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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303452 | Kayak paddle with safety light A kayak paddle safety lighting system incorporated into a kayak paddle that may serve as a set of illumination or running lights more effective than current deck mounted running lights. The lighting system includes an operational switch located in the handle of the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7054230 | Locator device for submerged structures Locator device that can be used to aid in the recovery of or to provide positional information about a structure that becomes submerged. The locator device for submerged structures consists of one or more modules. Each module can be customized to incorporate one or ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6850152 | Non-flammable land and sea marker A flameless and smokeless marker attracts attention to a site. A battery and electronics section has a battery module and electronics module. The battery module connects power to the electronics module for creating responsive power-activation signals. An inflatable ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6592416 | Target for naval gunfire A floating target for naval gunfire. The target includes an inflatable buoyant superstructure with a drogue chute attached to the periphery of the bottom of the superstructure. The drogue chute, when in use is well underwater. The drogue chute is an open ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 5454742 | Radar reflective buoy and method of manufacturing the same A radar reflector buoy is disclosed comprising a unitary molded inflatable hollow body with an enlarged or thickened portion which is used to attach the buoy to an anchor. The thickened portion includes a mount for an internal staff and corner radar refle... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5362267 | Solar powered buoy A solar powered lantern device is visible even without a beacon under reflected light and can be easily color coded to conform to the marking requirements of a new location. The lantern device includes a housing, a lighting element supported by a luminesc... | 11/08/1994 |
| 4579536 | Floating search and rescue inflatable pyramid A pyramid constructed of upstanding inflatable beam members extending from an inflatable base upwardly to an apex. The inflatable base carries an integral sea anchor depending therefrom, comprising an inflatable cross tube carrying a centrally depending i... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4573933 | Floating search and rescue inflatable pyramid A pyramid constructed of upstanding inflatable beam members extending from an inflatable base upwardly to an apex. The inflatable base carries an integral sea anchor depending therefrom, comprising an inflatable cross tube carrying a depending inflatable ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4501564 | Luminescent foam floats and method Luminescent or light-emitting floats, such as seine floats, molded from pore-forming resinous compositions which contain an effective amount of a luminescent or phosphorescent pigment. The present floats contain the light-emitting pigment not only at the ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4475476 | Signal staff for a person in the water A signal device for indicating, by day or by night, the location of a person adrift on the surface of a body of water, consisting of a vividly colored inflatable tube made of thin, flexible but nearly inextensible material, provided with a one-way valve f... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4416509 | Universal reflector of electromagnetic waves mounted on a float The subject of the invention is the universal reflector of electromagnetic waves mounted on the float which in any position reflects electromagnetic waves back to the source of the emission, that is, to the receiver. The reflected electromagnetic wave has... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4312600 | Traffic barricade A traffic barricade or marker comprises a base in the form of a conventional pneumatic vehicle tire having a pair of substantially vertical flexible plastic tubular posts upstanding from the tire upper sidewall from aperture means located diametrically ac... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4281427 | Warning and signalling device, especially for maritime purposes The present warning and/or signalling device is intended to provide radar signal reflections for locating a ship or an aircraft wreck or reflected warning signals when sensing the approach of a vessel, such as a submarine. For this purpose a radar reflect... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4230063 | Inflatable automobile warning reflector An inflatable automobile warning reflector device, usable also as a floatation buoy, comprises an inflatable triangular body formed of three tubular sides joined at their ends to define a triangle. The front faces of the tubular sides forming the triangul... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4102296 | Marine safety signal device A marine safety signal device includes an elongated line member, wherein one end of the line member is secured to a boat. A radar detectable element and a balloon element are secured to the other end of the line member. A mechanism is included for inflati... | 07/25/1978 |
| 3965234 | Method of making radar reflective buoy A method of making a seamless, hollow, spherical fishing buoy of thermoset resin, preferably cross-linkable polyolefin, by rotationally molding the same without vent holes or openings in the buoy. A 3-plane, rigid, corner cube radar reflector is mounted i... | 06/22/1976 |