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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762860 | Small object flotation device A flotation device for attachment to a small object to prevent the object from sinking if it is dropped into a body of liquid and for allowing the user to quickly and easily retrieve it. The device comprises a float formed of buoyant material and having a longitudin... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7329163 | Rope-severing device A rope-severing device includes a first sleeve having a first axis. A second sleeve is provided abutting and slideably oriented with the first sleeve. The second sleeve has a second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis are at least one of coaxial and par... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311575 | Buoy and buoy mounting bracket A stackable buoy can be mounted on a U-shaped mounting bracket that can in turn be attached to a panel, such as the inner surface of a boat hull. The buoy includes protrusions molded as part of parallel channels, which receive the two legs of the bracket. Multiple b... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300323 | Linear actuator for flapping hydrofoil A linear actuator is provided that converts linear motion to oscillatory motion. The linear actuator includes flats, a hinge, and linear actuators. A hydrofoil is mountable on a spindle attached to the hinge. In operation, a linear push direction by the linear actua... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7244155 | Mooring line for an oceanographic buoy system A mooring line for an oceanographic buoy system includes four sections. The first section is a protected cable that is connectable to the buoy. The second section is an energy absorbing cable. The third section is a weighted cable. The fourth section is a buoyant ca... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7201624 | Mooring system A mooring system (10) is described for mooring a vessel to a floor portion of a body of water. The system (10) comprises a substantially rigid, elongate support member (12) having a connecting point (14) adjacent an upper end to which a v... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187623 | Underwater data communication and instrument release management system A data communications and underwater release management system for acquiring data from remote positively buoyant instrumentation packages moored underwater through the use of an intervening mechanical release coupled at one end to the buoyant instrumentation package... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186162 | Aquatic amusement toy An aquatic amusement toy including a buoyant body and an underwater member. The buoyant has a housing including an engaging portion, a first protruding shell and a second protruding shell, and the underwater member has a first and second face and a receiving portion... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179145 | Deployable and autonomous mooring system A self-mooring module. In particular, a self-mooring module that may be deployed by air, surface or underwater. The module includes a combination anchor/air brake, a buoy, and a mooring line. The module may also include a sensor module. The anchor, combination ancho... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156712 | Floating debris and weedline marker A marker for marking debris, weed lines and/or other objects floating in a body of water. The marker can consist of a tube, such as a plastic tube having a weighted end such that the marker floats upright in the ocean. Preferably, the marker is coated with a fluores... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140599 | Coupling systems and methods for marine barriers A marine barrier system comprising first and second barrier sections and a coupler system. The first and second barrier sections comprise first and second main flotation members, respectively, and each main flotation member contains buoyant material. The coupler sys... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101248 | Aquatic fun toy An aquatic fun toy for an aquatic game including a buoyant body having an upper and a lower surface and a receiving portion communicating through the upper and lower surface, an underwater member receivable in the receiving portion and a plurality of supporting port... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6960047 | Protection barrier apparatus A protection apparatus protects a harbor or an area in a body of water or adjacent to a body of water. The protection apparatus floats on the body of water, and includes a plurality of barrier units positioned side-by-side, each of the barrier units includes a compo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6855300 | Solute dispersion device A floating device for dispersing a solute-containing solution comprised of a floatation cap in communication with a telescoping assembly having a sleeve for controlling the dispersion of the solute-containing solution is herein provided, as well as associated method... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6848862 | Multi-gimbal marine communication cable to ocean buoy transition interface A multi-gimbal configured transition protectively interfaces a mooring and communication cable to a communication ocean buoy. The transition interface contains a segmented, flexible sheath formed of a plurality of pivotally interconnected gimbal rings having mutuall... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6709304 | Spot marker buoy A spot marking buoy. A flotation body, cylindrical in shape with rounded ends having a groove around the periphery of the flotation body creating a reel with one end of a string attached to the reel and the other end of the string attached to an anchor weight. The f... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6602101 | Loop bottom buoy stick A loop bottom buoy stick having a primary upper section and a primary lower section configured to receive a connector in an eyelet at the distal end of the primary lower section. The lower section includes a fixed section and a flap section adjacent to th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6536364 | Mooring apparatus Disclosed is a method and apparatus for mooring that provides an alternative to the chain traditionally used in mooring installations. It provides a flexible tie member to couple vessels to permanently located anchors which simulates the action of a moori... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6488554 | Mooring device A vertical, flexible, fiberglass pole extending vertically upward from a mooring buoy, the pole having a resilient line holder attached near to the top of the pole. Reflective tape is applied to the pole. The line holder retains a mooring line, which is s... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6463800 | Energy conserving moored buoyant ocean profiler An energy conserving moored buoyant ocean profiler wherein an instrument carrying vertically traversing buoyant member of low buoyancy is interconnected with a second buoyant member of high buoyancy to travel in the opposite direction at lesser distance, ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6206742 | Buoyancy device and method for using same A method and a buoyancy device adapted to impart buoyancy to at least one longitudinal element submerged in water. The buoyancy device is hollow and is preferably made of plastic or a similarly corrosion-resistant material. The device is preferably produc... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6102758 | Near shore spar communication platform The Near Shore Spar Buoy Communication Platform is a semi-stable platform for data collection and retrieval for distances up to and over several miles offshore. It is an ocean-going computer housed in a modified spar buoy which is connected to a shore com... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085628 | Buoyant rope A rope assembly comprises a central rope, which may be composed of nylon, a plurality of flotation elements of closed cell form and buffer elements of open cell form which are disposed between and flush with the flotation elements. A protective layer, whi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5980259 | Dummy for water rescue practice A new dummy for water rescue practice for facilitating the honing by sailors of skills necessary for the successful rescue of a person fallen overboard. The inventive device includes a hollow, air-tight head portion having a top section, a neck section, a... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5902163 | Debris shedding buoy A debris shedding buoy having a float body with a top and a bottom is provided. The buoy includes a slide rail, adapted for slidable engagement to a mooring line, is attached to the bottom of the float body. The slide rail is located in a generally center... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5816874 | Remote underwater sensing station A portable, anchored sensor module for collecting fresh water environmental data over a range of depths, is supported relative to a buoy having a power supply and control circuitry. A depth control housing supports the underwater sensor module. The depth ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5707265 | Streamlined buoyancy package for subsurface moorings A buoyancy package for subsurface instrumented moorings with reduced drag and increased stability is provided with the use of spherical buoyant members enclosed in a pivotally connected streamlined housing. The use of a spherical buoyant member provides a... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5613888 | Fisherman's marker Apparatus for marking a preselected reference point on the water surface of a lake having a bottom surface comprising a float member with parallel top and bottom surfaces and two sides defining a cradle for holding a plurality of turns of fine line. The f... | 03/25/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5449308 | Marker buoy winding apparatus and improved marker buoy used therewith A pair of buoy winding apparatus includes a housing having a pair of opposite end portions and a central cavity defined therein between the opposite end portions and being open at a side thereof for receiving a marker buoy therein, a support shaft mounted... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5411424 | Replaceable buoy cover A replaceable buoy cover or buoy sock includes a tubular, cylindrical sleeve which is closed at a top end by a cap. A lower end of the sleeve is provided with a cinch member. The buoy cover is removably secured to a buoy by sliding the sleeve over the buo... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5387144 | Stabilizer for spar buoy A spar buoy is so arranged that a buoyancy body (1) is provided halfway on a marker mast (2), the lower end of the marker mast (2) being moored to a sinker (7) sunk at water bottom by a mooring device (6) and that the buoyancy body 1 is pulled in the wate... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5364297 | Mooring system for the stationary positioning of measurement devices in currents of water A mooring system for the stationary positioning of measurement devices in currents of water typically has a mooring cable which is anchored to the bottom of the body of water and at least one buoyant device for holding the mooring cable vertically in the ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5347745 | Crab trap float rope stop A crab trap float has a hollow cylindrical center rope-receiving tube. A rope stop has a round cap and a tubular throat which fits down inside the float center tube. Circular ridge lips on the tubular throat hold it in the float. Rope grippers extend inwa... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5315779 | Fish habitat An artificial habitat assembly for fish or other aquatic life includes a series of vertically spaced plates or discs having a specified gravity less than 1.0, which are held adjacent the bottom of a body of water by an anchor and a flexible stress member ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5257954 | Rescue buoy package A rescue buoy package for use on a boat for marking the location of a person overboard and for remaining in that location until help can arrive includes an outer cylindrical tube that is mounted within arm's reach of the ship's helm and an inner cylindric... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5219245 | Recovery system for a submerged instrument A recovery system for a submerged instrument that includes a buoyant member and an electrically promoted magnetic flux diversion device comprising a pair of pole pieces, a permanent magnet disposed substantially centrally between said pole pieces, and a r... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5212939 | Marine mooring swivel fitting A marine mooring swivel fitting for connection into a mooring line is a generally dumbbell-shaped element having a relatively slender elongate neck with outward enlargements at the opposite ends of the neck respectively and a mooring line attachment on at... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5197826 | Offshore gas flare system Apparatus is described for flaring large amounts of natural gas at a location spaced from an offshore production platform. The apparatus includes a spar buoy structure (32, FIG. 1) anchored at a location on the order of 0.1 kilometer from the platform (12... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5188551 | Marker body A marker device for fishermen including a body or flotation portion made from a transparent, plastic bottle. A sheet of brightly colored fluorescent or retroreflective paper lines the inside of the bottle, making the marker highly visible. A threaded cap ... | 02/23/1993 |
