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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7845296 | Marine lifting apparatus A catamaran lifting apparatus is disclosed for lifting objects in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second vessels that are spaced apart during use. A first frame spans between the vessels. A second frame spans between the vessels. The frames ar... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7527006 | Marine lifting apparatus A catamaran lifting apparatus is disclosed for lifting objects in a marine environment. The apparatus includes first and second vessels that are spaced apart during use. A first frame spans between the vessels. A second frame spans between the vessels. The frames ar... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7121767 | Rugged foam buoyancy modules and method of manufacture A buoyancy module comprises a multi-layer outer protective shell that has an exterior surface and an interior surface. A first layer of foam buoyancy material is located adjacent to the interior surface. A second layer of foam buoyancy material that includes macrosp... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6857821 | Device for lifting a seagoing construction such as a drilling rig, provided with lifting members running mutually parallel A device for lifting a seagoing construction such as a drilling rig, which device comprises one or more floater bodies, one or more beam-like lifting members supported movably on a floater body and running parallel or practically parallel to each other, wherein the ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6843191 | Device and method for raising sunken objects A device and method for raising sunken objects such as crates, small boats, vessels and ships including a platform equipped with winches to lower down a basket net and a frame supporting a cryogenic apparatus to the vicinity of the object. The cryogenic apparatus is... | 01/18/2005 |
| 5795103 | Oil tanker and method for recovering oil from submerged oil tanker A system for recovering petroleum products such as oil from a sunken oil transportation vessel. The system includes first and second flexible conduits communicating with the oil-containing compartments. The conduits are released upon the vessel becoming s... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5775390 | Apparatus for extraction of a fluent material from a container Apparatus for extracting fluent material from a container, for example to remove oil or toxic fluid from a submerged or sunken container, e.g., a tank in a sunken ship, has a device for locating (29) and securing (21, 27) the apparatus against a wall of s... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5516235 | Method and apparatus of raising objects from the sea bed A flexible envelope, of fabric, plastic sheet or similar material, is made buoyant by being filled with water of lower salinity than the surrounding medium, and used to lift loads underwater. The lift can be generated in situ by pumping water into the env... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5351637 | Inflatable sailboard A novel stable inflatable or inflated sail board is provided. The sailboard includes a plurality of discrete, gas-fillable or gas-filled, elongated chambers, each chamber having a top skin and a bottom skin, each chamber, when inflated being sufficiently ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5235932 | Submersible dock and dump mechanism Mechanically cooperating assemblies on an undersea vehicle and an instrumation target assure the making of a rigid coupling for passing electrical, optical or fluid information between the vehicle and the instrumentation and reduce the complexity of such... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5120099 | Submersible grappling device A submersible grappling system is designed for retrieving objects, such as, golf balls from the bottom or floor of a body of water and is made up of a tubular housing, a bladder at one end of the housing, finger-like retrieval elements at the opposite end... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5031555 | Neutral buoyancy device A neutral buoyancy device, (NBD), includes a lift volume container, load suspension straps, control mechanism, handle, self-closing intake and exhaust valves and valve actuators. A high pressure air source is provided by attaching a pressure cylinder to t... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4979451 | Under water air lift utility bag In a lift device used by divers to bring objects from the bottom to the top of a body of water, this invention eliminates the need for a second bag. This is accomplished by combining the lifting and the carrying bag into one unit. The bags are combined in... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4690087 | System and method for raising sunken vessels A method and a system for raising a sunken vessel by positioning cryogenic piping around and within the sunken vessel so that an ice mass forms integral with the vessel and the vessel is raised to the surface of the water by action of the buoyancy of the ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4686920 | Cradle type boat lifts A boat lift for a berth having permanently positioned piles in pairs spaced apart a distance sufficient to permit the boat to be berthed thereat to move between the paired piles while in the water includes a cradle having fore and aft transverse members u... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4658745 | Collapsible salvage drum and method A salvage apparatus is provided which includes a bellows type drum contai. The container includes a flexible skirt which is generally tubular with top and bottom ends. The container further includes a pair of rigid plates, one of the plates being sealabl... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4338874 | Inert gas supply and salvage system for oil tankers An inert gas supply system suitable for salvaging a damaged oil tanker comprises an inert gas generator (1), a pressurizing blower (5), piping (3, 12), at least one combined purge pipe, pressure indicator and pressure vacuum release device (4) and at leas... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4284110 | Apparatus for transfer of fluent materials from one container to another Apparatus for transferring fluent material such as a liquid or gas from a chamber in which it is contained into a receiving chamber, at least one of said chambers having rigid metallic walls and being inaccessible for the use of conventional transfer mean... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4154185 | Submersible apparatus for evacuating seawater from suction-type work-handling gripper members A light-walled portable casing, filled with a hydraulic fluid, contains a gh-pressure water pump driven by a hydraulic fluid-driven motor. An externally-carried, suction-type gripper member engages the work object. Pumping evacuated seawater from the enga... | 05/15/1979 |
