Quotables
"Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need."
Charles Kettering
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7862394 | Apparatus having a buoyant structure that resists rotation Apparatus includes a buoyant structure having a central vertical axis when floating in water and having at least one feature to reduce a rotation of the buoyant structure about the central vertical axis when floating in the water. The apparatus further includes an e... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7317661 | Tuna grazing system A pre-selected fish grazing system to enhance harvesting of such pre-selected fish from a body of water. The fish grazing system includes at least one conductor unit attached to a body of a pre-selected fish for acting as a guide for other preselected fish present i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303453 | Collapsible inflatable dive buoy An inflatable dive float is provided with a supported flag that is collapsible to a small size for ease of handling and storage. The dive float includes a novel buoyancy element formed of a durable flexible cover and lightweight replaceable bladder provided by a con... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7083484 | Inflatable dive marker and collection bag An inflatable diver marker and collection bag is disclosed which can be utilized by a diver for collecting lobster, conch, etc., as well as providing for a diver location marker to boats and other water vehicles traveling in the vicinity of the diver. The dive marke... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083483 | Inflatable sailboat racing mark that can be reduced in size for storage while inflated A mark for sailboat racing having three inflatable elongated tubes joined closely at one common end so that when inflated, a mutual repelling force is developed at the common end causing the outboard ends of the elongated tubes to move away from each other. Lines jo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7001235 | Surface marker buoy apparatus A surface marker buoy apparatus is provided for use in diving and in particular for use in assisting a diver during his ascent. The apparatus includes an inflatable buoy which can be inflated when required to float and can be folded or rolled up when deflated. The b... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6860773 | Inflatable dive marker and collection bag An inflatable diver marker and collection bag is disclosed which can be utilized by a diver for collecting lobster, conch, etc., as well as providing for a diver location marker to boats and other water vehicles traveling in the vicinity of the diver. The dive marke... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6652339 | Inflatable dive marker and collection bag An inflatable diver marker and collection bag is disclosed which can be utilized by a diver for collecting lobster, conch, etc., as well as providing for a diver location marker to boats and other water vehicles traveling in the vicinity of the diver. The... | 11/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6457527 | Apparatus and method for adding buoyancy to riser with inflatable floatation collar A drilling unit comprises a floating drilling rig, a subsea wellhead, and a riser connecting the subsea drilling rig with the subsea wellhead. A floatation collar encircles the riser so as to reduce deck load on the floating drilling rig. The floatation c... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6257337 | Submerged riser tensioner A drilling unit comprises a floating drilling rig, a subsea wellhead, and a riser connecting the subsea drilling rig with the subsea wellhead. A floatation collar encircles the riser so as to reduce deck load on the floating drilling rig. The floatation c... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254445 | Inflatable chemical foam injected buoy A lightweight inflatable marker buoy system is resistant to deflation and sinking if punctured. This device will most likely be used by a diver while underwater, but could be air delivered or dropped over the side of a boat and be activated by a timer or ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6162106 | Inflatable flag buoy workable in both the daytime and the night An inflatable flag buoy for divers including a buoyant seat and a flag body in the form of two air chambers separated by a transparent interface. The buoyant seat is further divided into an upper air chamber and a lower water chamber that are not communic... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5839931 | Safety stop anchor Disclosed is a safety stop anchor including a buoy distantly connected to a diver via a fixing rope. Before the diver returns to the surface, the buoy helps the diver to easily and relaxedly stay at the required safety decompression stop or stops to avoid... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5795203 | Air-launched buoy The invention relates to air-launched buoys intended to be launched from a flying aircraft. It consists, in a buoy the body of which is small and has neither flaps nor inflation opening, in making the connection between the balloon which makes the buoy bu... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5735719 | Combination inflatable dive flag and float A combination inflatable dive flag and float that visually marks a position in a waterway where a diver is diving. The combination includes an inflatable, hollow, elongated, slender, vertically-oriented, and generally cylindrically-shaped mast tube, and a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5520486 | Diver safety apparatus and method The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for identifying a down diver in distress comprising activating automatic inflation means to inflate a tube, activating automatic signal means, to provide sensory indication of a diver in distress, rel... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5516317 | System to sink and float buoys Submarine (6) devices consisting of cavity to hold sand and an inflatable air bladder (10) are located beneath and connected to floating buoys (2). The weight of the sand when put inside the cavity is enough to sink buoy (2) until submarine (6) sits on th... