outrigger apparatus A outrigger apparatus for connecting a pontoon to a canoe and placing a platform therebetween. The outrigger apparatus includes a pontoon portion. A coupling means couples the pontoon portion to a canoe. The coupling means includes a pair of bars. Each of... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6311632 | Portable pontoon craft A pontoon water craft includes a pair of spaced apart, floatable, cylindrical, hollow pontoons. A mainframe is mounted between the pontoons having three horizontally spaced apart arcuate shaped harness members extending from each end of a cross bar member... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6135042 | Sailing craft A sailing craft that includes an elongated central tubular frame structure, a left outrigger assembly attached to the forward left side of the central tubular frame structure, a right outrigger assembly attached to the forward right side of the central tu... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6112692 | Dual hull kayak The invention relates to dual hull kayak, with a one piece elongate moulded body of a continuous outer membrane enclosing an internal cavity. The kayak body has two lateral side walls and a concave bottom wall joined laterally with a bottom edge of each s... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6085678 | Water vehicle The water vehicle has two parallel surfboards arranged with a distance between them, connected to one another with the help of a frame. The two legs of the frame arranged in the direction of travel have flexible elements, and the frame forms a diagonally ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6000353 | Solar powered raft with guidance system A pontoon raft having a hand controlled steering mechanism and solar cells for powering an outboard electric motor. The raft has an adjustable lounge chair located between the pontoons, for supporting an occupant in a seated or reclined position.... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5870966 | Folding pontoon boat A folding pontoon boat to be typically used by one person. Consisting of a semi flat midsection which pivots about it's center axis. A plurality of pontoons are attached to the starboard and port sides of the midsection. Said pontoons pivot beneath the mi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5784977 | Pontoon for watercraft An improved, planning pontoon boat has first and second spaced apart, elongated pontoons which exhibit a bow end and a stern end relative to the boat. A lower surface of each of the pontoons exhibits two intersecting planar members which terminate adjacen... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5692450 | One man fishing vessel A one-man vessel ideally suited for fishing includes a pair of rigid support pontoons that are interconnected by cross-frame members to provide a solid base from which a number of accessory components are mounted. A seat with a foldable back is supported ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5649498 | Dual-hulled kayak A dual-hulled kayak useful in white water recreational activities is disclosed and includes a rigid frame structure that carries a plurality of oar pins to support oars on each side of the frame structure. The dual-hulled kayak is capable of supporting tw... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5567188 | Jet powered water vehicle The invention relates to a hydro-jet powered water vehicle having a jet motor and a seat for a passenger, the seat being provided with means for the feet of the passenger. The vehicle is designed so that, when it does not carry any load, the floating cent... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5540604 | Aquatic vehicle with articulated steering The steering of a human powered pontoon aquatic vehicle is improved by arranging the pontoons in three articulated sections. The forward and aft pontoon sections are rotated in reciprocal directions with the forward sections being rotated in the direction... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5490471 | Raft for wheelchairs A raft for wheelchairs includes a pair of elongated floatable pontoons which are fixed in spaced apart parallel relationship by forward and rearward cross-members. A pair of channel members are mounted between the cross-members, in spaced apart parallel r... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5441454 | Water totter A water teeter-totter is provided having a seating member for two or more persons. The seating member is pivotally mounted to a floating, buoyant support member, such as one defined by a pair of pontoons. The seating member is rockable relative to the flo... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5360357 | Self-propelled watercraft A small self-propelled watercraft having a main hull and an outrigger hull that is powered by a fin like oar arrangement. The main hull seats the rider and provides the substantial portion of the buoyancy for the watercraft. The fin like oar arrangement i... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5349918 | Modular twin hull boat The modular boat has an improved assembly which is more compact when disassembled and is more solid when assembled. The boat comprises two side cockpit members, a transverse bow member, a transverse stern member and a middle member covering an opening bet... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5086721 | Lightweight transportable watercraft A lightweight transportable watercraft includes a pair of pontoons disposed in spaced side-by-side relation to one another, a stool straddling the pontoons and extending over the space between the pontoons, and a pair of separate mounting bracket assembli... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5074233 | Collapsible one-man pontoon fishing raft A collapsible fishing raft comprising pontoons and a seat which, when secured to the pontoons, maintains the spaced relationship between the pontoons.... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5011441 | Pedal operated water cycle A main body member is supported by transverse supports on a pair of pontoons. The main body member supports an operator's seat, a cargo rack, a pedal drive propeller assembly, and a rudder. The main body member has longitudinal slots in its surfaces that ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4986202 | Light dropkeel boat with sliding means to control the transverse balance thereof A light sailboat is provided with a transversely disposed sliding rail which extends from one side of the boat to the other. The sailboat is also provided with a seat which slides freely along this sliding rail.... