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8167670 |
Blow-off float vehicle recovery apparatus
The invention in one variation is a modular recovery apparatus for dispensing a tether spool having a tow line with a float, where the tow line can be used to retrieve an unmanned underwater...
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8096256 |
Passively-actuated lanyard clamp
A passively-actuated lanyard clamp is disclosed that provides an improved ability to deploy a terminal weight or anchor in a body of water without some of the disadvantages for doing so in the...
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7918700 |
Water and ice rescue device and method of performing a rescue utilizing the device
A rescue apparatus comprises a plurality of elongate, buoyant, rigid members attached at their respective ends to one another at a selected one of a plurality of possible angles relative to one...
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7824238 |
Marker buoy
A self-setting marker buoy comprising a floatation unit (20), including a hollow upper member (22), a separable end cap closure lower member (36) with a line storage spool (38) having a uniquely...
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7819712 |
Marker buoy
A simplified, self-setting marker buoy having an outer shell of abrasion-resistant plastic material, two end portions (14) that are filled with foam or hollow to provide buoyancy, an integrally...
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7699676 |
Buoy system
A buoy system having a buoyant flotation reel 10 for retaining a length of anchor line 95 and for supporting a display pole is disclosed. The anchor line 95 includes an anchor weight 98 thereon and...
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7455561 |
Sinkable buoy system for use with a water sports course
A sinkable buoy system including a guide buoy, an inflatable air bladder, a weight component, an air supply line and an air supply, wherein the air bladder and the weight component are not housed...
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7390233 |
Station keeping maneuverable articulating autonomous regenerative tactical (SMAART) buoy
An articulating sonobuoy is provided. The articulating sonobuoy comprises a plurality of section, and a plurality of joints connecting each of the plurality of section to adjacent sections, wherein...
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7367859 |
Beach buoy
A multiple use device constructed of either closed or open cell insulated foam ball with a wood or plastic steak molded into such ball for the purpose of inserting in sand or soil which will be...
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7311575 |
Buoy and buoy mounting bracket
A stackable buoy can be mounted on a U-shaped mounting bracket that can in turn be attached to a panel, such as the inner surface of a boat hull. The buoy includes protrusions molded as part of...
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7303453 |
Collapsible inflatable dive buoy
An inflatable dive float is provided with a supported flag that is collapsible to a small size for ease of handling and storage. The dive float includes a novel buoyancy element formed of a durable...
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7261606 |
Flotation apparatus
A method and apparatus is provided to support a plurality of objects such as keys with an inflatable apparatus when the inflatable apparatus is exposed to a body of water. In one embodiment, an...
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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.
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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...
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7083483 |
Inflatable sailboat racing mark that can be reduced in size for storage while inflated
A mark for sailboat racing having three inflatable elongated tubes joined closely at one common end so that when inflated, a mutual repelling force is developed at the common end causing the...
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7001233 |
Stackable buoy with rope nesting grooves
The buoy has small and large cylindrical sections contiguous with each other and having a common central axis. A hole extends along the common central axis, for receiving a mooring rope. The small...
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7001235 |
Surface marker buoy apparatus
A surface marker buoy apparatus is provided for use in diving and in particular for use in assisting a diver during his ascent. The apparatus includes an inflatable buoy which can be inflated when...
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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...
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6814638 |
Airdrop type buoy apparatus
An airdrop type buoy apparatus, which is dropped by a flight vehicle, such as aircraft, that is flying in the air, to a water surface of sea or lake to be floated as a marker, a hydrographic...
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6709304 |
Spot marker buoy
A spot marking buoy. A flotation body, cylindrical in shape with rounded ends having a groove around the periphery of the flotation body creating a reel with one end of a string attached to the...
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6602101 |
Loop bottom buoy stick
A loop bottom buoy stick having a primary upper section and a primary lower section configured to receive a connector in an eyelet at the distal end of the primary lower section. The lower section...
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6592416 |
Target for naval gunfire
A floating target for naval gunfire. The target includes an inflatable buoyant superstructure with a drogue chute attached to the periphery of the bottom of the superstructure. The drogue chute,...
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6544088 |
Self adjusting neutral buoyancy countermeasure and system
An underwater self adjusting displacement device includes a sealed housing having an exterior wall and an inner component area, the exterior wall having an opening formed therein. A sealing plug is...
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6437708 |
System and method of land marking
A system for an aerial land marking and surveying is disclosed. The system comprises an aircraft carrying a GPS receiver and a land marking device capable of physically marking a point on the...
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6431931 |
Reversible weighted float
A reversible, weighted float, useful as a fishing bobber or marker buoy, comprises a buoyant sphere with first and second connectors fixedly attached on either end of its polar axis. The first and...
