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Class 114
SHIPS
Class Definition:
This class includes marine vehicles and accessories, as
merchant vessels, warships, submarines, torpedoboats, etc.,
their spars, sails, and fittings specific thereto and not
otherwise classifiable.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
33, Geometrical Instruments, subclasses 713+, and see the
notes thereto for depth sounding devices and related art.
182, Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold, subclass 1 for a
horizontally pivoted ladder wherein a step remains level,
subclasses 83+ for a wall attached platform and ladder, and
subclasses 93+ for a wall attached ladder.
244, Aeronautics, subclass 3.1 for control or stabilizing
means for missiles and subclasses 75+ for apparatus and
devices for controlling aircraft generally of the manned
typed. Subclasses 76+ is the generic subclass for the
automatic steering of mobile craft in two and three
dimensions. See subclasses 175+ and the classes specified in
the notes thereto for the classes which provide for
electrically controlled or actuated apparatus for
automatically controlling the motion and/or steering of
mobile craft and for a statement as to the line between the
classes.
440, Marine Propulsion, for marine vehicle propulsion
devices, per se, and especially subclasses 38+ for marine
jet drive propulsion and subclasses 49+ for screw
propeller-type propulsion.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, for rafts.
505, Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process,
subclasses 150+ for high temperature (T[subscrpt]c[end
subscrpt] > 30 K) superconducting systems or devices,
particularly subclass 164 for projectile or launching device
or system.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
Ships and similar structures for offensive and defensive
purposes, elements or details specific thereto, and
inventions relating to the construction and building of such
vessels not otherwise classifiable.
Subclass:
2
Vessels provided with bow or stern extensions below the
waterline for ramming purposes -- or ships having
battering-rams or augers.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
41 for rams used in ice-breaking.
Subclass:
3
Vessels having reciprocating or thrusting rams designed to
batter in or puncture the hull of a vessel; also vessels
provided with augers or boring devices to effect the same
ends.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
81, Tools, subclass 463 and see the notes thereto for other
impact tools.
Subclass:
4
Floating forts designed to be anchored in harbors usually of
circular section and cylindrical or globular in form, and
though such forts may have means of propulsion they differ
from the general type of warships and form a distinctive
class.
(1) Note. These devices differ from turrets in that turrets
are fortified structures mounted upon, rotating with, or
being elevated upon other structures, while floating
batteries form a single structure, being rotated or elevated
as a whole.
Subclass:
5
Warships having mounted thereon an armored short or flat
tower, generally cylindrical or conical in shape within which
guns are operated. These structures usually rotate upon or
are elevated or lowered on the vessel carrying them.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4 for revolving vessels.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, subclass 36.13
Subclass:
6
Warships provided with revoluble turrets that may be elevated
or depressed at will.
Subclass:
7
Turrets that may be elevated or depressed on the vessel that
supports them.
Subclass:
8
Turrets that are revoluble upon the vessel supporting them.
Subclass:
9
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Miscellaneous
armor-clad vessels in which turret features are not claimed
and which involve novelty in protected hulls or decks, etc.,
either through belts or sheathing of armor-plate which may be
placed to form deflecting-surfaces or by means of temporary
shields and screens (other than the shields of gun mounts in
Class 89, Ordnance, ... ).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device,
particularly subclass 49.5 for nonvehicular screens or
shields for persons; subclass 58.5 for gun ports and subclass
78 and indented subclasses for penetration resistive rigid
wall structures not involving a combination with a gun or gun
mount.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses for a stock material product in the form of a
single or plural layer web or sheet, and especially
subclasses 457+ for a composite product including a layer
of metal, and subclasses 615+ for a metallic composite
defined in terms of the composition of its components.
Subclass:
10
Devices for protecting warships by means of armor arranged to
form deflecting-surfaces to receive the impact of projectiles
and cause their rebound.
(1) Note. See this class, subclasses 5 and indented
subclasses.
Subclass:
11
Inventions in protecting warships by armor, involving the
structure, assembling, and securing of armor-plates or
equivalent upon the hull, decks, or elsewhere to form sheaths
or belts.
Subclass:
12
Armor-plating composed of a plurality of superposed parts
jointed or locked together to form an integral plate or in
which the belting or plating is of a compound character
formed of different materials, including buffers or
equivalent, or structurally united or in which the plating is
composed of a plurality of layers of plates.
Subclass:
13
Armor belting and plating in which yielding or elastic means
are provided either at the backing or supports or between the
elements of the compound armor or plates.
Subclass:
14
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices in which
protection is secured to the vessel or crew by means of a
screen or shield secured to the vessel or which is portable.
