Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421964 | Floating structure in the shape of a concrete cofferdam and a method for moulding the concrete cofferdam The present invention relates to a floating structure comprising at least a closed space (10), a hull in the shape of a concrete cofferdam (12) having an external delimiting surface intended to be exposed to surrounding water, and a function for heatin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7373892 | Production, transport and use of prefabricated components in shoreline and floating structures Novel prefabricated structural components such as precast concrete boxes having forms including rectangular parallelepipeds and hexagonal cylinders are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7351008 | Floating barrier units A number of individual barrier units form a floating barrier wall each comprising a housing formed in the general shape of a highway barrier having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls, and, opposed side walls interconnected to form a hollow interior which i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7261353 | Dividers for reduction of aerodynamic drag of vehicles with open cavities A drag-reduction concept for vehicles with open cavities includes dividing a cavity into smaller adjacent cavities through installation of one or more vertical dividers. The dividers may extend the full depth of the cavity or only partial depth. In either applicatio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7225749 | Turret mooring system for concrete hull vessel A turret mooring system for a vessel which includes a concrete hull and a moonpool which extends generally vertically through the hull comprises a turret which is positioned in the moonpool, an upper bearing substructure which is mounted to the hull proximate an upp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7007620 | Modular ships for transporting and installing precast modular intermodal concrete shapes Novel precast concrete boxes are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and 6,491,473 to form waterfront structures such as seawalls, boathouses and the like. Novel methods of waterborne transpor... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6941888 | Hybrid ship hull A marine vessel which includes a bow section, a stern section and a mid-section, wherein the bow and stern sections are of different hull construction from that of the mid-section which has a curved outer shape; the skin of the hull of the bow and stern sections are... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6009821 | Double bottom hull for tank ship A new tank ship, or an older ship which might not otherwise be economically retrofitted to comply with current regulations, is provided with a double hull requiring essentially no internal steel structural support by distributing and compacting sand in th... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5301625 | Marine construction A concrete vessel is provided with a loading and unloading system, in which the vessel has an inner hull skin which is generally cylindrically curved. An outer hull skin is provided, which is transversally spaced from, and peripherally encloses the inner ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5263428 | Marine construction A monolithic concrete marine vessel hull construction includes an inner hull skin including at least two transversely interconnected, longitudinally, horizontally coextensive hull shells made of vertically slip-formed concrete. Each of these inner hull sh... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5215027 | Floating dock/breakwater and method for making same A concrete floatation module adapted for use as a floating dock or breakwater includes a molded concrete shell and a buoyant core positioned therein to also serve as a molding core. Integrally molded lengthwise extending tubular liners define passageways ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5201275 | Marine construction A marine construction includes a hull for vessel made of concrete. The hull has at least two circular cylinders and additional cylinders either outside the circular cylinders or as interposed cylinder members of triangular cross-section adjacent the at le... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5107785 | Floating dock and breakwater A concrete floatation module adapted for use as a floating dock, breakwater, and the like. The module includes thickened portions of concrete extending lengthwise in a concrete shell preferably in the corner portions of the shell. The shell surrounds a bu... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4715307 | Concrete marine float and method of fabricating same A marine float for use in conjunction with a concrete floating dock system and methods for manufacturing the same. The float consisting of a buoyant core of expanded polystyrene foam supporting a textured deck of standard aggregate concrete and surrounded... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4568522 | Synfuel production ship A vessel, vehicle or aircraft is self-equipped with means for producing and storing synthetic fuel generated from the synthesis of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Energy for the synthetic fuel production is obtained from an on-board nuclear reactor.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4548153 | Buoyant concrete foundation and method therefor A bouyant foundation comprising a substantially unitary concrete hull defined by bottom, side and end walls; at least one partial bulkhead wall disposed generally normal to and spanning the bottom wall and having a height less than that of the upstanding ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4426949 | Method for making elongate cast construction on the sea Floating dock for making elongate, cast concrete constructions by producing in sequence sections of the construction in a drainable work chamber. The dock has a base and a pair of permanent upstanding sides facing inwardly towards each other provided with... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4327656 | Floating docks Floating dock for making elongate, cast concrete constructions by producing in sequence sections of the construction in a drainable work chamber is disclosed. The dock has a base and a pair of permanent upstanding sides facing inwardly towards each other ... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4318361 | Lightweight concrete marine float and method of constructing same A lightweight concrete float having a concrete shell surrounding either a hollow or buoyant foam core. The shell includes a deck surrounded by integrally formed, downwardly projecting side walls of sturdy but relatively heavy standard aggregate concrete a... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4263862 | Lightweight marine structural concrete system The construction of marine vessels comprised of light-weight re-enforced concrete embodying built-in buoyant elements such as closed-cell foam cores, structural steel rods, tendons, and the like, wherein the inner and outer concrete skins are composite wi... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4258090 | Method for the protection of concrete in sea water A new method is disclosed for treating a concrete surface to be used in cact with sea water to prevent fouling of the surface, which comprises the steps of: (a) fluating the concrete surface with an aqueous solution of a compound selected from the group ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4226203 | Floatable concrete pallet for lifting and bearing heavy loads A pallet having a precast, prestressed concrete grillage superstructure including layers of elongate elements, each successively higher layer being transverse to the layer below it for heavy load bearing objects such as an industrial processing plant. The... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4014177 | Marine pier having deeply submerged storage container A vertically-elongate monolithic pier body comprises: A deeply-submerged compartmented closed container or container group; A near-surface control chamber system; A deckwork carried above highest wave level; A load-carrying column and wall system extending in part throu... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4011826 | Marine vessel with vertical annular walls A marine vessel for storage or transport of cargo employing a honeycomb sandwich panel system of concrete construction applied to open or closed deck vessels comprising a plurality of vertically extending annular walls formed monolithically with the hull ... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4003327 | Monolithic ship's body of steel concrete or prestressed concrete A monolithic ship's body is formed of a hull containing bulkhead partitions disposed in a hexagonal arrangement to form a grid symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the hull. The partitions are formed integrally with the hull. The junction between th... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3977350 | Tank ship, especially liquified gas tank ship The tank ship is made of monolithic reinforced concrete and is formed with two symmetrical, longitudinal chambers for tanks, and an intermediate space for the operating mechanisms thereof. The massive reinforced concrete slabs which form the ship are rein... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3974789 | Floating structures including honeycomb cores formed of elongate hexagonal cells A tug vessel and a plurality of transport modules connected together in a chain, each including a honeycomb core formed of an array of hexagonal cells (preferably formed of reinforced concrete), are disclosed. The modules and, if desired, the tug vessel a... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3951085 | Floating structure arrangement An arrangement for providing a floating structure in which triangular modules are formed from flat slabs of ferrocement interconnected by rods which are bent to provide a triangular shape, the rods being interconnected at the portions between the slabs to... | 04/20/1976 |
