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Application Number:  20120040575

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Schultz, III, Edward King

A sliding fin for a surfboard includes a base having a planar tab with an upper flange, a large fin piece having a first indentation, and a small fin piece for mating face-to-face with the large fin piece. The second fin piece has a second indentation that forms a channel that has a cross-sectional shape corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the planar tab and upper flange, the channel being longer than the width of the planar tab, the small fin piece being translucent to enable the ...
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Application Number:  20120040574

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  GRIMES, Toby; MENENDEZ, Carlos M.

An aquatic sport board includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion is coupled to the top portion by a first side portion and a second side potion. The first portion and the second portion taper inward towards a front portion and a rear portion of the top and bottom portions. Recessed areas are situated on the top portion and extend inward towards the bottom portion. A plurality of sections is situated between the top portion and the bottom portion. Each section in the ...
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Application Number:  20120040573

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Davidson, Douglas Barclay; Jury, Jonathan Frederick

A mooring and flowline system is disclosed for mooring a floating production and/or storage vessel (10) to the seabed (12) and one or more flowlines (22, 24) for connection to one or more producing wells or to a facility. The system comprises at least two anchors in the sea bed (12) and a respective anchor riser (14) extending from each of the anchors to a common mooring node member (18). A mooring pendant (20) extends from the common mooring ...
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Application Number:  20120037265

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Maher, James V.; Bodanese, Luiz Germano; Brown, Ricky Carl

A system for offloading a fluid from an offshore structure comprises an annular conduit support structure disposed about the offshore structure. The support structure is fixably coupled to the offshore structure. In addition, the system comprises an annular reel disposed about the offshore structure and rotatably coupled to the support structure. The reel includes a conduit fairlead configured to move relative to the support structure. Further, the system comprises a flexible conduit having a ...
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Application Number:  20120034831

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Lyon, Gregory; Andrea, John N.

A personal water safety device comprising a strap and a housing secured to the strap. The housing releasably encloses a bladder and an inflation assembly. The bladder completely encloses the inflation assembly. The inflation assembly includes a gas container that provides gas to the bladder to inflate the bladder upon the selective deployment of gas from the gas container. The strap keeps the bladder secured to a user's appendage before and after inflation of the ...
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Application Number:  20120034830

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Stoughton, Anthony F.

The present invention provides a water slider that features an electrically insulative body extending along a longitudinal axis and having opposed surfaces with a perimeter edge extending therebetween. An electrical conductor is positioned upon one of the surfaces; and a discharge connector is in electrical communication with the electrical conductor and disposed upon said perimeter edge. The electrical conductor may be one or more of a plurality of ...
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Application Number:  20120028523

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Dilling, Klaus Feye

A water sports board, such as a surf board, is described which has a rider operated center fin that is rotatably mounted on the lower side of the board which aids in steering the board. The central fin is rotatably moved by a center fin assembly that includes a driving mechanism such as a tiller or arm secured to a rotatable shaft passing through the board that is secured to the rotatable central fin. The rider uses his or her rear foot to apply a force to the tiller or arm which moves the ...
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Application Number:  20120024217

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Selig, Samuel Patrick

This invention embodies a floating hammock that attached to the front or side of a boat in a manner that allows for ease of deployment and storage. This invention has stiffeners on the front and sides that prevent the device from collapsing upon itself while users may lie in the middle in a partially submerged fashion for maximum enjoyment of the water while on a boat in a static position. The device then easily stores by rolling up and locking down on the front or side of the boat for use at a ...
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Application Number:  20120018953

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Frey, Jessica

This invention provides a board-style personal flotation and swimming device that has raised, soft sides that is intended to aid the user in keeping the torso and upper body on the board. This invention can assist experienced users in swimming while placing a small child/toddler/infant on their torso, on the board. This invention also contains varied number of elongated water squirting devices that are attached to the board, along the length of the board, below the surface of the water for ...
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Application Number:  20120017796

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Lévesque, Guy; Won, Tat K.; Petkov, Peter; Dubois, Raymond J.

The present invention is related to a method and system for expandable modular raft and a water ride using the same. In one embodiment, the expandable modular raft can include a raft, and a base unit attached to the raft and configured to receive a building block. The building block can be configured to be force fit to the base unit and/or each other. Furthermore, the building block could be formed from various shapes. The expandable modular raft can be used in a water ride and can float along ...
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