It differs from Class 89, Ordnance, ..., in that the latter
shields are a part of the gun-mount, while the devices of
this subclass are a part of the vessel or are independent of
the gun and its mount.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
174 and 175.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, subclass 36.12 for shields of gun-mounts.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device,
particularly subclass 49.5 for nonvehicular screens or
shields for persons; subclass 58.5 for gun ports and subclass
78 and indented subclasses; for rigid penetration resistant
walls or armor not involving a combination with a gun or gun
mount.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses for a single or plural layer web or sheet stock
material, and especially subclass 911 (a cross-reference art
collection) for such product having a penetration resistant
layer.
Subclass:
15
Means for rendering a warship invisible or indistinguishable
at a distance by particular combinations of paints or through
resemblance to surroundings.
Subclass:
18
Torpedo-boats that run on the surface or awash and that are
not submergible. All have means for placing, launching, or
discharging torpedoes or are themselves the carrier of the
explosive.
(1) Note. Torpedoboats differ from torpedoes in that they
are manned and controlled by a crew while torpedoes carry no
crew, are not designed for such purpose and are much
smaller.
Subclass:
19
Torpedoboats carrying torpedoes at the end of a spar, the
torpedo being exploded on contracting the hull of the vessel
toward which it is directed, being launched from the spar
toward the hull, or discharged at will.
Subclass:
20.1
TORPEDOES:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter including fish or automobile torpedoes, the power or
propulsion being self-contained and nearly always actuating
screw-propellers, which propel the torpedo on the surface or
at any desired depth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
238 for torpedo launching.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclasses 406+, and indented
subclasses for submarine mines; subclasses 347+ for
pyrotechnic rockets and subclasses 374+ for aerial missiles
having a reaction motor propulsion means.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, appropriate
subclasses, for electric motor systems which might be used to
either steer or propel a torpedo; particularly subclasses
580+, and 648+ for automatic control of electric motors in
response to direction, inclination or angular position.
Subclass:
20.2
With power plants:
This subclass is indented under subclass 20.1. Subject matter
wherein means are provided for driving the torpedo through
the water.
Subclass:
20.3
With net cutting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 20.1. Subject matter
wherein means are provided for cutting a net.
Subclass:
21.1
With external control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 20.1. Subject matter
including fish or automobile torpedoes controlled from a
shore or other station by electrical or radiant energy means,
(e.g., radio, electric conductors) for steering.
(1) Note. This subclass is the generic subclass in Class 114
for the electrical control of movable bodies which are
classified in Class 114 (e.g., ships and torpedoes) and
provides for such inventions where the device claimed is not
limited to being a device other than a torpedo.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 144+ for mechanism for controlling the direction
or motion of a ship by means of rudders, speed-retarders
etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, subclass 77, and the classes specified in
the Notes thereto for electrically actuated or controlled
apparatus and devices for automatically controlling the
motion and/or steering of mobile devices, and for a statement
as to the line between the classes.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, appropriate
subclasses for electric motor systems which might be used to
either steer or propel a cable controlled torpedo.
Subclass:
21.2
With remote control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 21.1. Subject matter
wherein means are provided for controlling the device
remotely.
Subclass:
21.3
With homing means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 20.1. Subject matter
wherein means are provided with some type of homing
features.
Subclass:
22
Fish-torpedoes formed of a plurality of separable sections or
parts, one of which contains the explosive, the remaining
sections being capable of a subsequent use.
Subclass:
23
Torpedoes of this type wherein the invention relates to the
steering mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 for other than automatic or self- contained devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, appropriate
subclasses for electric motor systems which might be used to
steer a torpedo.
Subclass:
24
Steering mechanisms for fish-torpedoes in which a gyroscope
disk or wheel controls the steadiness of the torpedo's
course, direction, speed, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclasses 5+ for
gyroscopes of general application.
Subclass:
25
Devices for keeping torpedoes at a predetermined depth below
the surface while on its course or flight.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16 and 17, for such regulating devices as are applicable to
submarines.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 414 for submarine
mines having depth regulation means responsive to hydrostatic
pressure, see Class
Subclass:
26
Vessels of the well-known type approximately flat-bottomed or
square-ended; also oyster-floats.
Subclass:
27
Scows having means for discharging a load by overturning,
opening doors at bottom or sides, by tilting platforms, by
conveyers, carriers, by sectional, hinged, or separable
parts, or by flooding or washing away, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 137.1 for means
to load a scow or means to unload a scow other than by
dumping into the water; subclasses 137.7+ for the combination
of means to load a scow with means to dump the load into the
water; and, subclass 140.06 for means to bodily lift a vessel
out of the water onto land and then dumping the vessel.
Subclass:
28
Scows formed of a plurality of sections, hulls, or parts.
Subclass:
29
Dumping-scows in which the sections are hinged together and
hold the load when united and dump it when separated, the
sections turning on the hinges usually placed amid-ships.
Subclass:
30
Dumping and sectional scows, the load being dumped by the
separation of the sections.
