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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D652780 | Flotation apparatus | 01/24/2012 |
| D594807 | Personal watercraft | 06/23/2009 |
| D589429 | Floatation vessel | 03/31/2009 |
| D565496 | Water craft with see-through bottom | 04/01/2008 |
| D559165 | Stackable watercraft floatation dock with rollers | 01/08/2008 |
| D558659 | Stackable watercraft floatation dock | 01/01/2008 |
| D551611 | Floating boat dock extension | 09/25/2007 |
| 7238073 | Inflatable towable float A towable structure is configured to be towed behind a boat while floating above the surface of a body of water. In one implementation, the towable structure has a platform for supporting one or more passengers thereon extending between or otherwise supported by at ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225751 | Connecting link assembly and socket arrangement for assembly of floating drive-on dry docks The present invention provides a connecting link assembly and socket arrangement for assembling modular dock and/or deck elements into walkways, decks and drive-on docks. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| D532360 | Floating drive-on boat dock | 11/21/2006 |
| 7063033 | Stackable watercraft float system A pair of spaced parallel female slots or grooves located on the bottom of a watercraft float enable the pair of spaced parallel male ribs or rails located on top of a float to fit within the slots or grooves on the bottom of another float when the watercraft floats... | 06/20/2006 |
| D521442 | Extended floating drive-on boat dock | 05/23/2006 |
| D521441 | Floating drive-on boat dock extension | 05/23/2006 |
| D510062 | Fishing raft | 09/27/2005 |
| D509470 | Motorized viewing board | 09/13/2005 |
| D506431 | Floating dock | 06/21/2005 |
| D505908 | Pontoon boat with gazebo | 06/07/2005 |
| D505653 | Raft | 05/31/2005 |
| D496624 | Blow molded dock float | 09/28/2004 |
| D492929 | Buoy interconnection buffer | 07/13/2004 |
| 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 |
| 5462001 | Towed watercraft and steering method A pullable, steerable watercraft is operable to be towed behind a power boat of kite. The watercraft has a steering mechanism within the watercraft body, and has a dome-shaped steering control recessed into the top surface thereof. The steering mechanism ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5413066 | Pond boat A light weight and portable pond boat. The boat includes a frame designed to be flexible and readily disassembled. The frame is supported on a pair of inflatable pontoons and can be positioned along their length, without requiring deflation, to adjust the... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5390620 | Floatable dock A dock float having a sealed elongated buoyant hollow housing with at least one longitudinal channel for securing a joist to which decking is supported. A floatable marine dock is constructed by interconnecting two similar floats by securing header boards... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5357895 | Illuminated marine advertising vessel A water borne billboard is provided in the form of a marine vessel designed to accommodate a billboard for display along heavily populated coastlines. The billboard is two-sided, both side being visible to observers on the coastline by either rotating the... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5290196 | Inflatable float device The device includes two inflatable pontoon members (10, 12) and a frame assembly (24) which extends between and is secured to the two pontoon members (10, 12). The frame assembly (24) includes a horizontal seat section (25) and a back section (33) which i... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5239940 | Transportable raft assembly An easy to carry raft of two sections that is folded along a longitudinal, vertical center plane for transporting and storage. A keel is made of either a length of flat, flexible plastic, an elongate, flexible nylon strap secured along the hull of the raf... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5228407 | Rigid inflatable boat A ridged inflatable boat is provided with cavities formed on the out-board side of the hull, between the hull and the surrounding pneumatic tube, whereby fastening hardware intended to either retain the pneumatic tube or above deck hardware, may pass thro... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5170738 | Inflatable boat for scuba operations An inflatable vessel for marine divers having an opening in the fabric bottom or deck to enable divers to board the vessel from the water through the opening without swamping the vessel. No rigid framework is required.... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5154134 | Adjustable seat for inflatable boat having outboard motor A seat for an inflatable boat having an outboard motor, comprising a plurality of telescoping sections movable with respect to each other to permit adjustment of the overall width of the seat, one of said sections comprising a hollow container for storing... | 10/13/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5149118 | All-terrain wheelchair An all-terrain wheelchair comprising a frame constructed of tubular air-filled frame members to enable the wheelchair to be amphibious. A pair of rear drive wheels are rotatably mounted on the rear of the frame and are controlled by ratchet arms operative... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5131348 | Composite hull boat with rigid bottom and inflatable tubular buoyancy element A boat is disclosed including a composite hull with a rigid bottom (2) and an inflatable tubular buoyancy element (3) having a general U shape fixed to the upper edge of the bottom along the front and lateral sides thereof, the bottom having at the rear a... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5125355 | Float A float includes a substantially prismatic hollow body, which is made of plastic and which is provided at its side walls, preferably adjacent to its side edges, with connectors for use in assembling a plurality of such floats. In order to reduce the manuf... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5117775 | Floatation device A floation device includes a molded outer shell defining a hollow interior. The hollow interior is filled with recycled plastic bottles of the type used conventionally for soft drink containers which are molded from a plastic material and include a genera... | 06/02/1992 |
| 5112257 | Multi-use vehicle A multi-purpose vehicle, for use on water and on ice, and having a hull with a generally flat floor, and flotation chambers around the floor, a low friction panel of protective material attachable to the underside of the hull, a frame adapted to be attach... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5076189 | Towed vehicle having an emergency release A towed vehicle includes a button actuated release for releasing the vehicle from a tow rope. The vehicle can be either a snow sled or a water sled, and the release can be automatic as well. The vehicles also include steering systems, and the manual relea... | 12/31/1991 |
| 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 |
