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5617806 Device for securing a collision guard to a vessel  
The invention relates to a device for allowing securing of a collision guard to a side of a vessel. A vertically oriented post is fixedly attached to and extends upwardly from the collision guard...
5577455 Watercraft protection mat  
A watercraft protection mat that is to be placed at the shoreline prior to beaching of a watercraft. The watercraft, when being beached, is to have its hull to be maneuvered onto the mat. The mat...
5562364 Protective fender for dock posts  
The protective fender includes a cushion body that has the shape of an elongated longitudinally cut half cylinder with an inner and an outer surface. The two edges of the inner surfaces include...
5560312 Fenders for watercraft  
Swim platforms extending from relatively larger boats are often used by operators of personal watercraft (e.g., Jet Skiā„¢) for boarding such larger boats. The hard structure of a swim platform, in...
5524565 Protective cushion for a sailboat boom  
A cushion for the boom of a sailboat including at least one preformed sleeve or flexible wrap of a soft resilient material which is configured to overly at least the entire opposite side portions...
5518342 Marine dock bumper and tie line storage device  
A protective bumper assembly (20) for a dock post (14) includes an elastomeric pad (24) that is wrapped about the post (14). Tie straps (34) have one end (36) adhered to the pad (24) and a distal...
5515802 Buoyancy device  
A buoyancy device (10) comprises an inflatable shell (12) of resiliently deformable moulded plastics material. The shell (12) has a tubular wall (14) having zones (20) in which the wall (14) is...
5513592 Device for connecting a floating object to a moorage structure  
A mooring device for connecting a floating object to a moorage structure includes an elongate resiliently yieldable member which has a longitudinally-extending, normally arcuate shape when in an...
5497723 Boat bumper  
An improved dock bumper having a square tubular frame, a pair of cushions, and mounting brackets is disclosed. The frame is formed of a crosspiece and a pair of upright posts. The mounting brackets...
5493983 Boat fender hanger  
A hanger for suspending a boat fender alongside the hull of a boat to prevent damage from collision with another boat, a dock or other object near which the protected boat is to be tied or berthed....
5487349 Device for combined use as a ladder, fender and life-buoy for boats  
A device for use as a combined ladder and fender for boats involves components of a first type and components of a second type, each component including two parallel side members of fixed length...
5485801 Apparatus and methods for shielding the keel and/or bow of a watercraft  
An apparatus for shielding the keel and/or bow of a watercraft is disclosed in one presently preferred embodiment comprising a protective cover member having an elongated body substantially tapered...
5477802 Portable boat ramp  
The present invention relates to a novel portable lightweight boat ramp. The boat ramp is made up of two metal frame halves which open from the inside out, to form a V-shape angle matching the...
5458077 Marine fenders  
A rubbery buckling-type marine fender such as cell-type hollow cylindrical marine fender, frustoconical-type hollow cylindrical marine fender, V-shaped marine fender or the like comprises a main...
5454341 Protective hull liner  
A new and improved protective hull liner comprised of a mat having a generally rectangular configuration. The mat has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface comprises a foam rubber...
5427047 Tow rope holder  
The present invention is directed to a connector that includes a base surface having a front end and a back end; an upper surface sloping at one end to connect with the base surface at the front...
5398631 Watercraft hull protector  
A watercraft hull protector for preventing damage to the lower bow surface of a waterborne craft such as a boat or jet ski, comprising a thin, elongated, flexible, but waterproof sheet-like member...
5394821 Protective covering for watercraft  
A protective covering of a watercraft which is constructed of a thin, stretchable material that completely circumscribes the upper portion of the hull of the craft thereby protecting it from the...
5361715 Marine dock fender contact surface attaching boss  
A fender for absorbing the impact between converging bodies includes a supporting surface, a plurality of bosses and an energy absorbing member. The plurality of bosses protrude from the supporting...
5361716 Boat mooring device and method  
A method and device for controlling movement of a moored boat employs a boat mooring device comprising a base to be anchored to a pier or float and an upright stem, a helical spring, and a...
5357888 Emergency floatation system for a water craft  
An emergency floatation system for a water craft including an elongated inflatable buoyancy tube positioned within an interior volume defined by a contour molded cover whose perimeter is sealingly...
5357890 Boat keel/hull protector  
In order to prevent damage to the keel and/or hull of a boat during beached landings on gravel, sand, mud or rocky shorelines, a boat keel/hull protector is provided. It comprises a flexible,...
5355822 Bumper fender  
A bumper fender includes a slip sheet disposed to be in contact with the dock when the boat is moored. A cushion sheet is connected to the slip sheet and disposed between the slip sheet and the...
5353727 Collision guard for a vessel  
The invention relates to marine vessels equipped with collision guards made in the form of a fender module secured to the exterior surface of the hull and supported thereby. The module, which can...
5307755 Work vessel and trailer  
A vessel includes an interlocking gunwale system permitting a plurality of like vessels to be disposed in interlocking combination with one another for providing an enlarged work platform. The...