Subclass:
31
Scows carrying loads on platforms or decks rather than in
holds and having means or structure to facilitate dumping or
unloading.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclasses 140+ as
explained in subclass 27 of this class (114), and subclasses
467+ for a self-loading or unloading vehicle (i.e., a vehicle
having a load receiving portion and a means to move a load
thereto or therefrom).
Subclass:
32
Scows in which a platform carrying the load is adapted to be
tilted and dumped the load.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclasses 467+ as
explained in subclass 31 of this class (114), and
particularly subclasses 469+ thereunder; also, subclasses
628+ and 639+ for an elevator having a tiltable carrier, and
subclasses 697+ and 743 for a vertically swinging load
support having a tiltable means for engaging the load.
Subclass:
33
Scows having tilting platforms which are movable laterally
before tilting, affording greater facility in tilting the
platform to discharge the load overboard.
Subclass:
34
Scows of this type in which an endless belt, carrier,
conveyer, or equivalent conveys and discharges the load by
its movement.
Subclass:
35
Scows wherein the load is discharged by opening doors or
gates at the sides of the scow, the platform usually being
inclined and the load held in place by the closed gates.
Subclass:
36
Dumping-scows discharging loads by the opening of doors or
gates in the bottom of the scow.
Subclass:
37
Dumping-scows having bottom doors and additional gates for
admission of water to flood the load and facilitate dumping
or discharge.
Subclass:
38
Scows adapted to be reversed or turned over to dump the
load.
Subclass:
39.11
METHOD OF SAILING SAILPOWERED WATERCRAFT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Process
for navigating a marine vehicle propelled by the wind, the
vehicle having (a) a portion which furnishes buoyancy when in
contact with the water and to which the main supporting
surfaces and other parts are attached (i.e., hull), (b) in
combination with either (1) an extent of material by which
the wind is used to propel the marine vehicle through the
water (i.e., sail), (2) mast, (3) spar, or (4) rigging.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.12 for a sailboard hull and rig means apparatus.
39.21 for apparatus for sail powered propulsion of a marine
vehicle in combination with a buoyant hull.
subclasses 271+ for a planing-type hull, per se.
Subclass:
39.12
SAILBOARD AND RIG MEANS THEREFOR:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter wherein the marine vehicle includes (a) a portion
which furnishes buoyancy when in contact with the water and
to which the main supporting surfaces and other parts are
attached (i.e., hull), (b) the buoyant hull being elongated
and of a width comparable to the shoulder width of a user,
intended to be propelled by the wind, and supporting the
user, and (c) the user supporting wind affected structure
(e.g., mast, boom, sail, etc.) for propulsion and navigation
of the hull.
(1) Note. Many of the marine vehicles included herein have a
mast and a boom with a sail attached thereto connected to,
but unsupported by the hull deck such that the vehicle's user
must directly grasp and manipulate the boom in order to erect
the mast and sail and thereby navigate the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.21 for a buoyant hull propelled by the wind, but with the
mast and sail supported by the hull and not the rider.
subclasses 89+ for a sailboat or sailboard mast or spar,
per se.
102.1 for sailboat rigging, per se.
102.29 for a sail, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 65+, for
the sailboard hull in the absence of rig means(i.e.,
surfboards) and subclass 74, for a sailboard hull, per se.
Subclass:
39.13
With rig means providing vertical lift:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.12. Subject
matter wherein the arrangement of the wind affected structure
(e.g., mast, spar, sail) on the buoyant hull causes an upward
force having a component at right angles to the horizon to be
imparted to the hull by the wind.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.21 for a buoyant hull propelled by the wind, but with the
mast and sail supported by the hull and not the rider.
Subclass:
39.14
Having specific board shape or construction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.12. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect of the
configuration of the buoyant hull or its composition is
detailed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 74 for a
sailboard hull, per se.
Subclass:
39.15
With hydrofoil (e.g., keel, skeg, rudder, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.12. Subject
matter wherein the buoyant hull is provided with a blade
projecting downwardly into the water which creates a thrust
against the water in a direction perpendicular to the plane
approximated by the blade.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.24 for a sailboat having a hydrofoil which provides
vertical lift to the hull.
Subclass:
39.16
APPARATUS HELD BY OR ATTACHED TO RIDER TO CONTROL SAILBOARD
OR SAILBOARD RIG:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter wherein structure intended to be propelled by the wind
is (a) supported by or (b) connected to the user and (c)
utilized to manipulate either (1) an elongated buoyant hull
of a width comparable to the shoulder width of a user, with
the hull supporting the user and the user supporting wind
affected structure (e.g., mast, boom, sail, etc.) for
propulsion and navigation of the hull (i.e., sailboard), or
(2) wind affected structure (e.g., mast, sail, or spar)
therefor.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.12 for a sailboard and rig means therefor.