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4854257 | Yacht tender/boarding vessel There is herein described an improved boarding device for swimmers, divers, and the like, in the form of an invertible catamaran vessel which serves as a yacht tender in it's upright position and as a boarding device for swimmers in it's inverted position... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4836298 | Boat of the catamaran type, propelled mechanically A boat of the catamaran type, which is mechanically propelled, preferably by means of an outboard motor comprises two floasts, which are advantageously identical, coplanar and parallel, and a seat of the motor which are maintained rigidly together. Two tr... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4827859 | Boat A fishing boat has two pontoons connected by a panel. The boat is made of expanded copolymer, preferably a mixture of polystyrene and polyethylene. The bottom of the panel is above the water line when the boat is carrying a normal load. A motor mount is c... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4768454 | Folding wheeled boat A compact portable folding boat comprising a mid section with a wheel coupled to the front of the mid section. The boat has sections hinged to each side of the mid section which fold up over the mid section for storage. The boat can be rolled on the wheel... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4730571 | Pontoon boat A pontoon boat that includes a pair of pontoons, a chair, a parallel linkage system for maintaining the pontoons in spaced apart parallel relationship and mounting the chair for movement between a position the chair seat is at a higher elevation than the ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4700648 | Propelled pontoon chair A recreational and therapeutic propelled pontoon chair. The invention fundamentally comprises a pair of pontoons in fixed spaced relationship with each other. A chair for maintaining a user is positioned between the pontoons with a drive and power source ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4662298 | Handicap trap seat A handicap trap seat for use with catamarans or other sailboats utilizing pontoons and a support frame extending therebetween which minimizes the likelihood of the user's being injured or sliding out of the trap seat while sailing.... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4537144 | Propelled water craft A propelled water craft which is generally characterized by a twin pontoon barge having a generally flat deck, a pair of seat pedestals mounted on the deck and carrying rotatable, folding seats, and further characterized by port and starboard variable spe... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4493658 | Paddle boat A paddle boat having a steerable rudder, a seat, a chain driven pedal actuated paddle assembly and storage areas above deck associated with the seat and wheel housings. The paddles can be either synchronized or unsynchronized so that both paddles are eith... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4480568 | Propelled pontoon chair A recreational and therapeutic propelled pontoon chair. The invention fundamentally comprises a pair of pontoons in fixed spaced relationship with each other. A chair for maintaining a user is positioned between the pontoons with a drive and power source ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4459116 | Screw propelled water saddle A screw-propelled, water saddle for ride on a water surface. This water saddle is supported by two parallel floats, properly spaced apart and joined by at least one emerging cross-member. A central bar or tubing is fixed parallel to the floats at the midd... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4323352 | Cerf cycle A craft for travel upon a water surface, the craft including a frame mounted upon two spaced apart pontoons, a windshield, a two passenger seat, and a foot powered mechanism mounted on the frame, the mechanism including propellers mounted on foreward-rear... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4318700 | Paddle wheel operated watercraft A watercraft has two pontoons interconnected by framework which supports a propelling unit adjacent its bow end. The unit includes a paddle wheel between the two pontoons with exposed pedals to be engaged by the feet of a seated occupant. A rudder is atta... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4315475 | Knockdown catamaran A watercraft for use by an individual, for fishing, general recreational or other purposes is disclosed. The craft is formed from a pair of elongate pontoon-type floats and a detachable frame interconnecting the floats in laterally spaced relationship. Th... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4311108 | Propelled water craft A propelled water craft which is generally characterized by a twin pontoon barge having a generally flat deck, a seat pedestal mounted on the deck and carrying a rotatable, folding seat, and further characterized by port and starboard variable speed, reve... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4303033 | Portable pontoon boat Pontoons are formed from elongated bodies of flotation material enclosed in rigid, channel-shaped housings and assembled in spaced relationship to each other by assembly rods extending through the pontoons and a platform member intermediate the pontoons. ... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4295236 | Pontoon boat A relatively small watercraft typically used by one or two persons includes a pair of spaced and usually parallel pontoons, each of which consists of an elongated body of closed-cell foamed plastic such as polystyrene. A load-distribution truss is provide... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4271549 | Connection means for a knock-down boat A relatively small watercraft includes a pair of spaced and usually parallel pontoons. A personnel station extends generally between and above the two spaced pontoons. A structural frame of tubular members or bars supports the personnel station; the tubul... | 06/09/1981 |
