95 results about "Gunwale" patented technology

A dry storage box is held by a clamping device at a longitudinal location along the length of the small watercraft. Dry box provides water tight storage compartment with a hinged lid and latches for storing miscellaneous personal valuables and belongings. The clamped water tight box, in the event of capsize, remains secured to the gunwale, and thus valuables and belongings remain safe, dry and in one location. Incidentally provided are added buoyancy to the vessel in the event of a capsized condition, and when box is in normal use the longitudinal location allows free movement of the occupants about the small watercraft.

A compact 3 in 1 device used for fish cleaning, bait cutting, and/or live well. It can be easily attached to the gunwale of a boat with adjustable mounting arms. The arms are adjustable for both the width and depth of the gunwale and will fit most boats. This device includes a cutting board, clamp device to hold fish while cleaning and a knife and pliers holder. A "V" shaped tank which can be used to transport live bait, hold fish to be cleaned and/or fish already cleaned. The tank is equipped with an overflow tube with a screen attached to the top to prevent the loss of live bait. Removing the tube allows the tank to be drained. A 12 volt submersible pump is placed into the lake or reservoir and is attached to a 3 way brass ball valve. The 3 way brass ball valve will direct water to either the live well tank or the wash down hose. The electrical cord is plugged into an existing cigarette lighter on a boat or equipped with alligator clips to attach to a 12 volt battery. A inline switch and inline fuse is located withing the 10 foot electrical cord.

A fishing pole holder is designed especially for use in catching large deep sea fish and has a bent and telescoping stanchion that is received in a standard pole holder found on a gunwale of a boat and other locations. A telescoping cross bar is attached to the top of the stanchion and has a padded member on one end and a gimble assembly on the other. The gimble assembly holds the fishing pole and allows pivoting along an X and Y axis. An arrester assembly is provided about the gimble assembly for safety should the fish pull down hard on the line of the fishing pole.

A personal boat carrying apparatus is provided for supporting a kayak or similar boat on a user during a portage to make portaging a kayak easier and less uncomfortable. The apparatus is lightweight but durable and has a body with a curved and arched center portion for resting on the shoulders of a user carrying the kayak, and two opposite body ends. Each body end has a support arm which pivots from a closed position to one or more open positions. The pivoting support arm provides multiple open positions to allow the apparatus to support kayaks and similar boats of different widths and configurations. Each support may have a swiveling bracket for engaging the gunwale of the cockpit of the kayak or similar boat. When the support arms are in the closed position, the apparatus may be compactly stored in the boat or elsewhere.

A boat has two or more open hull sections that may be assembled prior to using the boat and disassembled or separated from one another prior to transporting or storing the boat. The forwardmost hull section is defined by the bow and an aft bulkhead. Each section has an elongated rigid structural load-bearing member, such as a keel or a gunwale, extending between its forward and aft ends. Each end portion of such member couples with a facing end portion of an aligned of the structural load-bearing member of an adjacent hull section through a rigid, load-bearing and load-transferring elongated shank member. The cooperation of each pair of facing rigid members and the shank interfitted with them causes all hull sections to be integrated into a rigid, load-bearing unitary boat. A cable may extend the length of the boat to prevent the shanks from being displaced from their relationship with the rigid member end pairs during operation of the boat. Latches of any suitable type may be included on the gunwales, bulkheads or elsewhere for the same purpose.

A body bag for water retrieval of human remains is provided. The body bag is lightweight and disposable. The body bag is made of a material having a hole ratio per unit weight of material in a particular range that permits rapid water drainage yet provides sufficient strength and integrity to the body bag, and reduces cross-contamination. The body bag can have a skid pad on an exterior surface as an aid to lifting the body bag out of the water and over the gunwale or sides of a recovery vehicle. The body bag also can have large handles for ease of gripping and to attach buoyancy devices. The body bag further can have a snag line around its periphery.

This invention provides an attachment for inflatable watercraft such as inflatable rafts to render such watercraft more suitable for sports fishing. The attachment includes a swivelable seat mounted at a convenient height for fishing, oarlocks mounted at the optimum position for rowing while seated, and, in the preferred embodiment, means for deploying an anchor or drag to keep the watercraft in the desired location. The attachment is mounted on and supported by the gunwales of the inflatable watercraft, to distribute the weight of the attachment and its user over as wide an area as possible in order to enhance the stability of the watercraft in use.