Subclass:
39.17
Rig righting device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.16. Subject
matter wherein structure is provided for the user to grasp to
restore the wind affected structure to a position in which
the sail is upright.
Subclass:
39.18
Harness means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.16. Subject
matter wherein the structure is an arrangement engaging a
portion of the body of a user and connected to the wind
affected structure (e.g., sail, mast, spar) which is used for
propulsion and navigation of the hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, subclasses 151+ for a parachute harness.
Subclass:
39.19
Foot strap means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.16. Subject
matter wherein the buoyant hull has structure on an upper
surface thereof which extends upwardly to encircle a portion
of the foot of a user.
Subclass:
39.21
WATERCRAFT WITH MEANS USED IN PROVIDING SAILPOWER:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter wherein (a) the marine vehicle includes a portion
which furnishes buoyancy when in contact with the water and
to which the main supporting surfaces and other parts are
attached (i.e., hull), and (b) the hull which is propelled by
the wind being in combination with either (1) an extent of
material by which wind is used to propel the marine vehicle
through the water (i.e., sail), (2) mast, (3) spar, or (4)
rigging.
(1) Note. The mere mention of a sailboat without at least a
nominal recitation of a hull will be insufficient for
placement in this and the indented subclasses and such
subject matter will be found elsewhere in the class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.29 for a sail, per se.
39.25 for a specific sailboat hull shape, per se.
subclasses 89+ for a sailboat mast or spar, per se.
102.1 for sailboat rigging, per se.
Subclass:
39.22
With means used for converting from non-sailing watercraft:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein the marine vehicle includes rearrangeable
elements for transforming it from a marine vehicle to a
marine vehicle propelled by the wind.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclass 12.5, for a self-propelled
vehicle having land and water propulsion means.
Subclass:
39.23
With means for uprighting capsized watercraft:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein the marine vehicle has a mechanism for
restoring it to a position in the water with an upper surface
of the hull horizontal from a position in which the hull was
overturned.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.11 for means for uprighting a multiple displacement hull
marine vehicle.
Subclass:
39.24
With hydrofoil for providing vertical lift to hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein the hull is provided with a blade which is (a)
horizontal or at a small angle to a horizontal plane and (b)
aligned with the direction of travel such that when the hull
is in motion, the force of the water striking the blade
creates a resultant upward force that raises the hull with
respect to the water surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.15 for a sailboard having a hydrofoil.
subclasses 274+ for a planing type hull having a
hydrofoil.
Subclass:
39.25
Having specifically defined hull shape:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape,
contour) of the (a) perimeter or (b) cross section of the
hull is detailed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56.1 for a displacement-type hull having a specifically
defined hull shape.
subclasses 271+ for a planing-type hull having a
specifically defined hull shape.
Subclass:
39.26
Multiple hulls:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein the marine vehicle has a plurality of distinct
hulls.
(1) Note. The multiple hull marine vehicles in this and the
indented subclasses need not have all hulls normally
traveling on the surface of the water, but also include one
hull on the water surface and one submerged hull.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.1 for a ship having multiple displacement-type hulls.
subclasses 271+ for a ship having multiple planing-type
hulls.
Subclass:
39.27
With connecting means as three-dimensional frame with
vertically spaced apex (e.g., tetrahedral frame, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.26. Subject
matter wherein the hulls are interconnected by an arrangement
of elongate members forming a polyhedron having a peak spaced
above a base.
Subclass:
39.28
With connecting means permitting relative movement between
hulls:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.26. Subject
matter wherein structure interconnecting one hull with
another allows displacement of one hull with respect to the
other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.15 for a ship having multiple displacement-type hulls and
connecting means permitting relative movement between hulls.
283 for a ship having multiple planing-type hulls and
connecting means permitting relative movement between hulls.
Subclass:
39.29
With specific means acted upon by wind to provide sailpower:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape,
contour) of the extent of material by which the wind is used
to propel the hull through the water (i.e., sail) is
detailed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.29 for a sail, per se.
Subclass:
39.3
Reaction rotor-type (e.g., Magnus effect):
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.29. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material by which the wind is
used to propel the hull through the water is an airfoil
rotating through more than 360 degrees about an axis.
(1) Note. The airfoil may be of the type having a single
element rotated about a central longitudinal axis or may be a
plurality of integral elements rotated about a common axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.29 for a reaction rotor-type sail for a marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, especially subclass 10 and 21 for a
heavier than air aircraft having a cylindrical rotor.
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (I.E., Impellers), especially
subclass 4 for a rotary fluid reaction surface (e.g., Magnus
effect), per se, and subclass 55 for an impeller combined
with a vehicle.
Subclass:
39.31
Having spaced sail surfaces defining airfoil:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.29. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material by which the wind is
used to propel the hull through the water is a plurality of
separated elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.32 for a sail constructed from a plurality of connected
panels movable relative to each other.
