Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789033 | Portable boat mooring system A portable boat mooring system is provided that includes a base removably or non-removably attached to a pier. An arm assembly can extend from the base outwardly beyond an edge of the pier. A mooring line that has a resiliently flexible portion thereof attaches a bo... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7637222 | Mooring device, and method for holding fast a water craft A mooring device is adapted for holding fast a water craft on a body of water. The mooring device includes a base designed for engaging the water craft, and an elongated rigid mooring pole. The mooring pole has a proximal end attached to the base, and a free end ext... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7418913 | Extendable retractable portable watercraft mooring system A kit features two arm assemblies, each of which features a longitudinal member with a padded portion extending from proximate one end thereof toward the other end and a connection at each end allowing horizontal and pivotal motion of the arm assembly about. A metho... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7100527 | Watercraft mooring device A boat mooring device comprises two PVC pipes pivotally joined at a common midpoint to be selectively positionable from a coextensive linear configuration to an X-shaped configuration. Each pipe has a segment of nylon line extending therethrough and secured therein.... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089877 | Standoff mooring bar A standoff mooring bar for a vehicle such as a boat or a floating aircraft featuring an adjustable mooring bar body that is automatically locked at the desired mooring length when a guying rope and a mooring rope are tensioned. This body has an inner cylindrical tub... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7021231 | Vessel navigation and docking system and method A system configured to auto pilot and dock automatically a vessel (108), the system comprising: one or more distance detectors (106): at least one extendable arm (104), the arm including attachment elements (112) located at a far end ther... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007623 | Retrieval and connection system for a disconnectable mooring yoke A mooring yoke and method for using same to connect or disconnect a shuttle vessel to a body, such as an LNG liquefaction and storage vessel (LNG/FPSO). The yoke is pivotably connected at one end to the LNG/FPSO. The other or tip end of the yoke includes a buoyant e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6962122 | Docking apparatus which secures a boat to a pier This invention is a docking apparatus for small boats which secures the boat to a pier without use of ropes and fenders having two dock mounts securely affixed spaced apart to the pier and each having an elongated sleeve. Two docking poles each include a first end a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955134 | Vessel, provided with a gang plank for coupling to an offshore pole structure A vessel provided with a telescopingly extendable gang plank mounted thereon for movement about a vertical axis. A coupling device provided at the free end of the gang plank is adapted to enclose a vertically directed engagement rod on an offshore pole body and thus... | 10/18/2005 |
| 5676085 | Vacuum operated boat mooring device A vacuum operated mooring device consisting of a telescopic and lockable connecting arm, to connect and hold apart at a distance, one boat from another or a boat from a dock. At both extremities of the connecting arm are single and multiple axes connected... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5408946 | Marine vehicle mooring and security device A marine vehicle mooring and security device comprising bow and stern securing mechanisms connected to a mooring structure on one end and to existing boat hardware at the other. The securing mechanisms include extension arms and a secondary support member... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5046442 | Standoff mooring bar for boats A standoff mooring bar for a boat featuring an adjustable mooring bar body that is automatically locked at the desired mooring length when a mooring rope is tensioned. This body has an inner cylindrical tube telescoping within an outer cylindrical tube, a... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5020463 | Arrangement for raising or lowering boats or the like An adjustable davit arrangement is attachable to a pair of pier pilings for raising or lowering a vessel and comprises a first davit mounted on a first pier piling, a second davit mounted on a second pier piling, a rotatable drive pipe extending between r... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4977846 | Boat mooring device A system for mooring boats to docks, consisting of two identical mooring devices, which will accommodate the wide variety of boat hull and dock designs and will prevent damage to boat hulls and docks by maintaining a distance between boats and docks while... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4913078 | Convertible bank anchor and mooring device with locking means for watercraft A convertible bank anchor and mooring device with a locking cylinder is shown for use with watercraft. The anchor has an elongated tube, or pole, having a ball and socket coupling at one end joined to the side of the boat and an inverted, downturned hook ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4899681 | Boat mooring device A boat mooring device is provided having a pair of adjustable-length arms positioned side by side and held in position by an adjustable-length cross member, each of the adjustable-length arms having a connector at one end to connect to a boat and a connec... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4799825 | Oil transfer system An underwater fuel transfer system for the transfer of liquid fuels such as crude oil from an off-shore underwater mooring to a submerged submarine oil tanker. There is provided a berthing guidance and control system including permanently moored acostic t... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4781138 | Standoff mooring bar for boats A standoff mooring bar for a boat featuring an adjustable mooring bar body. This body has an inner cylindrical tube telescoping within an outer cylindrical tube, and a pair of end caps closing the telescoping pair of tubes. A mooring rope extends through ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4708083 | Mooring device for boats A hand-manipulated device for mooring boats to docks, both of the same being provided with cleats, and the device comprising essentially an elongate spacer member having opposite end fittings each provided with an outer edge. These edges are recessed to p... | 11/24/1987 |
| 3974794 | Vacuum actuated ship mooring devices A suction cup assembly mounted on a mount which in turn is attached to a vessel or pier is attached to the pier or vessel and actuated by a vacuum pump or the like so as to make fast the vessel for towing or mooring without the use of the tow ropes or moo... | 08/17/1976 |
