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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7506606 | Marine payload handling craft and system A marine handling craft and system is intended for use in deploying, inspecting and receiving vessels and payloads to and from locations on, under, over or near water and wet soils in potentially turbulent aquatic or atmospheric conditions. The marine handling craft... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7293521 | Hydraulic transom lift Devices, apparatus and systems for raising and lowering watercraft such as personal watercraft, jet skis, inflatables from transoms on boats, from bulkheads and from docks, and for raising and lowering other types of vessels. A single actuator such as a fluid operat... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7237503 | Protective platform for a boat A protective platform is disclosed that includes a panel that moves from a first position to a second position. In the second position, the protective platform may protect swimmers from the rotating propeller of the boat and provides a way for swimmers to enter and/... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223142 | Marine rescue assembly and a method for rescuing an individual A marine assembly which obviates the need for a rescuer to enter the water 500 to rescue an individual 400, and which includes a containment portion 14 which is generally semi-cylindrical in cross-section and which has a first firm portion 12... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7069874 | Davit-launched life raft Life raft (1) launched by davit (7) and comprising for this purpose hanging means (4, 5) able to be held in a hook (6) suspended from the davit (7), this raft (1) being fitted out with equipment comprising at least one load ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6904864 | Controlled lifeboat deployer A control system to control the descent of a seafaring vessel, such as a lifeboat, into water is disclosed herein. The control system, and an accompanying method, control the descent speed of the seafaring vessel to minimise the possibility of setback after splashdo... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6672242 | Vessel The vessel includes a lifeboat, a housing positioned at the side of the vessel and defining a recess in which the lifeboat is stowed, hatch access to the lifeboat from a boat deck of the vessel, and an element for deploying the lifeboat from its stowed po... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6626126 | Davit device A davit device (20) is arranged suspended over an associated boat (123) onboard a ship (25) or similar vessel. Horizontally, telescopically displaceable davit arms (121, 121) can move the boat (123) from a parking position to a launching position, and vic... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6474256 | Dinghy lift A dinghy lift for mounting to a boat beneath a swim platform. The dinghy lift includes a pair of space-apart lift mechanisms that are mounted to the stern beneath the swim platform. The lift mechanisms do not extend outwardly beyond the swim platform and ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6357380 | Lightweight rescue boat davit A SOLAS-compliant rescue boat davit for storing, launching and retrieving a rescue boat. The rescue boat davit has an A-frame lifting arm that supports the rescue boat in a stowed position and rotates approximately 20° about the base of the A-frame to as... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6178914 | Method and an arrangement for launching and taking aboard a raft The invention relates to a method for launching and taking aboard a floating device (6) at a ship (1) under way. Said floating device (6) is arranged in and connected to a cradle (4) which is floating as such and open at the back. Said cradle hangs in a f... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6123045 | Boat docking line holder A device for dock storage and boat accessible retrieval of a boat docking line is disclosed which provides safe and convenient means of docking and undocking a boat. The device generally comprises a pedestal that is fixedly attachable to a dock and an arm... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5342230 | Water survival device A water survival device has an inflatable liferaft and a pressurized gas bottle packed in a container. The container has a first waterproof compartment containing the liferaft and a second waterproof compartment containing the pressurized gas bottle. The ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5261347 | Sailboat davit A sailboat davit connectable into the ground adjacent a seawall, water's edge or other like supportive objects for lifting and lowering a small sailboat. The device includes an elongated upright support member having a radially outwardly extending boom co... | 11/16/1993 |
| 4964358 | Small boat hoisting apparatus and method A small boat or dinghy rigging mechanism is provided advantageously designed to permit the expeditious recovery, hoisting and stowing of a small boat or dinghy in an upright position at the stern of a main vessel. The apparatus of the invention is devised... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4961398 | Davit assembly A davit assembly for use in supporting a vessel in either of two alternative positions, comprising a generally upright frame and a vessel support arm pivotally attached to the frame for movement between a first position where a first portion of the suppor... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4832210 | Boat lift A boat lift assembly wherein the use of a conventional cable system has been replaced with a screw drive assembly. The screw drive assembly eliminates all the safety hazards which accompany a cable operated system. Additionally, the use of aluminum compon... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4627377 | Davit device A platform for a small boat or the like is pivoted to the free end of a pair of arms which are pivoted at their opposite ends to a larger boat such as a yacht. The arms are controlled by an hydraulic jack and a second hydraulic jack is arranged to drive o... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4586453 | Launching apparatus for boats Apparatus for launching a lifeboat, rescue craft or like small craft from a marine platform or other vessel in a bows-out heading comprises a boom mounted on the vessel that deploys outwardly as the boat is lowered and that carries a bow line releasably a... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4436180 | Method and a device for pivoting an accommodation ladder A method and a device for pivoting an accommodation ladder from a stowing position on a ship's deck to an active position outside the ship's side by means of at least one davit (17) and a pulley (21) for the operating wire (22) of the ladder, said pulley ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4406244 | Launching and recovery apparatus A launching and recovery apparatus for a lifeboat, rescue launch or like small boat fitted to a ship, floating or fixed marine platform or other vessel which is controlled by a single fall comprises a launching and recovery cradle 7 from which a boat can ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4148465 | Portable winch stand A portable winch stand can be easily mounted on a boat, dock or other required facility. The winch stand is useful for raising heavy boat anchors, and the like, can easily be assembled for use, and can be compactly folded and stored.... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4129910 | Launching system for inflatable raft An inflatable raft in the deflated condition is stowed in a container attached to a platform adjacent a launching davit. The raft has a girt releasably connected to the container for stabilizing the raft during inflation and loading. The edges of the plat... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4081084 | Casing handling system A casing handling system is disclosed which includes a pair of spaced davits provided with a gear type track upon which a traveling crane assembly is movably mounted. The crane assembly includes a trolley movably disposed on each davit, a motor driven spr... | 03/28/1978 |