102.33 for a sail constructed from a plurality of edge
connected panels.
Subclass:
39.32
Having specific mast mounting means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 39.21. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect of a device for
connecting to the hull a tall vertical spar that rises from
the hull to support the extent of material by which the wind
is used to propel the hull through the water is detailed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 90+ for a mast, per se.
93 for a mast step.
Subclass:
40
Vessels or boats designed and operated to break and cut up
ice-floes or to open channels for the passage of vessels.
Subclass:
41
Ice-breakers adapted to break up the ice by ramming, the bow
or stern structure being designed for that purpose, the
cutting being produced by the blows and wedging caused by the
speed and impact of the vessel.
Subclass:
42
Ice-breakers having saws or cutters for disrupting the ice,
usually actuated by means independent of the speed of the
boat or not due to the momentum of the vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
299, Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material,
subclasses 24+ for apparatus of general utility for mining
or disintegrating ice in a naturally occurring location.
Subclass:
43
Boats or vessels designed to be used on water or ice and
sometimes land. The boat's structure is essential.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 11.1, and indented subclasses
for skates and skis, and 845+, and indented subclasses for
sleds.
Subclass:
44
Miscellaneous means or devices for raising sunken or
submerged vessels, floating drydocks, or devices specific to
such use.
Subclass:
45
Means for raising vessels by use of semi-submergible docks,
nearly all of which are floating vessels and constructed to
receive the vessel upon its bottom or upon a platform or
equivalent way, the dock being raised by changing the line of
flotation through buoyancy by ejecting or pumping water from
the water-tanks or by changing ballast.
(1) Note. Compare with this class, subclasses 258+.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 and 53, for structures that are to be entirely
submerged.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 4 for
stationary or land dry docks.
Subclass:
46
Floating drydocks formed of a plurality of movable and
independent sections that united form the dock or in which
one or more sections may be used to dock other sections or
vessels.
Subclass:
47
Integral structures provided with gates or caissons adapted
to be closed and inclose the vessel in a dock, from which the
water may be expelled to expose the hull of the vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 6 for gates
associated with stationary or land dry docks.
Subclass:
48
Floating drydocks having a platform upon which the hull of
the vessel is supported and which is elevated or depressed
upon the dock by buoyant action secured by emptying
water-tanks or by hoisting.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 3 for
elevators in stationary or land dry docks in which the
elevator is usually raised by hoisting.
Subclass:
49
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices between
which a vessel is raised by their buoyant action, the
structures not being designed to be sunk (, below). The
camels, caissons, or pontoons are partially submerged by
opening watervalves and the vessels secured by straps,
chains, etc., and by changing the buoyancy of the structures
by expelling water from tanks or on rise of tide the vessel
is raised.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
53 for similar structures designed to be sunk and secured to
sunken or submerged vessels.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 35+ for
rafts.
Subclass:
50
Devices for raising sunken vessels; also means for forcing
air into a vessel and expelling the water after sealing up
openings.
Subclass:
51
Means for raising sunken vessels by hoisting or for hauling
vessels off shoals or bars. The sunken vessel is hoisted
toward some floating vessel which supports the hoisting
apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 264+ for a driven, cable-pulling device
for hauling or hoisting a load.
Subclass:
52
Vessels, tanks, or receptacles for containing air adapted
when filled to raise a sunken vessel by their combined
buoyant force.
Subclass:
53
Structures adapted to receive water and be sunk, attached to
sunken vessels, and have the water expelled, thus raising the
vessel by buoyant force.
Subclass:
54
Bags or receptacles for containing air adapted to be attached
or secured to or in sunken vessels when empty and by
inflation raise the same by buoyancy.
Subclass:
55
Devices or means for removing the sand or mud about a
submerged hull.
Subclass:
55.5
Motorized self-propelled water-ski or waterscooter-type
vehicle (e.g., personal watercraft):
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter wherein the marine vehicle (a) includes a portion
which furnishes buoyancy when in contact with the water and
to which the main supporting surfaces and other parts are
attached (i.e., hull), (b) the buoyant hull is capable of
supporting a user, and propelled to skim over the surface of
the water by a motor carried by the vehicle, (c) the motor
being operatively connected to propelling means below the
surface of the water, (d) the buoyant hull being steered by
the user, and (e) wherein a length of the hull is comparable
to the body length of a user and the width of the hull is
either somewhat greater than the user s foot but much
narrower than the shoulder width of the user (e.g.,
water-ski) or comparable to the shoulder width of the user
(e.g., waterscooter).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.12 for a sailboard, or a sail propelled marine vehicle.
subclasses 343+ for a boat, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 845+ for a land vehicle
provided with a surface slidably engaging the supporting
surface over which the vehicle moves.
440, Marine Propulsion, appropriate subclasses for marine
vehicle propulsion devices, per se, and especially subclasses
38+ for marine jet drive propulsion and subclasses 49+ for
screw propeller-type propulsion.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 65+ for
a non-self-propelled water skimming device, and especially
subclasses 68+ for a water ski, per se, and subclass 74 for a
surfboard.
Subclass:
55.51
Having hull compartment drain, or vent:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the hull includes means (a) to permit the escape of
liquid from an enclosed area in the hull or (b) to permit the
ingress or egress of a gas (e.g., air).
(1) Note. An exhaust gas pipe coupled to the engine and
extending from a compartment housing the engine is not
considered a vent.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 40+ Marine Propulsion,
subclass 88 for means for handling engine fluids and subclass
89 for means for handling engine exhaust gas.
Subclass:
55.52
Having pivoted steering and towing mast for rider:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the marine vehicle has (a) a control handle for
controlling the direction of travel of the vehicle, (b) the
handle is connected to the hull to permit rotation about a
horizontal axis and (c) the handle when grasped by a user
transmitting pulling force from the hull to the user.
(1) Note. Many of the marine vehicles classified herein are
designed to accommodate a standing or kneeling user.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 144+ for a ship steering mechanism, per se.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 845+ for a runner supported
land vehicle, and subclass 14.3 for a runner supported land
vehicle having a steering handle accommodating a standing
occupant.
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 40+ for direction
control for a marine fluid jet-type drive.
Subclass:
55.53
Having releasable hull compartment cover:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the marine vehicle has an enclosed area within the
hull, an opening of which has an overlying moveable lid for
access to the enclosed area.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 201+ for a hatch or cover for a deck opening of
a ship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for
a movable or removable closure, per se.
160, Closures, Partitions and Panels, Flexible and Portable,
appropriate subclasses for a hatch in the form of flexible
and portable panels, including those of flexible material and
of plural strips, slats, or panels which are interconnected
for relative movement.
296, Land Vehicles, Bodies and Tops, appropriate subclasses,
especially subclass 37.1 for an auxiliary article
compartment for a vehicle traveling on land.
Subclass:
55.54
With ski, pontoon, or hydrofoil providing vertical lift:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the hull is provided with either (a) an elongated
boardlike member having a width somewhat greater than a user
s foot and a normally upturned leading edge, (b) an elongated
floating member or, (c) a blade projecting into the water
which creates a force against the water in a direction
perpendicular to the plane approximated by the boardlike
member, floating member, or blade when the vehicle is
traveling through the water to raise the hull with respect to
the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.15 for a sailboard having a hydrofoil.
39.24 for a sailboat having a hydrofoil.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 68+ for
a water ski, per se.
Subclass:
55.55
And rider straddles seat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.54. Subject
matter wherein the user rides the vehicle with one leg on
each side of the part on which the user sits.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
363 for a seat support for a rider of a boat.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 9.25 for an endless track
propelled vehicle wherein the attendant straddles the seat
and subclasses 190+ for a snowmobile.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses especially
subclasses 845+ for a land vehicle having a runner.
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for a seat, per
se.
Subclass:
55.56
Having standing rider:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the user rides the vehicle while in an upright
position with the user s weight supported by the user s
feet.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
363 for a foot support for a rider of a boat.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 9.1 for an endless track
propelled vehicle and subclasses 190+ for a snowmobile.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 14.2 for a runner supported
land vehicle wherein the occupant stands.
Subclass:
55.57
Having rider straddling seat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the user rides the vehicle with one leg on each side
of the part on which the user sits.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
363 for a seat support for a rider of a boat.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 9.25 for an endless track
propelled vehicle wherein the attendant straddles the seat
and subclasses 190+ for a snowmobile.
280, Land Vehicles, appropriate subclasses, especially
subclasses 845+ for a land vehicle having a runner.
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses for a seat, per
se.
Subclass:
55.58
Rider is prone or supine:
This subclass is indented under subclass 55.5. Subject matter
wherein the user rides the vehicle in a lying down position
with either (a) the front or (b) the back of the user s body
turned toward the surface it rests on.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 845+ for a land vehicle
having a runner.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 74 for a
surfboard.
Subclass:
56.1
DISPLACEMENT-TYPE HULL (e.g., specific aftbody):
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter wherein (a) a particular structural aspect (e.g.,
shape, cross-section, contour, etc.) of that portion of the
marine vehicle which furnishes buoyancy when in contact with
the water and to which the main supporting surface (e.g.,
deck) and other parts are attached (i.e., hull) is detailed,
and (b) the marine vehicle when in contact with the water is
at all times only supported by the volume of water moved out
of its proper place by the hull.
(1) Note. In the marine vehicles classified herein, the
hull or an attachment to the hull is such that as the hull
moves through or across the surface of the water, a force is
not generated tending to either raise the vehicle out of the
water or to change the fore and aft drafts of the vehicle
relative to each other.