A mount assembly for a trolling motor is provided. The mount assembly includes a bracket adapted to support the trolling motor. A pivoting member, such as a link or an arm, has a first end pivotally coupled to the bracket. The pivoting member is also pivotally coupled to an abutment adjacent a boat deck or gunwale at its second end. A support member is rigidly affixed to a surface of the bracket such that the support member sustains the overhung load of the trolling motor while it is in the stowed position on the boat deck or gunwale. The support member is flat and unobtrusive when the motor is in its run position.

A device used to sink bait from a vessel during trolling fishing, includes a body formed by a vertical arm and a horizontal arm that are attached to the gunwale of the boat. Two pulleys are attached independently to the horizontal arm and can rotate independently of one another, each pulley being provided with a securing wire. One wire is used to secure a heavy body and the other wire is used to secure a small sheave joined to a clip which ensures that the bait remains attached to the fishing line while being lowered and raised to the desired depth. The small sheave is inserted onto the heavy body securing wire. The fishing line and bait are lowered by rotating the pulley joined to the small sheave and clip that holds the fishing line steady and, in this way, the corresponding wire is cast from the device.

The road-towed heavy-load ferry may be produced in larger or smaller versions using the same design. Its basic embodiment can transport afloat loads exceeding 16 metric tons (17.6 tons) including its tow vehicle. The ferry essentially comprises three longitudinal hulls. Outboard hulls (12) pivot outward and inward to rest atop central hull (10). Thereby, the ferry is reduced to a width suitable for towing on public roads. Equipment for road towing includes telescoping towing tongue (32), and pneumatic-tired wheels (28) which remain intact afloat. Winch (40) enables kedging across shoal water or ground. The wheels extend below the deployed outboard hulls to assist in kedging by reducing friction, suction, and risk of hull damage. A water-ballast system counterbalances on-board loads and otherwise improves stability in adverse winds, waves, and currents. Hinged gunwales provide additional freeboard.

A lighted fishing pole holder is attached to the gunwale of a boat and has a top mount that is attached to the gunwale in the usual way. A transparent or translucent fishing pole receiving tube member depends downwardly from a central opening of the top mount below the gunwale. A light strip is attached to an outer surface of the tube member with its lights directed into the tube member. The lights of the light strip are connected to the boat's electrical system or to a battery and provide lighting into the tube member which is directed out through the central opening of the top mount. A remote control can control various operations of the lights.

A gunwale sliding section is integrated into a stern portion of a gunwale of a marine vessel. The gunwale sliding section is slideably positioned. The longitudinal motion of the gunwale sliding section is parallel to the gunwale, wherein a sternward motion provides an open configuration and bow-ward motion provides a closed configuration. A rail and slide assembly enables the sliding motion. The stern arrangement of the gunwale sliding section enables a wider span across the opening, thus enhancing embarking and disembarking of the marine vessel. The gunwale sliding section can be manually operated or employ automated mechanisms, such as a hydraulic system, a pneumatic system, a motor driven system, and the like.

This invention provides a top (commonly called a T-Top) for a center console boat providing protection form the sun and elements for passengers, which a) may be easily attached to existing metal (typically stainless steel) grab rails on the fiberglass console structures on the center of the vessel, b) may be lowered by rotating forward or rearward for storage or clearance under bridges by rotating forward or rearward about fixed pivot points by removing positioning pins or bolts, c) provides open access completely around the perimeter of the boat without straps or other contrivances attached to the gunwales or perimeter of the boat, d) may utilize optional gas spring assistance for raising and lowering and e) may provide mounting for optional removable windshield, fishing rod holders, gear net storage, sound speakers, navigation equipment, interior lights and spot lighting. The top shall be constructed of rigid metal, metal tubing or plastic tubing and covered with a flexible or rigid material for protection from the elements. Typical T-Top designs are “fixed”, and do not allow the top to be lowered. Other “removable” T-Tops either a) must be lifted from the vessel (do not rotate) or require special mounting to the floor or fiberglass structure of the vessel.

