US3353512A
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Marine coupling
Assignee: Canadian Patents and Development Ltd
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Filing: 1967-04-10
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Granted: 1967-11-21
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Expires: 1987-04-10
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Sydney T Mathews
- 👤 Leopold I Kawerninski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:27
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63B; B63B21/00; B63B21/56; B63B21/62; B63B2021/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
IN COMBINATION: (A) A TOWING VESSEL INCLUDING A FIRST MOUNTING MEANS FASTENED THERETO, SAID FIRST MOUNTING MEANS BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TOWING VESSEL, (B) A TOWED VESSEL, (C) A COUPLING DEVICE INTERCONNECTING SAID VESSELS FOR TOWING SAID TOWED VESSEL ALONG A PATH OF TRAVEL, (D) SAID TOWED VESSEL INCLUDING SECOND MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF MOUNTING PORTIONS FASTENED TO THE BOW OF SAID TOWED VESSEL IN SPACED APART RELATION TO DEFINE A HORIZONTAL AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID PATH OF TRAVEL, AND (E) SAID COUPLING DEVICE INCLUDING: (I) RIGID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS EXTENDING ALONG SAID PATH OF TRAVEL BETWEEN SAID VESSELS AND CONSTITUTING THE SOLE RIGID CONNECTION BEBETWEEN SAID VESSELS, (II) CONNECTING MEANS, INCLUDING UNIVERSAL JOINT MEANS, CONNECTING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS TO SAID FIRST MOUNTING MEANS TO PERMIT THREE DEGREES OF ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST MOUNTING MEANS AND THUS OF SAID TOWED VESSEL RELATIVE TO SAID TOWING VESSEL, AND (III) MEANS ROTATABLY CONNECTING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS TO SAID MOUNTING PORTIONS TO PERMIT ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, WHEREBY TO ENABLE RELATIVE YAW, PITCH, HEAVE AND ROLL BETWEEN SAID VESSELS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
IN COMBINATION: (A) A TOWING VESSEL INCLUDING A FIRST MOUNTING MEANS FASTENED THERETO, SAID FIRST MOUNTING MEANS BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID TOWING VESSEL, (B) A TOWED VESSEL, (C) A COUPLING DEVICE INTERCONNECTING SAID VESSELS FOR TOWING SAID TOWED VESSEL ALONG A PATH OF TRAVEL, (D) SAID TOWED VESSEL INCLUDING SECOND MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF MOUNTING PORTIONS FASTENED TO THE BOW OF SAID TOWED VESSEL IN SPACED APART RELATION TO DEFINE A HORIZONTAL AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID PATH OF TRAVEL, AND (E) SAID COUPLING DEVICE INCLUDING: (I) RIGID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS EXTENDING ALONG SAID PATH OF TRAVEL BETWEEN SAID VESSELS AND CONSTITUTING THE SOLE RIGID CONNECTION BEBETWEEN SAID VESSELS, (II) CONNECTING MEANS, INCLUDING UNIVERSAL JOINT MEANS, CONNECTING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS TO SAID FIRST MOUNTING MEANS TO PERMIT THREE DEGREES OF ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST MOUNTING MEANS AND THUS OF SAID TOWED VESSEL RELATIVE TO SAID TOWING VESSEL, AND (III) MEANS ROTATABLY CONNECTING SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS TO SAID MOUNTING PORTIONS TO PERMIT ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUCTURAL MEMBER MEANS ABOUT SAID HORIZONTAL AXIS, WHEREBY TO ENABLE RELATIVE YAW, PITCH, HEAVE AND ROLL BETWEEN SAID VESSELS.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1970-11-20 | 1971-05-22 | 1971-11-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1974-11-20 | 1975-05-22 | 1975-11-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1978-11-20 | 1979-05-22 | 1979-11-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |