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Tethered tow body, communications apparatus and system

Patent Number: 8443750
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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The problem of providing a submerged vehicle with above-the-surface communications to a nearby vessel, shore platform, or satellite while traveling at operating speed is solved by an efficiently deployable tethered tow body having a hydrodynamic and buoyant hull body and incorporating a lift-generating wing that provides hydrodynamic lift to efficiently lift the tow body containing antennas and other communications devices to the surface. The tow body allows for stable operation during ...

Floating island module comprised of post-consumer carpet fiber matrix and method of manufacturing same

Patent Number: 8443749
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A floating island comprising one or more modules each comprised of one or more layers of permeable and porous matrix comprised of post-consumer carpet fibers and a top covering and a bottom covering around each layer. Alternate embodiments include layers comprised of polyethylene terephthalate bottle-fiber matrix and/or jute or coir fibers. A method of manufacturing the floating island module described ...

Docking aid apparatus with utility implement

Patent Number: 8443748
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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This invention is for a docking aid to help dock a boat to a docking post, or to pull a boat closer to the shore. It comprises of a shaft and a tensile member. The tensile member may pass through the shaft and form one or more loops at the ends of the shaft. One loop may be used to dock to a docking pole, while a second loop may be used as a handle to pull, or to loop around another docking element. At least one loop may have a utility implement with an attached tool. This tool may be used ...

Mooring pendant apparatus

Patent Number: 8443747
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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A releasable mooring pendant apparatus that can be coupled or decoupled to a boat. The apparatus comprising of a pair of clips, one at each end of a rod, with each clip comprising hook and ring sections, and an opening therebetween defining a mouth. A movable arm placed under tension to biasly maintain each clip in a closed position, and each clip may only be opened upon activation through the intermedium of a functional retractor lever by a boater pulling on a cable, wherein a functional ...

Elevated walkway for improved cabin height

Patent Number: 8443746
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
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Boats including elevated walkways that are useful for increasing cabin height in a boat, such as a bow rider style boat, are described. Such elevated walkways are elevated relative to either a cockpit deck portion or a deck portion of a bow area and can be used to connect the bow area to the cockpit area. The cabin of a boat with an elevated walkway as described is located at least partially below the elevated walkway. The portion of the cabin below the elevated walkway has a ceiling area ...

Hybrid inflatable kayak

Patent Number: 8438986
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A hybrid inflatable kayak is configured to rival the handling and speed of skin-on-frame or hard-shell kayaks, while simplifying the assembly and disassembly process. The hybrid inflatable kayak includes an internal frame assembly that cooperates with inflatable bladders and inflatable thwarts giving the kayak an improved watershed capacity and also an improved combination of weight, stability, speed, structural strength, and portability. The internal frame assembly includes a bow rib, a ...

Unitary twin pontoon hull float boat

Patent Number: 8438985
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
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A “float boat” with a unitary twin pontoon hull comprising a pair of inflatable pontoons, each shaped, when inflated to have a fully curved rocker bottom surface and a substantially straight upper surface and with pontoons being interconnected at rigid ends by an inflatable transom that together with the pontoons forms a raised V-hull stern; a platform extending between the pontoons and adjacent to the transom and at least one foot rest for a user sitting on the ...

Folding hull element

Patent Number: 8434420
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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The invention relates to a hull element (7) which is fixed to the stern (1) or hull bottom (1b) by means of a hinge (6,6a) and enables an active as well as a passive trim of the watercraft (1a) and at the same time also supports a watercraft lift (2) or a watercraft stair (11) by means of the connector (8) or a connecting cylinder (18). By means of cylinder (17b) and the connector (8) or ...

Roller reefing boom for sailing ships

Patent Number: 8434419
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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The invention relates to a roller reefing boom (1 in FIG. 1) for a boom sail set with sail battens, preferably a mainsail (6), of a ship (2) with a partially enclosing sail stowage space (27) of aluminum or Faserplast, in which a largely planar sail (6) can be reefed or stowed by rolling it up, wherein the trimming of the sail (6) in all reefing states is achieved by the roll reefing boom (1) comprising a number of segments (11, 12, ...

Electronics pedestal for boats

Patent Number: 8430051
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A telescopic pedestal for electronics, such as fish-finders, that advantageously elevates the fish-finder to a convenient height above the deck level and gives the fisherman the ability to view and operate the device while fishing in a standing position, yet lower it so as conveniently position the fish-finder to be out of the way for travel or when not in ...

System and method for deck-to-column connection for extendable draft offshore platforms

Patent Number: 8430050
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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The disclosure provides a system and method for locking and unlocking an extendable column to a deck. A deck-to-column connection assembly includes a pawl and shim used in a sequential de-ballasting and ballasting of the column to the deck that can easily lock and unlock the column with the deck. Generally, the locking method includes ballasting the column to insert a pawl between the column and the deck, de-ballasting the column to raise the column relative to the deck and create a ...

Launch and recovery systems and methods

Patent Number: 8430049
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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An apparatus for launching and recovering at least one water vehicle includes a frame supported by a base. The base may be mounted to the deck of a boat. The frame includes an elongate stand for supporting the water vehicle. The frame is mounted for being moved relative to the base between a stowed position and a deployed position, so that a rear end of the stand is at a lower elevation in the deployed position than in the stowed position. A guide is carried by the frame and adapted for ...

Line guard apparatus

Patent Number: 8430048
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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An apparatus designed to be mounted on a surface of a watercraft and including a line guard adapted to provide protection against damage to the painted surface and cosmetic trim of the watercraft from lines, such as one used for anchoring. The apparatus is designed in one embodiment to accept a line-holding member such as a cleat, clamp or the ...

Personal watercraft stabilizer

Patent Number: 8430047
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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An apparatus that attaches to a small boat designed to stabilize a first end of the boat against the wind while a trolling motor stabilizes a second end is herein disclosed. The apparatus generally comprises a clamp that attaches it to the side of the hull and a moveable shaft that holds a large piece of plastic which is partially submerged under the water. The apparatus is positioned such that it is perpendicular to the direction in which the wind is blowing. As such, as wind pushes ...

Material-transition structural component for producing of hybrid ship hulls, ship hulls containing the same, and method of manufacturing the same

Patent Number: 8430046
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A material-transition structural component for a ship hull, comprising a metal element and a fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix composite element, which are adhesively bonded, wherein the composite element is being produced during composite material processing simultaneously providing a metal-composite consolidation, for producing hulls for ships, a ship hull containing the same, as well as to a method of manufacturing of the material and the ship ...

On board lift leg construction for pontoon boats with onboard engine

Patent Number: 8430045
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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An onboard lift leg construction for a pontoon boat has a plurality of movable support legs including rear telescoping tube support legs that are fixed to a frame of a pontoon boat. The telescoping tube support legs each include an outer tube fixed to the frame, and an inner tube slidably mounted within the outer tube. A linear hydraulic actuator is secured to a head member that is supported on the outer tube. The actuator has an extendable and retractable rod that is attached or secured to ...

Vehicle

Patent Number: 8430044
Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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A vehicle for use in arctic environments, the vehicle comprising a hull for accommodating people, and a pair of rotatable propulsion screws connected to the hull for propelling the vehicle on water, ice, snow and land. Each propulsion screw comprises a shaft having at least one blade helically disposed ...