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5406294 | Floating antenna system A floating antenna system which can be deployed and retrieved by an underwater diver is equipped with a pressure proof radome atop an elongated support stalk carrying a lobed, inverted pyramidoidal flotation collar below the radome which can be folded and... | 04/11/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5073136 | Collapsible sonobuoy floatation device A surface unit for a sonobuoy or similar device is disclosed and includes a variable volume sealed chamber and an arrangement including a pressurized carbon dioxide cartridge within the sealed chamber which, when energized, releases the carbon dioxide and... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4832288 | Recovery system A recovery system for decelerating/stabilizing and protecting space vehicles, boosters, astronauts, equipment and like payloads, including a paracanopy defined by a frusto-conical flexible uninflated skin forming a decelerator/stabilizer surface having a ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4722498 | Inflatable air foil A non-rigid, gas inflatable airfoil having a bulbous inflatable forward body and three spaced-apart rearwardly extending inflatable tails. The tails are attached to the rearward portion of the body and form with the body a single inflatable chamber. The c... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4717092 | Torpedo recovery device A torpedo recovery unit positionable within a torpedo casing having an opening for receiving the unit. The unit includes a body with an interior cavity having an open end mountable within the torpedo casing with the open end at the torpedo casing opening.... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4702715 | Automatic emergency rescue apparatus An automatic rescue apparatus for deploying a flotation device. The unit can be mounted vertically on the rail of a vessel or horizontally on the deck. The rescue apparatus has a life ring, a launcher housing containing a radio receiver and a trigger devi... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4675686 | Flotation bag assembly An apparatus for the stable support of a structure, such as an antenna, in a fluid medium, such as the ocean. A flotation bag supporting an antenna is stabilized by the following features, which can be used individually or in combination. A partially subm... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4666338 | Ocean bottom seismometer release mechanism A method and apparatus for retrieving an ocean bottom seismometer deployed to a subsea location is disclosed wherein inflatable flexible housings are attached to cylindrical cannisters having detecting and recording equipment along with identical inflatio... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4662301 | Floating platform for decorative articles A floating platform for supporting articles in a swimming pool or other body of water. The platform has a toroidal outer chamber filled with air, a toroidal middle chamber filled with water, and a toroidal inner chamber filled with air. An article support... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4586456 | Inflatable balloon distress marker having small article containing compartment therein A balloon distress marker wherein the balloon has, in a wall thereof, a small compartment interiorly of the balloon and accessible through an aperture in the wall of the balloon for retaining an article therein. The compartment is substantially smaller th... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4578041 | Water actuated inflatable float device A flotation device including an inflatable member, a compressed gas source including a container therefor with a port therein, a seal normally sealing the port, a body member having a bore extending therethrough, a connection member connecting the port of... | 03/25/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4507093 | Buoy device for automatic raising of submerged objects A device for automatically raising fish traps, crayfish pots, nets and the like comprises a tank containing pressurized gas connected through a control valve to an inflatable bladder. A control unit including a receiver and a solenoid driver is operable t... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4497632 | Inflatable buoy An inflatable buoy assembly includes a flotation receptacle (12), a propellant breech (14), and an equipment container (16). These three components are designed for telescoping engagement and packaging in a single housing (78). When deployed, the breech i... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4493664 | Sonobuoy float inflation and depth selection initiators A shape-memory alloy initially configured to have engaging potential for a ance, guillotine or pin connected thereto is wrapped in a heating element powered by current from a water activated battery. When the alloy reaches a specific temperature it silentl... | 01/15/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4482333 | Automatic inflation system An automatic inflation system for use as an emergency locating system which is activated by the severance of an initiator wire which in turn begins the operation of a transmitter and a timer. Following a period of time as determined by the timer, a pair o... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4406631 | Flotation device An air launchable sonobuoy having two separate liquid chemicals which react pon mixing to form an expanded, rigid foam flotation device. Upon deployment in the air, windflaps release a preloaded plate within a submersible housing and urge the chemicals to ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4405099 | Apparatus for activating system in response to impact An impact apparatus responsive to a time rate of change of velocity of a housing is used to activate a system. A specific application of the invention fixes the housing to an aircraft body with an inertial member movably contained within the housing and u... | 09/20/1983 |
