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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7200887 | Bridges assembled from ocean-mobile pontoon bridge modules A bridge for long, deep water crossings is supported between spans by narrow, transverse, semi-submersible pontoons. The pontoons are oriented to present minimal cross section to tidal currents under the bridge. The pontoons are pivotally attached to the bridge allo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7137350 | Catamaran with extending platform carried by the underwing and an extending deployable ramp carried by the extending platform A catamaran has a pair of spaced-apart pontoons, each having a forward tapered end and a rearward end. An underwing is affixed to the pontoons and spans therebetween. A platform is pivotally connected to the underwing forward end and/or rearward end and conforms to ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7062811 | Collapsible bridge and method of making and using same A collapsible bridge has two track girders constructed as truss girders with a triangular cross-section. A chord profile is provided at each triangulation point and two corners of the triangular cross-section are situated at the same level with the third corner situ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048465 | Method of routing and diverting traffic This invention relates to routing or directing at least a portion of traffic from a tract of land, and particularly to land adjacent a body of water. The method of routing of diverting traffic comprises first identifying a tract of land where a road is needed and id... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6907838 | Floating structures Floating structures are provided. The floating structures are suitable for use as floating runways for aircraft, floating roadways, and supports for other facilities. The floating structures include a deck and one or more pontoons attached to the deck. The pontoons,... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6874192 | Pneumatic construction or bridging element The structural or bridge element is constructed from a sheath (1) made of textile fabric, preferably of low extensibility, which is covered in an airtight manner with a flexible plastic. Secured longitudinally within the sheath 1 are a plurality of tex... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6857155 | Automatic level-control floating apparatus An automatic level-control floating apparatus supports a pontoon bridge, a floating floor or another superstructure floating on the sea, where the height of tide or the sea level varies. It is difficult to maintain the level of such a superstructure, which the float... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6381792 | Modular foam floating bridge A floating modular bridge has a plurality of modules of two types. Most modules are flexible fabric envelopes having a parallelogram profile that attains shape and strength when filled on site with a rigid foam that is injected into the envelope. The othe... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6167582 | Floating bridge A floating bridge includes at least two pontoons adjoining one another in a longitudinal direction of the bridge. Each pontoon includes two outside floats and at least two inside floats hinged together in a transverse direction of the bridge. Each float i... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6000358 | Beaching bow for floating platforms and watercraft A beaching bow for use on watercraft, water vessels and landing craft. The beaching bow has a substantially wedge shape, and is connected to the watercraft by a flexible hinge joint near a top surface. The beaching bow includes a center of buoyancy forwar... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5967694 | Portable roadway and method of assembling same In accordance with the present invention, a roadway for supporting vehicular traffic and which can be used over a wide variety of terrains comprises a network of interconnected modular components for supporting a road bed over which vehicles can travel an... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5649333 | Rapid articulated pontoon bridge The articulated pontoon floating bridge arrangement comprising plurality of pivotably interconnected pontoon modules. The actuation means installed inside of each module facilitate rapid folding and unfolding operation. Pontoon modules when unfolded in ex... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5535696 | Composite boathouse A composite structure suitable for a floating or portable dwelling composed of a plurality of units connected together by loose connections to links usable for being walked on.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5495631 | Bridge module A module for constructing a modular bridge suitable for use in both a dry span and a floating role comprising a buoyant structure having interconnection apparatus for connecting the module end to end to an adjacent similar module to form a bridge and havi... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5390620 | Floatable dock A dock float having a sealed elongated buoyant hollow housing with at least one longitudinal channel for securing a joist to which decking is supported. A floatable marine dock is constructed by interconnecting two similar floats by securing header boards... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5263217 | Swing bridge for the spanning of watercourses The swing bridge for the spanning of watercourses, defined by a first bank and by a second bank on which there are tracts of road surface, is constituted by a first mobile plane restable, at its first end on the said first bank and is supported, at its ot... | 11/23/1993 |
| 4990114 | Inflatable rescue ramp The invention provides an inflatable rescue ramp having a pair of spaced inflatable tubes which join at one end to define a bow. A flexible web is mounted between and connects to the tubes at outside seams. That is, the web passes under each tube and is a... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4833750 | Ramp section for collapsible floating bridge or ferry The invention relates to a ramp section or assembly for a collapsible floating bridge or ferry. The ramp section comprises two inner and two part outer float elements, connected together by joints. The two parts of the float element are, according to the ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4742590 | Bridging kit A bridging set for use by infantry personnel for the passage of water obsles. The set comprises at least one bridge unit, a float adapted for connection to a bridge unit from below and a roller unit adapted to support loosely a bridge unit. The bridge un... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4730574 | Collapsible pontoon A pontoon includes a plurality of side-by-side arranged buoyant bodies articulated to one another to allow the pontoon to be placed in a collapsed or in an extended state. Each flanking buoyant body has a bottom face sloping upwardly in an outwardly direc... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4722108 | Bridge arrangement A temporary or permanent bridge is constructed to enable transportation across a waterway. In wartime such a bridge constitutes a bombing target. The object of the present invention is to draw attention to said bridge by creating one or more false bridges... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4662019 | Method of erecting a cable stayed bridge A cable stayed bridge is constructed as having approach deck spans and at least one cable stayed deck bridge section assembled as a unit by employing the deck surfaces of the approach spans as in situ work surfaces for erecting equal deck lengths of the u... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4628560 | Expandable portable bridge structure A transportable pantograph truss bridge structure. The pantograph truss is in the form of an inverted triangle with deck sections incorporating gratings utilized as parallel tracks for wheeled vehicles. The bridge is suitable for rapid deployment in milit... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4621385 | Amphibious vehicle that can be used as an independent ferry and able to form a pontoon bridge An amphibious vehicle, which can be used as a water-crossing ferry or can be assembled with other such vehicles to form a pontoon bridge, includes a hull section hinged to two ramp sections. The hull section includes two lateral inflatable floats, having ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4604962 | Modular floating dock There is disclosed an interlocking assembly for floating dock units of quadrangular section, comprising eye lugs, outwardly projecting from the four corners of the floating units. The lugs are superposable one over the others at the junction of four adjac... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4590634 | Marine transfer device Disclosed is a marine transfer device (10) having a ramp (18) which is connected at its inboard end to a stationary offshore platform (14) by a mount assembly (28) that allows the ramp to pivot about horizontal and vertical axes and restrains torsional ra... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4561376 | Transportable pontoon A foldable, multi-hull pontoon suitable for use in bridging or as a ferry, has a sequence of trapezoidal hull plates (1) successively hinged to one another at their parallel edges so as to fold in concertina fashion, alternate pairs of the plates being mu... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4493284 | Pontoon for floating bridges and ferries A pontoon assembly for floating bridges includes four pivotally interconnected articulable floats providing a pontoon assembly having a folded and an unfolded position. Each of the floats is generally rectangularly shaped. In the unfolded position the pon... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4488833 | Rapidly deployed assault vehicle surfacing or trackway system A transportable modular assault vehicle water egress and bridge access/egress surfacing or trackway system wherein a plurality of rectangularly shaped planks or sections are joined by flexible hinge members and can be folded accordion fashion and suspende... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4487151 | Floating highway The present invention is a floating highway unit which has a structure which facilitates both removal from linkage in a series of units forming the highway, provides for simple alignment of the units during assembly, and also allows vertical movement caus... | 12/11/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4413369 | Automatic device for lap-joint engagement of two bridge elements on intrados or extrados and bridge element comprising it The present invention relates to means for the lap joint connection of two bridge elements to each other on intrados or extrados, the lower bridge element being capable of becoming the upper element and vice versa. A first bridge element according to the ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4411037 | Automatic device for lap joint connection on the intrados or extrados of two bridge elements and method for the carrying out thereof The present invention relates to means for lap joint connection of two bridge elements to each other on extrados and intrados. Each bridge element comprises at least one flap (2) on the extrados and one flap (3) on the intrados, a means (6, 9, 10) for the... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4411036 | Transportable bridge A transportable bridge comprises two parallel trackway girders 2 interconnected by articulated decking members 3 which permit the bridge to be contracted in width for transportation upon a launcher vehicle 20. The bridge is loaded in an inverted position ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4406564 | Breakwater A transportable submerged breakwater is described. The breakwater includes a pair of vertical parallel concrete walls spaced apart from each other. The walls have floatation cells containing buoyant means. The walls have a density slightly less than that ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4393533 | Device for lap-joint engagement of two bridge elements on intrados or extrados and bridge element comprising it The present invention relates to means for connecting two fixed or floating bridge elements together. A first bridge element comprises at least two retractable studs (1, 2) oriented obliquely with respect to the surface of the element, one on the intrados... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4386441 | Folding pontoon arrangement A folding pontoon arrangement comprises one, or preferably two pairs of pontoons. The pontoons in each pontoon pair are mutually, pivotably connected about a hinge line at the upper side of the pontoons. One of the pontoons of each pair has a chamber situ... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4355431 | Bridge element A floatable bridge element for briding obstacles, especially bodies of water. Automatically latching coupling elements are provided along one longitudinal side and along both end faces in such a way that the bridge element can be widened with a further, i... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4337545 | Bridges for providing access from a water-borne craft to the shore A ship to shore bridge is movable between a stowed position in which it is received in a recess formed in a quay face and effectively forms a continuation of the quay face along the length of the recess, so that the quay can be used in normal manner, and ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4319375 | Device for folding the spans of a bridge for transport on a vehicle A transportable bridge unit has bridge spans located side-by-side and held apart with a space between the spans by crosspieces which include spars connected heightwise to the bridge spans and to a central transverse web in a manner that enables the spans ... | 03/16/1982 |
