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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175492 | Unitary reel marker buoy system A buoyant assembly has a central reel and end rings. The central reel has a central support section with end sections. The end sections of the central reel are coupled to the end reels. The central reel and end rings are fabricated from a buoyant elastomer. A line h... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6955574 | Shackle pocket buoy A buoy for tethering a vessel has a pocket that retains a fastening device below an outer surface of the buoy to protect the vessel from contact by the fastening device. A method of manufacturing the buoy utilizes a processing line that molds elements of the buoy in... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6791490 | Integrated dive flag/float and GPS navigation system for scuba divers A SCUBA diving flag/float assembly is used to support a GPS antenna on the surface of the water for use by divers in performing underwater navigation. An associated GPS receiver is integrated with a dive flag line take-up mechanism such as a spool or SCUBA diving li... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6786784 | Child's safety swimwear Safety swimwear with an automatically retractable buoy secured in a manner not interfering with play in and out of the water, the float providing no buoyancy for the child but having sufficient buoyancy to remain on the surface and thus serve as an aid in locating t... | 09/07/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6527605 | Child locator buoy An automatically retractable buoy secured to the trunk of a child in a manner not interfering with play in and out of the water, the buoy providing no buoyancy for the child but having sufficient buoyancy to remain on the surface and thus serve as an aid ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6431931 | Reversible weighted float A reversible, weighted float, useful as a fishing bobber or marker buoy, comprises a buoyant sphere with first and second connectors fixedly attached on either end of its polar axis. The first and second connectors having eyelets at the distal ends thereo... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6123593 | Rust proof buoy marker A highly visible container protected polyurethane foam flotation buoy, with a transparent polycarbonate housing enclosing a plastic line spool which is supported by a stainless steel axle which has a stainless steel rewind handle, with nylon roller, and a... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6086439 | Adjustable depth marker buoy An adjustable depth marker buoy for marking a spot beneath the surface of water. The buoy includes a float for floating on the surface of the water and a reel assembly disposed in the float. The bottom wall of the float has a weight depending therefrom th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5947780 | Apparatus for marking a spot in differing depths of water A marker for use by boaters to mark spots in a body of water includes a water-tight, hollow cylindrical main body that floats and which serves as a buoy member. The main body is capped at its opposite ends by end caps that are apertured. An elongate hollo... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5865656 | Marker buoy with self deploying anchor A small, lightweight, reusable marker buoy is provided for marking a selected location on a body of water. The marker buoy has a buoyant float formed with an upwardly open well within which is mounted a rotatable anchor line spool. A conduit directs ancho... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5782663 | Line tending marker float A line tending device includes a clutch hub that controls the paying out or extension of a line when the line is under tension. The clutch hub includes an O-ring around a hub outer surface and under which the line extends. The O-ring permits the line to e... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5766049 | Anchor monitor and retrieval buoy This nautical buoy is used to monitor the surface projection of a deployed anchor by floating above the anchor. This is accomplished by a connecting tether-line (16) from the buoy to the trip-eye of an anchor (48) attached using a shackle (18). As the anc... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5676576 | Submarine deployed sea-state sensor A submarine deployed sea-state sensor includes an elongated housing having nose cone and an aft end. The housing having a forward buoyant chamber for receiving an accelerometer and for causing the sensor to be buoyed up to the surface, where it will there... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5640922 | Hands free dive flag connector The present invention is a hands free dive flag connector comprising a retractable lanyard dispenser releasably attached to dive gear on a scuba diver. Complementary hook and loop materials are attached to the dive gear and the retractable lanyard dispens... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5605481 | Line tending marker float A line tending device includes an anchor weight, and a hub that can be supported by a float. The hub has a clutch mechanism that controls the paying out or extension of a line for the anchor weight. The clutch includes an O-ring that will permit the line ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5588889 | Timing buoy with remote timing capability A timing buoy comprising a flotation buoy having an outer shell. A switch in communication with the outer shell and activatable in response to forcible contacts to the shell. A timing device responsive to the switch to start and stop a timing sequence in ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5376035 | Power winding self-setting marker body The invention discloses a highly visible marker buoy of the self-setting type the anchor line of which may be power wound to facilitate retrieval of the buoy after use; the marker buoy is equipped with spin indicators to prove that the anchor line is desc... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5360359 | Portable buoy marker assembly A portable buoy marker assembly includes an elongated hollow buoy tube having a flotation plug therein for providing flotational capability thereto, an end cap releasably attached to one end of the buoy tube and adapted for quick release therefrom, an elo... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5348501 | Compact retrievable marker buoy A compact, retrievable and inexpensive marker buoy has a primary housing in the shape of an hourglass having a throat in the center, and a base. The primary housing has a waterproof chamber situated closer to one end than the other and a non-waterproof ch... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5299962 | Buoy for storing line connected to underwater object A buoy is provided for storing a line connected to an underwater object, having a hollow casing formed of resilient plastics material and having two side portions each with bearings. A reel for carrying the line has shaft portions rotatable in the bearing... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5273468 | Marker buoy A marker buoy for marking a particular spot on the bottom of the sea despite heavy seas. The buoy includes a hollow cylindrical chamber whose outer surface forms a spool. A length of line is attached to the chamber and wound around the spool with an ancho... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5265369 | Floating jug fishing device A device for use in a jug fishing apparatus has a closure lid portion adapted to be securable onto a male threaded lip of a conventional wide-mouth plastic jar. A spool portion forwardly emergent from the closure lid portion and having axial and radial bo... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5234365 | Marker buoy apparatus A marker buoy for temporary indication of various fishing positioning is provided to include buoyant structure to rotatably accommodate a spool therebetween, with the spool rotatably operative through a rotary tool to effect selective winding and unwindin... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5231952 | Compact, stowable marker device for underwater location A marker device for marking an underwater location is provided and comprises a heavier-than-water weight member including a reel thereon, an elongated connector line attached to the weight member and wrapped on the reel when the marker device is not in us... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5195688 | Winding device for a buoy marker A winding device is used for winding a weighted line onto a buoy marker. The winding device includes a receiver sized and shaped to receive and hold the buoy marker. A electric motor operatively connected to the receiver rotates the receiver and causes th... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5141458 | Marker buoy A marker buoy, typically for use by divers, includes a lighter-than-water flotation component, such as a bladder (17) which can be inflated when the buoy is required to float and deflated when it is not required to float, so that the diver can easily dive... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5095841 | Underwater mooring system using an underwater traction winch An underwater mooring system using an underwater traction winch for adjusg an underwater sensor array is provided. A main mooring buoy, moored to the sea bed by a plurality of mooring cables, serves as the mounting point for an underwater traction winch ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5087216 | Fisherman's marker buoy with integral reel A marker buoy adapted to be held in the hand and thrown on the surface of a body of water to mark a location beneath the surface comprises a thin, hollow, water-tight box with a concentric aperture through the thickness dimension of the box. The box is co... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5073135 | Buoyant marker A device includes two enlarged end portions joined by a medial portion. It serves as a light-weight sturdy plastic container for motor oil or as buoyant marker for marking areas in a body of water where fish have been located. After the oil is used, fishi... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5067920 | Dive flag line dispenser apparatus A hand-held line and reeling structure is arranged in combination with a flotation buoy typically utilized in diving events. A tether line is secured to the dive buoy at one end and wound about a hand-held portable device to effect winding and reeling of ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5066256 | Buoy and releasing system for ships in distress An improved water flotation release device for locating the submerged position of ships that have sunk. The device comprises an improved release buoy that is self contained and communicating and a releasing system that leads to non-violent and reliable re... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4927395 | Combined buoy and anchor device A combined buoy and anchor device for fishermen comprises a buoy body with a hollow interior and having its upper and closeable by a lid, a reel rotatably mounted in the buoy body and to which is secured the inner end of a cable, and an anchor connected t... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4808133 | Marker buoy with self retracting line An anchor locating buoy system is provided with a self-retracting anchor line. The buoy system automatically collects and stores any excess portion of line between a marker float and an anchor thereby minimizing the distance between the marker float and t... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4781636 | Portable marker buoy The portable marine marker buoy having a transparent signal support housing which is carried by a float and is stabilized in the water by a depending weight assembly and which is restrained from drifting by an anchor which is deployed by an automatically ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4778422 | Buoy for storing rope connected to an underwater article A buoy for storing rope connected to an underwater article such as lobster pot comprises a buoyant casing having two side portions connected together and a reel rotatably mounted between the side portions and carrying a length of rope one or both outer en... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4721486 | Automatic marker buoy release mechanism A marker buoy releasing mechanism for marking the location of a sunken boat includes an air tight housing having a differential pressure switch mounted therein for sensing the pressure within the housing and externally thereof. When the differential press... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4657517 | Apparatus for aiding the anchoring of a boat An apparatus is provided for helping to ascertain the precise site at which a boat anchor should be dropped in order to secure a sought position of the anchored boat. The apparatus is comprised of a floating reel member having a spool which holds a length... | 04/14/1987 |