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6383045 |
Marker buoy
A marker buoy is provided for use with a flexible line tied to a weighted sinker. The buoy includes a watertight, transparent dome assembly with an interior light source positioned therein. The...
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6309269 |
Variable buoyancy buoy for mooring mobile offshore drilling units
In a system for mooring offshore drilling units, a first mooring assembles installed at a first drilling venue, after which the mobile offshore drilling unit is moored by connection to the mooring...
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6273773 |
Scuba diver's marker buoy and dry box
A dive buoy/dry box assembly comprising a hollow canister-like main float assembly having a hinged latchable air-tight sealing lid, a collapsible marker flat and mast removably attached to the lid,...
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6202588 |
Apparatus for marking the location of submerged articles
An apparatus for marking the location of an article or piece of cargo which has accidentally or intentionally been dropped from a transport vehicle into a body of water. The marking apparatus...
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6123593 |
Rust proof buoy marker
A highly visible container protected polyurethane foam flotation buoy, with a transparent polycarbonate housing enclosing a plastic line spool which is supported by a stainless steel axle which has...
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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...
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6066015 |
Method and system for anchoring a buoy via a screw-type anchor
A buoy drilling anchoring system including a retrievable buoy anchoring drilling device and at least one anchorable marker buoy assembly anchorable into the earth's surface underwater. The...
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6053657 |
Portable safety marker
A safety or traffic marker is capable of providing a continuous physical border between two locations. A housing, or one of several adapters, are employed in a conventional traffic cone to dispense...
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6036559 |
Flotation device for a submerged article
A flotation device for causing an article to float if accidently dropped into water has protection from being triggered unless submerged. The flotation device includes a casing, a compressed gas...
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5970651 |
Multi-purpose fishing bucket apparatus
A multi-purpose fishing bucket having a bucket member and a cover-seat member in which the cover-seat member includes a floatable ring, a detachably-engaged separate middle portion, and a line...
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5947780 |
Apparatus for marking a spot in differing depths of water
A marker for use by boaters to mark spots in a body of water includes a water-tight, hollow cylindrical main body that floats and which serves as a buoy member. The main body is capped at its...
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5902163 |
Debris shedding buoy
A debris shedding buoy having a float body with a top and a bottom is provided. The buoy includes a slide rail, adapted for slidable engagement to a mooring line, is attached to the bottom of the...
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5865656 |
Marker buoy with self deploying anchor
A small, lightweight, reusable marker buoy is provided for marking a selected location on a body of water. The marker buoy has a buoyant float formed with an upwardly open well within which is...
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5857881 |
Automatically inflating bladder and line severing means for rod and reel
An apparatus for connection to a rod and reel, comprised, in its preferred embodiment, of (1) an emergency flotation bladder, (2) a compact container in which said bladder is stowed, (3) connection...
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5839931 |
Safety stop anchor
Disclosed is a safety stop anchor including a buoy distantly connected to a diver via a fixing rope. Before the diver returns to the surface, the buoy helps the diver to easily and relaxedly stay...
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5791956 |
Divers safety device
A safety device to be worn by a diver includes means for monitoring the breathing of the diver and causing release and inflation of a surface marker buoy attached thereto by a line if it detects he...
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5640922 |
Hands free dive flag connector
The present invention is a hands free dive flag connector comprising a retractable lanyard dispenser releasably attached to dive gear on a scuba diver. Complementary hook and loop materials are...
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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...
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5613888 |
Fisherman's marker
Apparatus for marking a preselected reference point on the water surface of a lake having a bottom surface comprising a float member with parallel top and bottom surfaces and two sides defining a...
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5609122 |
Divers safety flag
A storable diver's flag which is visible in substantially all directions. The flag includes three flexible rectangular panels connected to one another along a common central seam between the...
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5600873 |
Floating tether cords
Buoyant tether cords that remove ignition keys from personal watercraft to safely disable the motor in the event a rider falls off. When dropped in the water the cords float so that the ignition...
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5593331 |
Marine marker
A marine marker providing a service life, both of the structural rigidity as well as the surface finish that is presently unknown in the industry. The present invention utilizes the structural...
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5551901 |
Buoyant water course marker
A buoyant device used as a marker in the water for use in water sports is disclosed. The buoyant device comprises an inflatable buoyant member having one end coupled to an elastic cord which is...
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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...
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5516317 |
System to sink and float buoys
Submarine (6) devices consisting of cavity to hold sand and an inflatable air bladder (10) are located beneath and connected to floating buoys (2). The weight of the sand when put inside the cavity...
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