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| 7963240 | Catamaran having tubular air scoops A catamaran adapted for high speed travel includes a first and second hull, or vaka, disposed transversely apart from one another and interconnected by an intermediate structure, or aka. First and second elongate air tubes are formed in respective interior sides of ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950340 | Pontoon boat A pontoon boat having enhanced handling characteristics includes a deck, a central pontoon mounted to said deck, two outer pontoons mounted to said deck on respective opposite sides of said central pontoon, and a motor, wherein the central pontoon extends below the ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7743720 | Multihull hydrofoil watercraft A multihull hydrofoil watercraft incorporates a stabilization system wherein the buoyancy of the hulls is used as a sensing and control mechanism for the hydrofoils. The use of hull buoyancy to adjust the hydrofoil lift provides for automatic control of altitude, pi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7677190 | Slotted hulls for boats A boat hull providing substantially enhanced stability, safety and comfort over conventional boat hulls in common use, incorporating at least one relatively narrow, more-or-less vertical slot (23) running longitudinally and/or laterally through the hull of th... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7562633 | Ocean-going vessels Ocean-going vessels having a load carrying module supported from a pair of spaced apart hulls by legs. The legs may be articulated in two places to provide control of the spacing of the two hulls and to control the elevation of the module off the water. Dynamic cont... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7540248 | Kick boat A twin-hulled, single-person, collapsible boat, has a pair of open, canoe-shaped hulls; a removable, collapsible frame connecting the hulls together; and a removable, one-person seat assembly connected to the frame between the hulls. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7536966 | Sectional pontoon boat A modular pontoon boat assembly comprising a railing assembly, a deck assembly comprising a plurality of panels, each of said panels interfitting with an adjacent panel. The deck assembly and the railing assembly are coupled to one another. A plurality of spaced apa... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533622 | Pontoon boat with pod container assembled from above deck surface A container, or pod, is provided for a pontoon boat in which an engine is disposed within the container and the container is supported below the deck surface of the pontoon boat. The container is shaped to prevent its passing completely downwardly through an opening... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7497179 | Quadrapod air assisted catamaran boat or vessel A twin-hull catamaran boat or vessel comprising of four hydrodynamic pod sections connected with a mid-span recess on each hull that receives mechanically inducted gas or air for hull support. Each hull shape of the twin-hull catamaran configuration contains one V-s... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7487734 | Convertible multipurpose recreational assembly A multipurpose recreational assembly comprises a first module having a top side and a bottom side, a first pair of channel members each having a first side and a second side, a first pair of guide members, and a second module having a top side and a bottom side. The... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484468 | Buoyant mount for supporting cinematographic apparatus A collapsible, height-adjustable support device with inflatable floats for mounting articles, particularly cinematographic apparatus, upon and below the water. It is characterized by a central tubular frame (1) with a plurality of detachable support arms (... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7458327 | Planing pontoon boat hull A planing pontoon hull is described including a bow section with separate steep and shallow bow planes separated by left and right displacement guides extending upward from a planar bottom. Forward bow angle, steep deflections angles, displacement angles, and shallo... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7370593 | Windsurfing catamaran vessel An improved windsurfing catamaran type vessel. The illustrated vessel has an improved steering mechanism that includes a relatively stiff but bendable plastic rod that is directly received within one or more guiding passageways or grooves formed in the plastic hull ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337735 | Hybridhull boat system A hull is formed of a forward section and rearward sections and intermediate sections there between. A saloon has a transparent front extending upwardly from the forward section with sides extending upwardly from the rearward sections and a roof coupling the front a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325503 | Watercraft lift A lift for a watercraft has plastic reinforcing brackets which engage in pockets in the thin-walled plastic floatation tanks of the lift and which provide mounting flanges at the top surfaces of the floatation tanks for abutment with mounting pads which connect to t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322872 | Model toy aircraft A model toy aircraft is adapted for remote control operation on land, on the water and in the air. The toy aircraft includes a pair of pontoons spaced apart by a horizontal wing forming a tunnel hull. A tail section is provided including one or more moveable directi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316193 | Vessel for water travel A vessel for water travel that has the stability of a heavy weighted vessel when at rest in the water and the performance of a lightweight vessel when in a planed condition. The vessel comprises at least one hull structure for partially submerged flotation in a body... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311057 | Surface effect craft The present invention relates to a surface effect craft comprising a supporting deck structure having two pontoons mounted thereto in catamaran like fashion. A propulsion mechanism is mounted to a rear portion of the deck structure. A lift control member is disposed... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305926 | Ported tri-hull boat A boat for traveling at speed across a body of water includes a center hull having a vee-shaped bottom with a center planing surface, and an opposing pair of sponsons or ski-like structures attached outboard of the center and extending substantially alongside the ce... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275490 | Shallow draft floating vessel A catamaran-like one piece molded stable watercraft with sloping sides and a graduated sloping channel for supporting an individual and up to 600 pounds of gear without flipping and wherein the watercraft has a draft of no more than 6 inches fully loaded and less th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263945 | Pontoon for watercraft The present invention is directed toward a motorized watercraft. The watercraft includes a pontoon section, a strut section, a deck section, and an optional a canopy section. The pontoon section includes a pontoon to which a housing capable of storing an object is c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263940 | Pontoon frame and adjustable motor mount A float structure having a mainframe and pontoons is described. The mainframe includes floor support beams transversely attached to pontoon connector beams. The pontoon connector beams are operatively connected to the pontoons such that there are no weak points in t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255056 | Stable, high-speed marine vessel A marine vessel that possesses a capability for greater speed than most static-lift craft and is more stable than most dynamic-lift craft is disclosed. The vessel incorporates elements from both SWATH craft and WIG craft. In the illustrative embodiment, the marine v... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249568 | Boat camper A boat camper vessel 10 has a pair of pontoons 12, 13 joined by a bridge 44 that provides the deck of the vessel. A main canopy 22 stores in the bow when not is use. The raised canopy 22 is supported by ribs 220 and it exten... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240632 | Personal watercraft center keel A personal watercraft having improved bottom hull shapes in general, and improved center keel shapes in particular. The center keel can have a substantial section over which the keel angle becomes sharper progressing from front to rear, and the concavities on either... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240634 | Foldable rigid frame attachment system for portable inflatable pontoon boats A foldable rigid frame attachment system for portable, inflatable pontoon boats including first and second inflatable elongated pontoons arranged to be approximately parallel to each other. The pontoons include pairs of upwardly extending strips formed in a longitud... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234405 | Sea rescue craft An apparatus, method and system for rescuing persons and distressed vessels, up to about 50 tons displacement, in foul weather and for transporting loaded full sized truck/ship containers or other loads by water. Two pairs of long straight pontoons, each having five... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231880 | Vessel with a multi-mode hull A ship having a multi-mode hull where the draft, seakeeping, and payload-carrying capacity are varied to match the requirements of the required mission. For example, the ship has a hull with first and second hull portions and with an interconnecting hull structure, ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228811 | Multiply hinged sundeck for pontoon boat An engine compartment cover for watercraft incorporates first and second pivots The cover can be rotated from an adjacent engine compartment in a first direction to a second location to provide a convenient access to the engine from the stern of the watercraft. Alte... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225748 | Stealthy powered catamaran An articulated boat may include a pair of pontoons and a central cabin connected by pair of struts, each pair forming a parallelogram and one or more motors for changing the elevation between the central cabin and the pair of pontoons and for moving the boat through... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213527 | Folding pontoon trailer for all-terrain vehicle A pontoon usable for supporting a load, the pontoon being towable on land and usable on water to support the load thereonto. The pontoon includes a hinge; a first platform attached to the hinge, said first platform including a first substantially buoyant body extend... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207283 | Marine craft Marine craft has a crushable frontal impact protection structure, comprising transverse bulkhead protecting passenger area; longitudinal crushable tubes; and transverse member. Webs and strengthen tubes, which may be made of extruded, heat treated aluminum; stainles... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194972 | Variable-draft vessel A vessel that varies its draft by adopting any one of three primary hull forms or configurations is disclosed. The primary hull forms include: a catamaran configuration, a barge configuration, and a SWATH configuration. The vessel is capable of reconfiguring between... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191724 | Method and system for mission module swapping in a vessel A method for outfitting a vessel such as a water ship for a particular mission includes maneuvering the vessel toward a mission module, capturing the mission module with the vessel, and coupling the mission module to the vessel. Such method allows one to interchange... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191721 | Innovative hull-less naval vessel A hull-less naval vessel includes a platform completely raised from the liquid medium by of rotating floating elements fixed beneath the platform by of ball bearings. Through the lifting effect of the floating elements, the vessel will glide on the liquid surface wi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188576 | Modular deck structure of a pontoon boat A modular snap-tight interlocking deck and process for constructing a pontoon boat with said deck is described. The modular deck includes lightweight planks that snap together using a tongue-in-groove design. Once joined, the planks are inseparable and form a rigid,... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188575 | Watercraft with wave deflecting hull The invention is directed to a watercraft hull design that comprises a hull having a bow, stem, top, and bottom. A wedge-shaped wave spreading system is located at a forward portion of the craft. The wave-contacting surface planes of the wave spreading system are po... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185599 | Jet drive propulsion system for a pontoon boat A pontoon boat is provided with a jet drive propulsion system in which an impeller is driven by an engine. The jet drive propulsion device is dirigible as a result of the fact that a nozzle of the device is rotatable about a generally vertical steering axis. The jet... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182033 | Self-contained marine propulsion system for a pontoon boat A self-contained marine propulsion device is disposed within a container, or pod, that is removably attachable to an undersurface of a deck of a pontoon boat. An engine is contained within the container and connected in torque transmitting relation with the marine p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182031 | Conversion kit for all terrain vehicle The invention offers a conversion kit for all terrain vehicle, which is adjusted for driving both on the terrain and in the water. For that purpose, pontoons to lengthen the front and rear side of the all terrain vehicle have been constructed, the height whereof in ... | 02/27/2007 |
