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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4185346 | Safety device for sail yachts A safety device for sailing yachts with substantially flat and/or construction-free deck and with articulation points for the shrouds, which articulation points are located spaced from the ship's side. At both sides of the mast, respectively, one safety r... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4185577 | Vessel mooring device A device for mooring a vessel including a mounting assembly adapted for attachment to a dock, an assembly for selective attachment to and detachment from the vessel, a strut rigidly attached to and extending from the assembly for selective attachment to a... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4180881 | Folding transportable boat A folding boat comprising two sections, one of which may be folded back on the other for transportation, said boat being preferably formed by molding resin-impregnated fiberglass and including a frame embedded in the lower of the two folded sections and b... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4178869 | Combined removable tiller extension holding and controlling device for watercraft A combined tiller extension, holding and controlling device for watercraft embodying an elongated tubular member removably attached at opposing ends to a vessel coaming and tiller, and including spring loaded telescoping and detent retained sections where... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4178868 | Method and apparatus for displacing oil and seawater in tanks of an oil tank Each of compartments of an oil tanker is divided by a flexible membrane into first and second sections one of which is used as an oil chamber. The membrane is made of an oil-resistant and chemical-resistant material. When an oil is loaded, the second sect... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4177747 | Outboard motor bracket assembly A trimming, tilting and transom bracket assembly for a drive leg for a boat including a single tilt pin supportingly carried by a transom bracket, a swivel bracket tiltably carried by the tilt pin steerably supporting the leg, a member carried by the pin ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4174671 | Semisubmerged ship A marine vessel is provided which comprises a platform member, two parallel hulls disposed below the platform and adapted to be below the water surface when the ship is in operation, each of the hulls consists of an after section, a forward section having... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4173935 | Dump scow A barge or scow for transferring refuse from a collection site to a disposal site has an elongated open hold or cavity with a flat bottom sloping downward from a shallow end of the cavity to a deep end where a cargo-discharge gate is located. A number of ... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4172427 | Water propulsion unit including fin having foil and flexible ends A propulsion unit for driving water craft, particularly those of the floating lounge type, is disclosed as including a fin made from a flexible material with a first end formed to define a foil into which the lower end of an oscillatory drive member proje... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4170801 | Fishing rod and reel box An elongated fishing rod box is provided including first and second elongated housing sections opening toward each other and including a first pair of corresponding longitudinal side walls pivotally secured together for relative swinging between open and ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170954 | Semi-submersible vessel Semi-submersible vessels are described comprising a sealed chamber with curved surfaces, a partially immersable support structure secured to the chamber and a platform or deck carried by the support structure. Preferably the sealed chamber comprises a plu... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4170188 | Aquatic device attachable to a two-wheeled vehicle The invention to be described is an aquatic apparatus of at least one hull which is readily attachable and detachable from its propulsive member--the propulsive member being a tandem-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle or motorcycle which is prepared for at... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4170187 | Arctic drilling and production platform A mobile drilling and production platform for arctic regions in which a hull having a deck forming the production platform is supported on a first set of parallel runners secured to the underside of the hull and extending fore and aft with spaces between ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4169423 | Marine shunter The present invention relates to a navigational system and in particular, provides for the use of one or more vessels as shunters for maneuvering larger vessels in restricted waterways, each shunter comprising a body portion, a pair of clamping arms with ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4169424 | Tension leg buoyancy structure A tension leg buoyancy structure for use in seas exposed to wave action including a buoyancy section, an anchor section which rests on the sea bed, and a plurality of parallel tethers connecting the buoyancy section with said anchor section to permit the ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4166427 | Tightening and securing cables holding barges together By grasping a steel cable with a low cost portable self-tightening clamp that increases its holding force as the tensile pull force increases, one man can tighten steel cables of various lengths having bitter ends by using temporarily a single portable ra... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4165059 | Float assembly for a helicopter or the like A float assembly for supporting a vehicle having three cylindrical float tubes tangentially secured together by a suitable adhesive with two of the float tubes being positioned so that the centerlines thereof are in a horizontal plane. The three float tub... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4164194 | Anchor bracket An anchor bracket for suspending the anchor of a power boat above the deck comprising a base support which is affixed directly to the deck of the boat and an upper lock which is spaced from the base support. The base support and upper lock respectively en... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4163620 | Method and apparatus for increasing the vertical load bearing capacity of ice In order to increase the vertical load bearing capacity of an ice field such as may be found in the Arctic, whereby buildings, drilling rigs, or the like may be supported, an inflatable hull is positioned beneath the ice, initially in deflated form. Infla... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4161796 | Monolithic polymer foam sailboat hull A sailboat hull comprised of a monolithic structure fabricated of low-density polymer foam and having integrally formed therewith an internal H-shaped structure. The H-shaped structure serves to reinforce the hull and provides buoyancy chambers extending ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4161156 | Power propelled boat with improved electrical connector Power propelled boat including a boat hull and an engine for providing a propulsive force. The engine has one or more electric components such as ignition coils, voltage regulators and capacitor discharge ignition units which are housed in a casing mounte... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4160561 | Vehicle bumper shim and method A shim is clamped between a component of a vehicle bumper assembly and a support member to provide a desired spacing for bumper alignment. The weight of the shim and the cost of material for its manufacture are minimized by forming the shim from sheet met... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4159691 | Marine craft employing bow-wave lift A marine craft has one or more hulls, each hull being provided with a pair of downwardly-depending walls disposed symmetrically on each side of the longitudinal axis of the hull to define a pair of laterally-spaced tunnels therewith, and so that, in opera... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4159007 | Traveller device, particularly a sheet rail traveller A device comprising, on the one hand, a slide closed at its ends and, on the other hand, a traveller able to slide in the slide, this traveller not being able to be pulled out of the slide in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction. The travell... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4158245 | Swimming device A swimming device has a body platform with straps for the arms and body of a swimmer. Cylinders extend longitudinally on the platform and are open at their forward ends and have restricted outlet nozzles in the rear. Pistons are slidably mounted in the cy... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4155323 | Float construction for reducing pitching, rolling or dipping A float construction is formed of at least one closed storage chamber arranged to float on the surface of a body of water with walls extending downwardly from the storage chamber and forming a plurality of chambers open at the lower ends. When the storage... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4154185 | Submersible apparatus for evacuating seawater from suction-type work-handling gripper members A light-walled portable casing, filled with a hydraulic fluid, contains a gh-pressure water pump driven by a hydraulic fluid-driven motor. An externally-carried, suction-type gripper member engages the work object. Pumping evacuated seawater from the enga... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4154187 | Non-fouling anchor A non-fouling fluked anchor having a yoke-like shank in which the yoke arms are arcuate and pivotally attached to a pointed, center mounted fluke such that the arcuate arms of the shank provide for variable positioning of the fluke point to insure initial... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4153001 | Manned submarine A manned submarine includes first and second side-by-side chambers extending in a fore-to-aft direction. The first chamber is maintained at substantially atmospheric pressure and includes sleeping and eating compartments for ship-based personnel, and a ga... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4150636 | Deep water berthing system for very large cargo carriers An off-shore berth for a ship, particularly a tanker, is described in which roll, pitch and yaw are neutralized. The ship is tautly attached to barges, one on either side, and a beam under the ship's keel is coupled to the barges. The beam is tethered to ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4149482 | Aerodynamic mainsail and furling device A sleeve is rotatably mounted on the hull of a vessel on a generally vertical axis and contains and completely supports the mainsail rollably furled or partly furled about a generally vertical axis. The sleeve is aerodynamically formed with a forward curv... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4148107 | Mooring buoy A buoy for mooring vessels, has a rotatable turntable on the top, which rotates about the vertical axis of the buoy. A mooring yoke which couples to ships at one end has the other end pivotably attached to the turntable so that it is pivotable about a hor... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4147124 | Apparatus for launching stores from a submerged vehicle An apparatus for launching stores from a recess of a vehicle submerged in a arine environment includes a capsule having an elongated body of rectangular cross section for enclosing the stores. A structure for providing hydrodynamic stability to the capsule... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4145988 | Exhaust system for outboard marine propulsion unit Exhaust system for outboard marine propulsion unit including a hollow chamber formed in the housing of the unit and an engine exhaust pipe opening to the chamber. The exhaust pipe has a radially outwardly extending flange which divides the hollow chamber ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4145987 | Flare buoy A flare buoy for burning off excess hydrocarbon gas during the offshore production or processing of hydrocarbons, comprises a submerged buoyant body that extends upwardly past the water in a portion of reduced cross-sectional area and terminates upwardly ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4144831 | Nautical mooring apparatus A nautical boat mooring apparatus which includes a rigid open-ended tubular member which forms a longitudinal open-ended chamber therein, a piston assembly providing a piston slideably positionable within the longitudinal open-ended chamber and a rod port... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4143437 | Anti-roost device An anti-roost device for use in combination with sea buoys and the like comprising an annular base to support an annularly disposed outer anti-roost member coupled thereto by a plurality of vertically disposed spring-like members together with a plurality... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4143798 | Safety straps for holsters A holster includes a safety strap which extends over a firearm carried in the holster, and a snap ring fastener on the inside surface of the holster for securing the end of the safety strap. A shield having a hardness less than that of the fastener extend... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4142265 | Plastics boat hull This invention relates to a self-supporting plastics shell construction, particularly to a multilayered boat shell constructed of elongate thermoplastic shapes disposed in a form-locking arrangement adjacent one another in the shape of a basic shell and c... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4141309 | Inboard powered watercraft A pontoon, catamaran-type watercraft is generally complete lacking only an engine. The watercraft is rigged with a universally adjustable mount for an engine. To effect conversion, it is contemplated that a snowmobile engine with appurtenant variable shea... | 02/27/1979 |
