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7396268 Safety signaling apparatus for watercraft  
An improved safety signaling apparatus intended to be used with watercraft to increase the visibility of the watercraft to others, incorporating a mast-supported signaling device, a base member for...
7337568 Non-inflatable floating sign  
A non-inflatable device for supporting a sign on water. A single float embodiment is the basic element. In a typical embodiment, two or more non-inflatable floats are separated at a predetermined...
7258836 Freeze resistant buoy system  
A freeze resistant buoy system includes a tail-tube buoy having a thermally insulated section disposed predominantly above a waterline, and a thermo-siphon disposed predominantly below the waterline.
7226328 Extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system  
An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system includes a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment, and...
7165504 Antenna linear extension and retraction apparatus for a submersible device, and method of use  
An antenna linear extension and retraction apparatus and method of use for a submersible device is provided. The apparatus includes a body having a cavity formed at an external surface. A bladder...
7160166 Underwater flotation safety device  
An underwater flotation safety device includes a base that may be positioned below the water surface of a swimming pool with ballast, a hook, or the like. A buoyant member is releasably coupled to...
7156712 Floating debris and weedline marker  
A marker for marking debris, weed lines and/or other objects floating in a body of water. The marker can consist of a tube, such as a plastic tube having a weighted end such that the marker floats...
7125298 Man overboard beacon  
A user worn man overboard beacon that provides multiple indication means to alert a ship to an overboard crew person and to assist in locating the crew person. The beacon device is contained in a...
7054230 Locator device for submerged structures  
Locator device that can be used to aid in the recovery of or to provide positional information about a structure that becomes submerged. The locator device for submerged structures consists of one...
6850152 Non-flammable land and sea marker  
A flameless and smokeless marker attracts attention to a site. A battery and electronics section has a battery module and electronics module. The battery module connects power to the electronics...
6791490 Integrated dive flag/float and GPS navigation system for scuba divers  
A SCUBA diving flag/float assembly is used to support a GPS antenna on the surface of the water for use by divers in performing underwater navigation. An associated GPS receiver is integrated with...
6558216 Land and water based flash flood detection and warning system  
A land and water flash flood detecting and warning system includes a buoyant waterproof casing. A detachable tether is externally fixed to the casing and a distal end of the tether is attached to...
6448903 Device for detecting internal pressure of air-filled gunwale protector  
The present invention relates to an internal-pressure detection apparatus for a pneumatic fender that can reduce the labor of maintenance. The internal-pressure detection apparatus is configured of...
6360495 Sand spike system  
A sand spike system anchors a cable in an earthen substrate. A penetrator connected to the cable has folded petal-shaped sections of spring steel propelled into the earth by a propellant. Cables...
6261142 Submersible and retrievable buoy  
6102758 Near shore spar communication platform  
The Near Shore Spar Buoy Communication Platform is a semi-stable platform for data collection and retrieval for distances up to and over several miles offshore. It is an ocean-going computer housed...
6093069 Low watch circle buoy system  
A low watch circle buoy system (LWCBS) uses global positioning system (GPS) P(Y) code coordinate sensing and transmission to mark its position in wr depths up to 40 feet to a positional accuracy of...
5951346 Air-delivered position marking device and method  
An air-deliverable global positioning system (GPS) position marking device nd method involves the operations of providing an air-deliverable GPS position marking device, launching the device into...
5735719 Combination inflatable dive flag and float  
A combination inflatable dive flag and float that visually marks a position in a waterway where a diver is diving. The combination includes an inflatable, hollow, elongated, slender,...
5616059 Tailbuoy with self-deploying mast  
The present invention is a floatation apparatus with a self-deploying mast for use in a marine towing operation. The invention includes a mast assembly. The mast assembly comprises a shaft adapted...
5593332 Ice penetrating communication buoy  
A signal buoy is provided which is ejectable from a submarine vehicle. The buoy is also provided with an internal heat source that raises the temperature of a portion of the buoy to a magnitude...
H001560 Crash site locator beacon  
The Locator Beacon (LB) is an 18 inch diameter hemispherical unit designed to be air dropped via parachute from a search aircraft near an aircraft crash site. The LB is self uprighting when it...
5517202 Minimal washover, inline high frequency buoyant antenna  
A buoyant antenna for providing sufficient transmission time windows for munication at ultra-high and extremely-high frequencies. The antenna is configured to float on the surface of a body of...
5411424 Replaceable buoy cover  
A replaceable buoy cover or buoy sock includes a tubular, cylindrical sleeve which is closed at a top end by a cap. A lower end of the sleeve is provided with a cinch member. The buoy cover is...
5403219 Launchable diver surfacing signal  
A diver surfacing signal that can be conveniently carried underwater in a launching tube that is strapped to a diver's tanks and released by the diver prior to surfacing in order to alert marine...
5339288 Underwater sound source with remote controlled actuator  
An underwater sound source with a remote controlled actuator comprising a oy having a buoyant portion, a plurality of launch tubes storing acoustic charges, a radio transceiver, control circuitry,...
