Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334764 | Anchoring device for fixing elements of a particular type on a flat surface The invention concerns an anchoring device (1) for fixing elements of a particular type on a flat surface (3), preferably tensioned, such as shrouds, riggings, cable. The device is in the form of two mutually secured plates (3, 4), one (3... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7096696 | Scuba tank lock assembly A locking device comprises a locking plate having a first aperture to receive a cable lock, a second aperture having a slot extending therefrom, and a flat attachment cable having one end fixedly attached to the locking plate which is sized to be insertable into the... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6974134 | Folding handle assembly for a vehicle A handle assembly that pivotally mounts a handle adjacent to an opening of a vehicle includes a bracket and an end portion or cap portion of a handle. The end portion and bracket engage one another to substantially secure the handle in either an in use position or a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966205 | Scuba tank lock assembly A scuba tank locking device includes a cable lock and a locking plate having a first aperture sized to receive the cable lock and a second aperture having an elongated slot extending therefrom. A key-operated tumbler lock is tangentially adjacent the second aperture... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6719497 | Subsea anchor line connection method and connector for use therein A method of mooring a vessel to a subsea anchoring element (1) connected to the seabed, and comprising a chain section (3) which is not longer than half the water depth, and which is at or near its free end provided with a coupling member (4), i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6663320 | Anchor line connector An offshore construction includes a floating body (1), at least one anchor line (2) for connecting the floating body to the sea bed, the anchor line being connected to the floating body via a flexible top part (4) which is attached to a connector (5) on t... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6647911 | Temporary boat dock latch A temporary boat latch for use on a surface having spaced boards. The latch having a rod connecting a first crossbar having a length greater than the distance between the spaced boards and a width less than the distance between the spaced boards to an att... | 11/18/2003 |
| 5740751 | Mooring line hook It is common practice for pleasure boaters to moor their craft to fixed and buoyed moorings by securing a line from the vessel to a ring attachment on the mooring. To accomplish this normally requires one person standing at the bow to capture the ring on ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 4899680 | Boat mooring device and method of using same A boat mooring device, and a method of using it, includes a first shank member, having an axial protuberance thereon and three integrally connected cross arm members, and a second shank member having an axial protuberance thereon, a pair of parallel space... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4706594 | Boat mooring line guide and holder A line guiding and securing system for guiding a line thrown from a boat down into a securing device fastened to a piling or seawall. Device has a pair of arms that reach upwardly and outwardly to form a V shape that guides the line to a central channel. ... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4297963 | Mooring device A device for example for securing a boat to a dock having spaced boards. The device comprises a body having a shaft and an elongated head secured transversely to one end thereof. A plate is mounted on the shaft for slidable movement thereon towards and aw... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4190011 | Boat mooring apparatus A boat mooring apparatus comprising two main units, namely, a boat mooring line apparatus and a boat mooring cleat apparatus, used to releasably secure a boat to a mooring post. The boat mooring line apparatus constitutes a mooring line of a given diamete... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4114553 | Mooring device and cleat A device for mooring marine units when attached to a wharf or which serves as a cleat when mounted on the deck of a boat. The device comprises a hollow yieldable plastic or preferably metallic tubular anchor element with open ends at opposite ends of a bo... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4109603 | Boat mooring apparatus A Boat Mooring Apparatus, comprising two main units -- a Boat Mooring Line Apparatus and a Boat Mooring Cleat Apparatus -- used to releasably secure a boat to a mooring post. The Boat Mooring Line Apparatus comprises a mooring line of a given diameter wit... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4095548 | Docking and mooring device A device for docking and mooring a boat including an elongate member having a series of convolutions formed therein to provide a continuous convoluted surface. When a throwline having an enlarged end portion is engaged with the convoluted surface, contact... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4082054 | Docking and mooring device for a boat A device for docking and mooring a boat including a line secured on one end to the boat, a connector secured to the other end of the line, and a guide unit disposed proximate the docking area having a trap for engaging the connector. A method for docking ... | 04/04/1978 |
