System for launching and hauling in objects from the sea
Patent 4271553 Issued on June 9, 1981. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 2, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 2, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 1116761 1275399 2206160 2361951 3092856 3150389 3421165 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/000334 filed on 01/02/1979US Classes:114/373PivotingExaminersPrimary: Basinger, Sherman D.International ClassesB63C 3/00 (20060101)B63C 3/06 (20060101) B63B 27/00 (20060101) B63B 27/16 (20060101) B66C 13/02 (20060101) B66C 13/00 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1978-01-06 NOAbstractA method and apparatus for launching and hauling in objects such as life-boats, pick-up boats, small submarines and people from the sea, which includes a floating dock suspended from a yoke connected to a jib attached to a floating vessel, the yoke being capable of substantially following the swell movements of the sea. A substantially constant spacing is maintained between the floating dock and the vessel while the dock is floating in the sea. | |