5319376 Arctic submarine buoy and application methods  
An improved ice penetrating arctic buoy for release from a submarine submerged under a layer of ice includes a Global Positioning System navigational processor receiver and/or a Emergency Position...
5291194 Apparatus for interconnecting an underwater vehicle and a free-floating pod  
Apparatus is provided for interconnecting an unmanned underwater vehicle V) and a free-floating pod, the apparatus comprising a communications cable extending between the pod and a less buoyant...
5234365 Marker buoy apparatus  
A marker buoy for temporary indication of various fishing positioning is provided to include buoyant structure to rotatably accommodate a spool therebetween, with the spool rotatably operative...
5231952 Compact, stowable marker device for underwater location  
A marker device for marking an underwater location is provided and comprises a heavier-than-water weight member including a reel thereon, an elongated connector line attached to the weight member...
5218366 Emergency transmitter buoy for use on marine vessels  
An emergency position indicating radio beacon ("EPIRB") includes a watertight housing with an ON-OFF switch on the outside of the housing which does not require holes through the housing wall. A...
5188551 Marker body  
A marker device for fishermen including a body or flotation portion made from a transparent, plastic bottle. A sheet of brightly colored fluorescent or retroreflective paper lines the inside of the...
5179907 Flag and buoy apparatus  
A flag and buoy apparatus includes a body having a plurality of receptacles therein. The flag and buoy apparatus also includes a plurality of buoyant arms, each arm being receivable in one of the...
5163858 Rescue buoy apparatus  
A buoy member includes a central cavity with a weighted bottom portion to maintain alignment of the buoy apparatus, and the buoy apparatus includes a transmitter operative upon the buoy being...
5114369 Water skier's safety system  
A water safety system to be carried on the person of a water skier. The water safety system occupies a minimal packing envelope and includes a signal flag borne by an extendable flag pole. The flag...
H001051 Antenna stabilizing buoy  
A surface floating buoy has an antenna attached to a linkage system which pivots about the floating buoy. The linkage system is attached to a counterweight such that the antenna is maintained at a...
5096448 Marker buoy  
A hollow, elongated tubular member, constructed of flexible resilient material, an inlet-outlet for admitting and discharging air, and including a separate, removable sleeve constructed of material...
5073136 Collapsible sonobuoy floatation device  
A surface unit for a sonobuoy or similar device is disclosed and includes a variable volume sealed chamber and an arrangement including a pressurized carbon dioxide cartridge within the sealed...
5066256 Buoy and releasing system for ships in distress  
An improved water flotation release device for locating the submerged position of ships that have sunk. The device comprises an improved release buoy that is self contained and communicating and a...
4981453 Emergency transmitter buoy and bracket assembly  
An emergency position indicating radio beacon is controlled by an annular switch ring which rotates to ON, OFF, SET, and TEST positions. In the SET position, the buoy transmitter automatically...
4962488 Technique for surface to surface communications using high frequency radio with low probability of intercept signaling  
A high frequency (HF) communications buoy that employs HF surface wave, and sky wave, communication and spread spectrum modulation to suppress multipath fading and to decrease the undesired...
4961714 Mounting arrangement for a marine radio distress beacon  
An arrangement for mounting a radio distress beacon (1) comprises a split casing (4) which is bouyant and which is normally held together and to the deck of a vessel by a harness (7). If the vessel...
4932910 Emergency location marker system  
The emergency location marker system carried by a vessel for marking a location on the water and signaling, especially for locating and rescuing an individual in the water, comprises a flotation...
4871996 Warning system for watercraft  
A watercraft incorporating improved warning devices for providing a warning signal in response to a abnormal condition. The abnormal condition may be either the condition when a rider is no longer...
4781636 Portable marker buoy  
The portable marine marker buoy having a transparent signal support housing which is carried by a float and is stabilized in the water by a depending weight assembly and which is restrained from...
4668200 Life buoy with a radar responder  
A life buoy equipped with a radar responder adapted to transmit waves in response to radar waves from a searcher, the life buoy comprising a hull member of a rigid plastic hollow construction, the...
4636176 Boat propelled by a motorcycle  
A boat propelled by a motorcycle. The boat propelled by a motorcycle has a portable ramp to get the motorcycle on and off. The motorcycle produces rotational energy by its driven wheel and...
4630289 Emergency locator transmitter incident time correlator  
In an emergency locator transmitter of a type wherein a standard distress signal is transmitted following a distress incident, the distress signal is encoded with data identifying the absolute time...
4593561 Fluid parameter measurement system  
A measurement system for collecting data relating to the total, partial or distributed flow of a river or like course is disclosed. A generally planar array of flow velocity sensors is erected...
4560228 Electrical connector for sonobuoy launch system  
A sonobuoy launching system having an electrical connection device for prding a data transmission link between a sonobuoy launch tube and launch container mounted therein. Conductive metal rings...
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