(2) Note. In the marine vehicles classified herein, some
portion of a hull extends above the surface of the water when
the vehicle is in use.
(3) Note. This and the indented subclasses deal with a
specific detail of the shape, cross-section, contour, etc.,
of the water-contacting surface of a marine vehicle hull. All
of the original patents within the scope of this project have
been placed in compliance with this line. However, the
patents currently found in other subclasses, not included
within the scope of this project, have not been checked for
compliance with this line and will be screened at a later
date.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.25 for a sailpowered watercraft having a specifically
defined hull shape.
subclasses 65+ for the construction of the hull of a marine
vehicle or of a nonhull marine vehicle component (e.g.,
cabin, bulkhead, decking, etc.).
subclasses 271+ for planing-type hulls or hull attachments
which alter trim or provide a dynamic lift to the marine
vehicle.
subclasses 355+ for a method for constructing or making the
hull of a boat or the structure of the boat hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, subclasses 105-107 for air ships adapted
to marine use.
440, Marine Propulsion, appropriate subclasses, for specific
features involved in marine vehicle propulsion.
Subclass:
57
Inventions in the exterior form of vessels propelled by
screw-propellers.
Subclass:
58
Inventions in the form of vessels propelled by wheels.
Subclass:
59
Vessels of spindle form having nearly circular cross-section
amidships and tapering toward bow and stern.
Subclass:
60
Inventions relating to the form of vessels designed for
canal, ferry, or tow service.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 33+ and indented
subclasses.
Subclass:
61.1
Multiple hulls:
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.1. Subject matter
wherein the marine vehicle has a plurality of distinct
hulls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.26 for a sailpowered watercraft having multiple hulls.
62 for a hull having a concave bottom.
Subclass:
61.11
With capsize prevention or uprighting means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein the marine vehicle has a mechanism (a) for inhibiting
the hull from moving from a position in the water in which
the hull has an upper surface horizontal to an overturned
position or (b) for restoring it to a position in the water
with an upper surface of the hull horizontal from a position
in which the hull was overturned.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.23 for means for uprighting a sailpowered watercraft.
subclasses 121+ for ship ballasting, per se.
283 for a planing-type hull having a laterally disposed skid
or pontoon.
360 for a boat with means to prevent capsizing or sinking.
Subclass:
61.12
Including a submerged hull (e.g., semisubmerged watercraft):
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein the marine vehicle includes a hull immersed (i.e.,
completely covered) in the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 121+ for ship ballasting, per se.
subclasses 244+ for a submergible towed object.
256 for a floating or semisubmersible storage vessel.
subclasses 274+ for a planing-type hull having a
hydrofoil.
257 for submergible storage tanks.
283 for a planing-type hull having a laterally disposed skid
or pontoon.
subclasses 312+ for submergible devices (e.g., habitats,
independently propelled submergible vessels, etc.).
Subclass:
61.13
Vertically spaced from another submerged or semisubmerged
hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.12. Subject
matter wherein each immersed hull is separated from and
positioned at a different water level above or below either
(a) another immersed hull, or (b) another hull which has a
portion below the surface of the water.
(1) Note. The submerged hull may be at the same water level
as another submerged or semi-submerged hull, but must be at a
different water level with respect to some other submerged or
semi-submerged hull.
Subclass:
61.14
Having plural spaced struts connecting each submerged hull
and platform:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.12. Subject
matter wherein each immersed hull is attached to a raised
horizontal surface by a support positioned a distance apart
from another support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 264+ for a floating platform having multiple
support legs or a float assembly.
subclasses 274+ for a planing-type hull having a
hydrofoil.
Subclass:
61.15
With connecting means permitting relative movement between
hulls:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein structure interconnecting one hull with another
allows displacement of one hull with respect to the another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.28 for sailpowered watercraft having connecting means
permitting relative movement between hulls.
123 for a ship ballasting float.
subclasses 283+ for a ship having multiple planing-type
hulls and connecting means permitting relative movement
between hulls.
Subclass:
61.16
Connecting means is pivotable arm:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.15. Subject
matter wherein the means interconnecting one hull with
another is a member which is either (a) rotatable about or
(b) angularly moveable about an axis.
Subclass:
61.17
Arm pivots about a vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.16. Subject
matter wherein the member is rotatable about or angularly
moveable about a line perpendicular to a horizontal plane.
Subclass:
61.18
Connecting means permits transverse linear horizontal
movement of hulls toward each other:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.15. Subject
matter wherein the means interconnecting one hull with
another limits movement of the hulls laterally toward or away
from each other to a straight line in a plane parallel to the
horizon.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
123 for a ballasting float for a ship.
283 for a planing-type hull having a laterally disposed skid
or pontoon.
subclasses 352+ for a sectional boat.