A storage device attachable to a vehicle roof rack having a removable boat. The storage device comprises a base with a container. The boat is securely releasably attached in an inverted position to cover the container. A shape of the base conforms to a gunwale of the boat. The base has a flange and rim to engage a first side gunwale when the other side of the boat is lifted from the storage device. The boat is securely fastened to the base, such that the boat fits completely over the container to create a water-tight volume from the container base to the inside bottom of the boat. When the boat is released, securing means remain attached to the storage device, and the boat is easily lifted off of the storage device.

A bumper and mooring line receptacle apparatus for a dock facility includes an elongated bumper and mooring line receptacle for one or each mooring line, wherein each bumper and mooring line receptacle is connected with the dock facility; and further includes an abutment member connected with each mooring line at a distal end thereof. The bumper and mooring line receptacle has an interior hollow defined by a sidewall, having a slot therein along its entire length. The sidewall opposite the sot is attached to the sidewall of a selected dock facility via threaded fasteners or suitable. One bumper and mooring line receptacle can be located at the port bow, another at the starboard bow, another at the port stern and another at the starboard stern. Preferably, each of the sets of port and starboard bumper and mooring line receptacles end near each other at a generally amidship location on the gunwale where the skipper and crew/passengers enter and leave the watercraft. The mooring line is composed of conventional material used for nautical moorage, and has an abutment member at its distal end. The slot has a width either smaller than the cross-section of the mooring line such that the mooring line is forced through the slot into the interior hollow of the bumper and mooring line receptacle or is larger than the cross-section of the mooring line such that the mooring fine easily passes through the slot. Thereupon, the mooring line rests storingly in the interior hollow for storing the mooring line when not in use.

The invention discloses a wharf ship boarding ladder capable of being adjusted all-directionally and automatically. The wharf ship boarding ladder includes a landing platform, a ship boarding inclinedladder and a ship boarding platform. The top of the landing platform is provided with a landing supporting platform. Two straight lines on both sides of the landing supporting platform are provided with rolling wheel bearing guiding rails. The rolling wheel bearing guiding rails are internally provided with moving platforms. The two sides of each moving platform are provided with rolling wheel bearings to make the moving platform only be capable of sliding front and back along the rolling wheel bearing guiding rails on the landing supporting platform without being separated from the landing supporting platform. One end of the ship boarding supporting platform is hung out of a gunwale and is connected with the upper portion of a 7-shaped rotation shaft in a hinged mode. The 7-shaped rotation shaft can movably rotate without being separated from the ship boarding supporting platform. The other end of the ship boarding supporting platform is provided with supporting legs and ladder stepson the lower side, and is provided with a ballasting object to press the ship boarding supporting platform and to be used for firming the whole ship boarding platform. The wharf ship boarding laddercan eliminate rocking caused by irregular sway of a ship automatically to make the ship boarding ladder always keep relatively stable; safety of ladder boarding of people is increased; and the servicelife of the ship boarding ladder is prolonged.

The invention discloses a submarine cable connection operation device and an operation method thereof and relates to the technical field of submarine cable maintenance operation. A submarine cable maintenance ship is prone to secondary damage when a submarine cable is pulled into water. The submarine cable connection operation device comprises a cable guiding device fixedly connected with a hull,a connecting room and a cable traction winch. The cable guiding device comprises water outlet guide roller sets, a locking guide roller set, a horizontal guide roller set, a U-shaped guide roller setand a guide rail, wherein the protruding outboard portions of the water outlet guide roller sets are arc-shaped in the transverse direction and the vertical direction; the two water outlet guide roller sets are installed on the same side of a ship board; the locking guide roller set is provided with a safety locking device for fixing a cable. After cable connection is completed, the U-shaped guideroller set can slide to a gunwale along a guide rail, and the U-shaped guide roller set is hoisted through a hoisting device to enter water so as to downward release the cable. Bending damage occurring when the cable goes into or out of water or is dragged can be prevented, safe and reliable recovery, connection and downward release of the submarine cable can be effectively guaranteed, and secondary damage can be prevented.