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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171869 | Automated water safety apparatus An automated water safety apparatus is disclosed including, a spray device, a sensor, a container, a processor capable of sending and receiving signals, and a liquid substance that becomes a buoyant solid when released from the spray device, wherein the water safety... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7650845 | Device for protecting a boat hull A device for protecting a boat hull has an inflatable element with a deflated state, in which the element can be positioned either inside or outside of the boat hull. When located outside the hull, the inflatable element is operatively connected to an inflation/defl... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7644673 | Emergency encapsulated lift system A buoyancy lift system having an inflatable bladder with a tether stowed inside a canister secured to a vessel. A sealing member is slidably received within canister and secures to the inflatable bladder. Pressurized gas forces the sealing member and bladder outward... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7523713 | Use of floatation material to support a vehicle in water This invention gives the directions for the design and building of a vehicle which will be supported in water by the installation of a Floatation Material. The design is so that the vehicle, occupants, and cargo will be supported so that the vehicle will come to res... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7412939 | Emergency buoyancy system A system is disclosed for providing emergency buoyancy to a vessel in response to a flooding condition in one or more vessel compartments cause by external explosion, collision or projectile damage. The system may comprise one or more flexible inflatable bags dispos... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7344377 | System and device for improving the performance of a water skier in a slalom course A method, a system and a device used within such enhances the repeatability and overall performance of a person skiing through a water ski slalom course. The device is a series of markers positioned on the side of a ski boat which markings can be readily viewed by a... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337744 | Boat safety float An aquatic vessel safety device, comprised of a set of automatically inflatable water-tight inflatable flotation bladders, attached to the hull of any aquatic vessel or boat capable of being quickly inflated when the aquatic vessel is in danger of being sunk or caps... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7287482 | Flotation safety device for vehicles An emergency flotation device includes water-proof housings that are secured to a selected portion of the vehicle such that the housings are mounted medially of the vehicle's tires. Selectively inflatable flotation bags are operably coupled and permanently conjoined... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7255617 | Personal watercraft incorporating capsize-recovery facilitating structure, and method of using same A personal watercraft can be rotated in a correct direction of rotation when the personal watercraft has been overturned, and can thereby be restored to a normal, upright position. The personal watercraft includes a vessel body, an engine, and an exhaust system. The... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246566 | Combination surface and submersible watercraft A modular watercraft capable of both surface and submersible accommodation and transport of passengers. In one embodiment of the submersible watercraft of this invention, the hull comprises air bladders, thereby avoiding the engineering complexity, weight and cost o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7156033 | Inflating aircraft flotation device A flotation device for maintaining an aircraft in a floating and stable condition is provided. The flotation device comprises at least one flotation bladder mounted to the aircraft and an inflation mechanism for inflating the flotation bladder. A method for maintain... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7093556 | Inflatable self-righting kayak safety device A device that mounts onto the front of a kayak to assist in righting the kayak after it rolls over. It consists of a small mast that is attached to a hinged base. An inflatable bag is attached to the top of the mast along with equipment to inflate the bag. A lanyard... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7069873 | Watercraft with inflatable stabilization ring Watercraft with a solid hull and a solid outer side, where a recess extending essentially in a horizontal plane is formed in the outer side of said watercraft above the water line, in which recess an elastically deformable safety element is permanently installed, wh... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7040938 | Armored foldaway inflatable floating device Disclosed is an AFIFD mounted on the front surface and both side surfaces of an amphibious vehicle to provide additional buoyancy. The AFIFD allows safe swimming of the amphibious vehicle, provides rapidity through automated folding and unfolding processes. The AFIF... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025580 | Method and apparatus for lining a conduit Method and apparatus for installing a liner material into a host conduit such as, e.g., a sewer pipe, hydrocarbon pipeline, gas line, water line, industrial chemical pipe, or a saltwater line. The liner material may include a compression liner and/or a preliner that... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6881108 | System for preventing an automobile from being immersed in water The present invention relates to a system to float an automobile on water. The system comprises holder assemblies, a detecting sensor, a pneumatic system, envelopes, a propulsive system, and a steering system. The holder assemblies are fixed on the beams of the auto... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6845726 | Inflating watercraft flotation device A flotation device for floating a watercraft is provided. The flotation device comprises a cover releasably secured to the watercraft. A first collapsible tubing is positioned between the cover and the watercraft for removing at least a portion of the cover. At leas... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6830004 | Inflating watercraft flotation device A flotation device for maintaining a watercraft in a floating condition is provided. The flotation device comprises a mounting plate mounted to the watercraft with the mounting plate having a first cover channel, a second cover channel, a first bladder-retaining slo... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6814019 | Inflating watercraft flotation device A flotation device for maintaining a watercraft in a floating condition is provided. The flotation device comprising a cover releasably secured to the watercraft. At least one directing bladder is positioned between the cover and the watercraft. At least one inflata... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6802274 | Inflating watercraft flotation device A device for floating a watercraft in a body of water with the watercraft having a water line is provided. The device comprises an inflatable first flotation bladder mountable adjacent the waterline and an inflatable second flotation bladder adjacent the first flota... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6758158 | Unsinkable vessel system A system for making closed vessels unsinkable. The separate parts of the system are at least one air compressor, a compression chamber, a compressor/propeller clutch, at least one airbag, heating elements, and a diameter restrictor/gauge track. Additional features o... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6612256 | Combination boat and distressed boat flotation apparatus and related methods A combination boat and distressed boat flotation apparatus, a distressed boat flotation apparatus, and methods of installing and using a boat flotation apparatus are provided. The combination preferably includes a boat including a boat hull and a pluralit... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6550415 | System to keep any type of vessel afloat in case of a leak A system to keep any type of vessel afloat in case of entry of water or capsizing by means of providing an unfolding mechanism of inflatable flotation and stabilization elements through the outside of the hull of the vessel, including a variety of devices... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6526900 | Amphibious vehicle having an inflatable pontoon An amphibious vehicle having inflatable pontoons disposed in recesses formed in the vehicle body. The inflatable pontoons retract into the recesses when deflated to reduce the overall width of the vehicle to below the maximum allowable width for a road ve... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6484656 | Automatic inflating boat flotation device A flotation device for maintaining a watercraft in a floating condition is provided. The flotation device comprises an elongated housing mounted to the watercraft. A carrier is slidably received within the housing with the carrier having a first and secon... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6470818 | Automatic inflating watercraft flotation device A flotation device is provided comprising a carrier mounted to the watercraft with the carrier having a first cover channel, a second cover channel, a first bladder retaining slot, and a second bladder retaining slot. A space is defined between the carrie... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6435125 | Float switch activation assembly A switch system for automatically activating a mechanism such as a gas or fluid supply, an electrical switch, or chemical process is provided. The switch system comprises a float housing and a float slidable within the float housing with the float slidabl... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431108 | System for keeping afloat any type of boat in case of a leak A system to keep any type of vessel afloat in case of entry of water, by means of providing inflatable flotation elements through the outside of the hull of the vessel, including a variety of mechanisms that are activated automatically when a water level ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6347970 | Deployable recovery system for snowmobile and rider An improvement in a snowmobile comprising an inflatable bladder in an initial folded and un-inflated conditioned, operably connected to the frame of the snowmobile by at least one flexible strap and operably connected to an inflation medium controlled by ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6343562 | Canoe and kayak mid-point sponsons safety Canoe and kayak mid-point sponsons attach to the canoe or kayak only at the mid-point of the sponsons, to enable the sponsons to rotate around the midpoint in order to reduce drag in waves and simplify attachment and detachment to the canoe or kayak, whil... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6327988 | Ship with a protection system making it unsinkable A watercraft, e.g. a passenger vessel, a ferry, a hazardous-substance freighter or the like, with a deck and with a buoyancy chamber in the deck, it being the case that, in a first operating state, the buoyancy chamber contains air, is characterized in th... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6070546 | Snowmobile flotation device The invention provides a flotation device for a snowmobile including a plurality of preferably self-contained air bag modules having inflatable bladders affixed to the exterior of a snowmobile and adapted to inflate when a water detection device such as a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5546886 | Craft with rigid tubulars, having watertight, non-communicating compartments A water craft includes a rigid tubular hull structure corresponding to the structure of inflatable tubulars of known rubber dinghies. Preferably, the hull is made of polyester reinforced with glass fiber, plastic or metal. The external shape of the tubula... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5421283 | Lightweight boat construction A lightweight boat construction in which the main body is formed of top and bottom sheets of lightweight floatable plastic material. The sheets are configured externally to provide the desired external boat configuration when the sheets are superimposed a... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5255624 | Sailboat mast floatation device An inflatable mechanism for attachment to the top of a sailboat mast to counteract turtling (complete rotation of the boat into an inverted position where the mast is pointed straight down into the water) during a capsize. The device functions by producin... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5215031 | Protect a boat A protection device for a boat having a rigid hull with a waterline, gunwale and a cockpit is provided. The device consists of a first inflatable bumper mounted to the rigid hull about the gunwale, which will absorb impacts to the hull when the boat is pu... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5150662 | Snowmobile flotation system Disclosed is a flotation system designed to be incorporated into an existing snowmobile and including a plurality of floats which may be inflated either selectively or automatically. The device is intended to be incorporated into a snowmobile which is use... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5135325 | Emergency boom for use on a tanker A water pollution containment device comprises a number of uniform assemblies joined to adjacent uniform assemblies around the periphery of a liquid cargo carrying vessel such as an oil tanker. The uniform assemblies each include a skirt which is joined t... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5113779 | Flotation device for a combat vehicle Disclosed is a self deployed, self retracting flotation device for a land hicle, the device including covers hinged to the sides of the vehicle. Inflatable air bags are attached to the covers so that inflating the bags swings up the covers and subsequentl... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5095843 | Storage and buoyancy device for small watercraft Several embodiments of hull configurations for small watercraft wherein the gunnels at the side of the watercraft are raised and provided with sealed storage areas that increase the buoyancy of the hull and which can be flooded for assisting in re-entry.... | 03/17/1992 |
