US 11,814,143 B2
Marine navigational aid apparatus and method
Sidney N. Smith, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Assigned to Sidney N. Smith, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed by Sidney N. Smith, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,964.
Application 17/526,964 is a continuation of application No. 16/670,271, filed on Oct. 31, 2019, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073171 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 49/00 (2006.01); E02D 5/60 (2006.01); E02D 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 49/00 (2013.01) [E02D 5/223 (2013.01); E02D 5/60 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A marine navigational aid for use with a piling, the marine navigational aid comprising:
a flexible wrap configured to be substantially conformally wrapped around a circumference of the piling without forming a waterproof seal, the flexible wrap at least substantially comprising a non-padded wrap formed of waterproof material;
at least one affixment mechanism coupled to the flexible wrap and configured to affix the flexible wrap in an installed disposition around the piling at least partly above a corresponding waterline such that at least part of the flexible wrap is ordinarily visible to an observing mariner using ordinary vision; and
a plurality of alphanumeric characters disposed on an exterior side of the flexible wrap when the flexible wrap is in the installed disposition around the piling, the alphanumeric characters imparting marine navigational aid content to the observing mariner.