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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7156033 | Inflating aircraft flotation device A flotation device for maintaining an aircraft in a floating and stable condition is provided. The flotation device comprises at least one flotation bladder mounted to the aircraft and an inflation mechanism for inflating the flotation bladder. A method for maintain... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6984452 | Composite steel structural plastic sandwich plate systems A composite structural laminate plate suitable for building maritime vessels or for building civil structures such as double hull oil tankers, bulk carriers, barges decks for roll-on roll-off ferries, orthotropic bridge decks or for building any structural applicati... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6630249 | Composite steel structural plastic sandwich plate systems A composite structural laminate plate suitable for building maritime vessels or for building civil structures such as double hull oil tankers, bulk carriers, barges decks for roll-on roll-off ferries, orthotropic bridge decks or for building any structura... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6343562 | Canoe and kayak mid-point sponsons safety Canoe and kayak mid-point sponsons attach to the canoe or kayak only at the mid-point of the sponsons, to enable the sponsons to rotate around the midpoint in order to reduce drag in waves and simplify attachment and detachment to the canoe or kayak, whil... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5778813 | Composite steel structural plastic sandwich plate systems A composite laminate panel suitable for building containment vessels, and in particular, suitable for building double hull oil tankers. The laminate has two facing metal layers structurally bonded to a polyurethane elastomer core. The laminate is used in ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5617806 | Device for securing a collision guard to a vessel The invention relates to a device for allowing securing of a collision guard to a side of a vessel. A vertically oriented post is fixedly attached to and extends upwardly from the collision guard and has an upper part which is received in a gap formed bet... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5357888 | Emergency floatation system for a water craft An emergency floatation system for a water craft including an elongated inflatable buoyancy tube positioned within an interior volume defined by a contour molded cover whose perimeter is sealingly mated around a somewhat flat base member against the hull ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5353727 | Collision guard for a vessel The invention relates to marine vessels equipped with collision guards made in the form of a fender module secured to the exterior surface of the hull and supported thereby. The module, which can be one or more in number, is filled with lightweight buoyan... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5337693 | Internal liners for oil tankers or barges to minimize oil spills This invention relates to flexible internal liners for reducing the amount of oil spilled by oil tankers due to groundings, collisions, and other major accidents. The liner comprises a flexible oil-resistant impermeable plastic or rubber, which preferably... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5277145 | Transom for a boat A boat hull includes a stern section known as a transom which comprises an outer transom wall, an inner transom wall spaced apart from the outer transom wall, and a core of syntactic foam comprising a plurality of microspheres encapsulated in a resin inse... | 01/11/1994 |
| 4867094 | Flotation system A method of making a boat comprises moulding a hull (6) with an external longitudinal recess (7), securing a folded inflatable bag (8) within the recess, and fitting a cover (9) into position over the recess such that it can be blown clear thereof when th... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4843992 | Air tube protected by belts The cylindrical shape tube consists of a pressure valve and a safety valve. Whether the tube's contents be made of metal, expandable or non-stretchable materials, it has the ability to retain low air pressure. For safety purposes, any excess air pressure ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4802435 | Safety boat assembly A safety boat assembly which includes air bags, a breathing device, a tubular pole containing a dense material, safety belts, a gravity on/off light switch, and a view finding window disposed therein for improving buoyancy and stability and for reducing t... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4788925 | Hollow body with flexible envelope A hollow body which has a flexible envelope and can be pressurized from inside by a pressure medium, the envelope consisting of a foam material, preferably neoprene, with closed cavities whose volume can be altered by changes in the pressure medium to cor... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4520746 | Flotation collar An inflated flotation collar is formed around at least part of the hull of a boat by positioning a longitudinal inflatable member along at least part of the length of both the port and starboard sides of the hull. The terminal portions of the member are s... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4472149 | Ship A water-going vessel propelled via a plurality of parallel sets of two underwater turbines disposed along the underside of said vessel, with each turbine mounted on respective retractable struts. A plurality of sets of turbines extend from respective turr... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4035546 | Strippable anti-fouling covering for marine structures A strippable covering for protecting marine structures from fouling in contact with water which comprises a sheet-like water-insoluble base prepared from a synthetic, thermoplastic polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl acetate... | 07/12/1977 |