5299521 Bumper protector for a watercraft  
An improved bumper protector is provided for a watercraft having a gunwale and a hull, which consists of a flexible resilient sheet and a structure for securing the sheet to the gunwale. The sheet...
5273473 Flotation apparatus  
A flotation apparatus utilities a pair of boat fenders to rapidly make a general purpose flotation raft. A pair of boat fenders is utilized with a pair of rigid members each wrapped with flotation...
5269248 Shock absorbing fender for vessels  
A shock absorbing fender for vessels provided on a vessel or shore wall and the like prevents shock damage caused by contact between vessels or contact between a vessel and a shore wall at the time...
5265552 Shock and vibration isolator for member mounted on submerged body  
A shock and vibration isolator for a member mounted on a body immersed in water including a housing, a rubber plunger mounted within the housing to define a chamber within the housing, vent...
5264259 Energy absorbing structure  
The energy absorbing structure of the present invention comprises a cylindrical hollow body of a fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin wherein both the ends are open, the cylindrical hollow body...
5261342 Hull covering system  
A plurality of plate members for covering the outside of a ship's hull includes a base plate for shaping the plate members. The plate members are each coated with an inner and outer rubber...
5247897 Jacketed cushioning device and method of manufacture  
A cushioning device comprises a resilient foam material surrounded by a seamless, woven jacket that is gathered along opposed sides and stitched so that the gathered jacket forms attachment flanges...
5242322 Safety fin water sports boards  
A fin for water sports boards having a urethane leading edge cover molded in place onto an anchor flange having holes therethrough on the leading edge of the fin. The fin is of glass fiber...
5220879 Linkable fender  
A fender, for use with a boat, comprises a resiliently deformable body having a plurality of slots formed axially of the body and adapted to receive linking pieces which can be used to join the...
5215024 Vessel-capturing berthing facility incorporating relative motion-mitigating apparatus  
An open ocean-based berthing facility for capturing a ship or similar vessel in order to mitigate wind, wave and current-induced relative motion between the berthing facility and the vessel...
5215031 Protect a boat  
A protection device for a boat having a rigid hull with a waterline, gunwale and a cockpit is provided. The device consists of a first inflatable bumper mounted to the rigid hull about the gunwale,...
5207171 Adjustable rope lock  
An adjustable rope lock including a body of material having converging passageways extending therethrough with the passageways terminating at one edge of the body in a joined, merged passageway and...
5205235 External rail system for boats  
A system of elongated rails installed on the exterior hull surfaces of boats and projecting externally from the exterior hull surfaces of the boats, and having the functional attributes of:...
5193477 Method of securing a tire fender to a quay side or a vessel  
A method of securing a tire fender to a quay side or a vessel includes the steps of initially securing two spaced fasteners on a tire, each fastener providing an engagement loop that can cooperate...
5184562 Lake dock pole accessory system  
A bumper accessory for use with a lake dock pole when the pole is installed with the lake dock. Such poles when installed typically have an upper portion which protrudes above the top surface of...
5184857 Removable side molding to protect the side of a vehicle  
The present invention is a removable side bumper which is designed to be placed on the vehicle in a removable fashion when the vehicle is parked so that the vehicle is protected when people in...
5174221 Mount structure for shock-absorber pads of fender  
A shock-absorber pad mount structure for mounting shock-absorber pads made of elastic material such as polyethylene or the like to a tip end portion of a fender. The shock-absorber pad mount...
5150744 Mooring apparatus  
A pair of sliding members mounted on the broadside are vertically and slidably engaged with engagement members disposed in a pair of dolphins. The engagement members can freely move in a horizontal...
5138965 Water level compensation device  
An improved water level compensation device is disclosed for adjusting the vertical position of a floating object relative to a fixed land mass. A first channel having a slot is attached to the...
5127354 Energy absorbing system  
An energy absorbing system utilizes a buckling design to absorb a large amount of energy for a given compressive force. This system includes a stack of elastic, thin-walled barrels which are...
5113702 Boat and dock guard  
A boat dock for use to store boat therein, the boat dock including a boat slip having an open entry, opposed sidewalls and a front, a dock guard secured to each dock sidewall at the entry and...
5097785 Marine bumper  
A hanger assembly for a tire bumper comprising inner and outer legs which define a slot for receiving a tire side wall, one leg having a clinching rib formed thereon for clinching with the bead of...
5095840 Fender protective structures  
An impact pad, having a first outer layer of ultra-high molecular weight material, an intermediate layer of elastomeric material and a third base layer of rigid material, is mounted on a support...
5069406 Surf board support and protector  
A surf board support and protector made of semirigid to rigid material which is a poor conductor of heat, e.g. plastic, fiberglass or the like. The support has an internal cavity generally shaped...
5054414 Hollow rubber fender  
Herein disclosed is a hollow rubber fender for absorbing kinetic energy of a ship approaching a quay. The fender comprises a substantially funnel-shaped frusto-conical hollow support portion made...