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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421970 | Access devices for inflatable and other boats Equipment for entering and exiting boats is addressed. Generally, the equipment is in the form of “divers' doors” for inflatable or similar boats. However, unlike existing inflatable doors, the doors discussed herein need not necessarily inflate. Instead, they m... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7357688 | Floatation apparatus and method A portable floatation apparatus comprising a platform, a ramp, and a buoyancy structure non-removably attached to the platform. At least one buoyancy structure may be removably attached under the platform to adjust the buoyancy of the floatation apparatus. The platf... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7314398 | Floatation system including life raft A floatation system for attachment to a helicopter landing skid includes a girt dimensioned to be attached to a landing skid and a plurality of floats attached to the elongate girt, wherein the plurality of floats are adapted to be converted from a packed configurat... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7115010 | Floatation system including life raft A floatation system for attachment to a helicopter landing skid includes a girt dimensioned to be attached to a landing skid and a plurality of floats attached to the elongate girt, wherein the plurality of floats are adapted to be converted from a packed configurat... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6941887 | Boat with perimeter float, particularly a pneumatic life raft The boat is delimited around its perimeter by a float closed upon itself and comprising at least two superposed floating fender sections. The lower fender section is longer than the upper fender section and extends locally beyond the upper fender section towards the... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6375529 | Reversible life raft and method therefor The present invention is an inflatable, reversible life raft with a raft body including upper and lower inflatable, peripherally disposed bladders defining a closed geometric shape. The raft body also includes upper and lower inflatable masts in pneumatic... | 04/23/2002 |
| 5921830 | Aviation auto-inflatable life raft The present invention involves an inflatable life raft for use in an aircraft. The life raft comprises an air providing device, a floor, a buoyancy tube, and a canopy. The buoyancy tube is disposed about the floor. The canopy protects survivors located on... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5540178 | Recreational and emergency ladder for watercraft A recreational and emergency ladder for use with watercraft, the ladder having side supports, rungs and an attachment mechanism. The ladder assists the user to reenter a watercraft without the assistance of another person. The ladder may be stored in a co... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5421757 | Rescue raft A rescue raft that includes a buoyant, elongated floor and a pair of parallel air chambers or pontoons on each side thereof is disclosed. Together, the floor and the parallel flotation members possess sufficient buoyancy to prevent the raft and a victim t... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5152245 | Floatable ladder device A floatable device having a ridged body containing a plurality of tie points near the edge and a substantially central orifice. Several bodies may be tied in series to form a ladder for ingress and egress of boats. The body may be filled with closed cell ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 4971315 | Under-deck mounted retractable diving board A retractable diving board which is mounted on the underside of a platform or deck, preferably in the front of a pontoon boat, so it may also serve as a gangplank. The under-deck mounting of the retractable diving board leaves the deck surface uncluttered... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4828520 | Modular liferaft A modular liferaft wherein the canopy, canopy support, floor pads if any, boarding ramp and at least one ballast are detachably attached to a liferaft hull and floor assembly. Modular construction facilitates maintenance and repair and may reduce the cost... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4765438 | Boat platform ladders Platform and ladder combinations for the transom of a boat have a platform unit and a step unit that may be moved between a use position with a step thereof immersed in the water in which the boat floats and a storage position where the step is located ab... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4747797 | Man overboard retrieval apparatus A life buoy 1 in the form of an inflatable ring with a floor 10 has a textile, invert cone keel 11 filled with water and held open by a ballast mass 14. Around the keel hangs an open mesh textile sea anchor 25. Steps 18, braced 20 to the keel, assist a ma... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4738642 | Slidable mounting board for small water craft Disclosed is a small power-driven water craft of the type whose body is composed in the main of longitudinal two parts, the deck and the hull, with a standing platform in the deck at its rear portion and a stearing handle in front of the platform. In the ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4729335 | Flotation assembly A floating dock, swimming platform or the like can use airbags, foam or other flotation material held within plastic frames which may be foldable for storage or transportation surfaces upon a car top or the like.... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4723929 | Inflatable life rafts An improved life raft with inflatable tubes having a boarding ramp attached to such raft wherein the raft is inflated by a hose interconnected by a coupling means and via a second hose to the raft such that the pressurized life raft chamber inflates the b... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4598904 | Water trampoline A water trampoline includes a buoyant inflatable base formed from a plurality of individual buoyant chambers interconnected to define the support for the trampoline. A rigid support frame consisting of an assembled plurality of individual legs is removabl... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4572330 | Ladder for boarding small boats A boat ladder for boarding an inflatable pontoon boat, dinghy or similar small craft of the type having opposed generally parallel gunwales. The ladder has two generally parallel ladder supports, each with a first end bendable across one of the gunwales. ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4054961 | Stabilizing device for an inflatable raft An inflatable life raft has an inflatable hose surrounding it, pairs of oppositely arranged, flexible straps tightly interconnecting the hose with the raft and each sloping outwardly of the raft and toward the hose.... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4001905 | Improved stabilized survival raft A stabilized life raft utilizing a fluid filled depending buoy chamber for overall stabilization and including as improved features thereon a peripheral skirt chamber which fills with the raft supporting fluid upon deployment of the raft and serves as a t... | 01/11/1977 |