Subclass:
61.19
Hull pivots about a vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.15. Subject
matter wherein the hull is rotatable about or angularly
movable about a line perpendicular to a horizontal plane.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
123 for a ballasting float for a ship.
283 for a planing-type hull having a laterally disposed skid
or pontoon.
subclasses 352+ for a sectional boat.
Subclass:
61.2
Having a specifically defined hull shape:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape, contour)
of the (1) perimeter or (2) cross-section of the hull is
detailed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.14 for a sailpowered sailboard having a specific board
shape or construction.
39.25 for a sailpowered watercraft having a specific hull
shape.
61.27 for a specific hull shape of a non-multiple-hull-type
marine vehicle.
subclasses 271+ for a planing-type hull having a specific
shape.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D12, Transportation, subclasses 300+ for watercraft hull
designs.
Subclass:
61.21
Having lower hull portion asymmetrical with respect to a
central vertical plane through that particular hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.2. Subject matter
wherein the hull has a lower part at or below the surface of
the water which is lopsided with respect to a flat surface
perpendicular to the horizontal, the flat surface extending
fore and aft and passing through the center of that hull.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.27 for a specific hull shape of a non-multiple-hull-type
marine vehicle.
subclasses 271+ for a planing-type hull having a specific
shape.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D12, Transportation, subclasses 300+ for watercraft hull
designs.
Subclass:
61.22
Having plural crossbeams supporting rigid deck means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein more than one transverse strut connects and sustains
a stiff platform and each of the struts extends horizontally
from one hull to another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 343+ for a boat, per se.
Subclass:
61.23
Trampoline-type deck means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein a platform for supporting a user extends horizontally
between hulls and is constructed from flexible material which
is stretched taut.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.26 for a sailpowered watercraft having multiple hulls.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D12, Transportation, subclass 304 for sailboat designs
having plural hulls.
Subclass:
61.24
Having seat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein the marine vehicle has a structure primarily designed
for supporting a user in a sitting position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
363 for a seat support for a boat.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
297, Chairs and Seats, appropriate subclasses, for seats, per
se.
Subclass:
61.25
Inflatable-type hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.1. Subject matter
wherein the hull has a compartment which is capable of being
filled up by a gas.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
345 for an inflatable boat.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, And Aquatic Devices, subclasses 40+ for
an inflatable raft.
Subclass:
61.26
Having specific dimensional or speed ratio (e.g., Froude
number):
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.1. Subject matter
wherein a particular structural aspect of the hull in terms
of a proportion of either (a) its physical measurements
(e.g., length, width at its widest point, depth taken one to
another) or (b) its maximum displacement in a linear
direction per unit of time taken to one of its physical
measurements (e.g., square root of its maximum length), is
detailed.
Subclass:
61.27
Having specific forebody:
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.1. Subject matter
wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape, contour,
cross-section) of a front portion (e.g., bow) of the hull is
detailed.
(1) Note. The juncture between the forebody and the midbody,
and between the midbody and aftbody usually occurs at a point
of pronounced change of curvature of the hull as viewed in
plan view.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.2 for a specifically defined hull shape of a marine
vehicle having multiple displacement hulls.
subclasses 65+ for the construction of the hull of a marine
vehicle or of a non-hull marine vehicle component (e.g.,
cabin, bulkhead, decking, etc.).
subclasses 271+ for specific details of a planing-type
hull.
subclasses 290+ for a ship keel, per se.
subclasses 355+ for a method for constructing or making the
hull of a boat or the structure of the boat hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D12, Transportation, subclasses 300+ for designs of a
watercraft or hull.
Subclass:
61.28
Including bulb:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.27. Subject
matter wherein the front portion of the hull includes a
forwardly projecting bulge which contacts the water.
(1) Note. Many of the bow bulbs classified herein extend
both above and below the waterline of the marine vehicle.
Subclass:
61.29
And specific aftbody:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.27. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape,
contour, cross-section) of a rear portion (e.g., stern) of
the hull is detailed.
Subclass:
61.3
And specific midbody (e.g., waist):
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.29. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape,
contour, cross-section) of a middle portion (i.e., that
portion of the hull extending between the front portion and
rear portion) of the hull is detailed.
(1) Note. The juncture between the forebody and the midbody,
and between the midbody and aftbody usually occurs at a point
of pronounced change of curvature of the hull as viewed in
plan view.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.31 for a non-multiple-hull marine vehicle having a
specific midbody detailed.
Subclass:
61.31
Having specific midbody (e.g., waist):
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.1. Subject matter
wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape, contour,
cross-section) of a middle portion (i.e., that portion of the
hull extending between the front portion and rear portion) of
the hull is detailed.
(1) Note. The juncture between the forebody and the
midbody, and between the midbody and aftbody usually occurs
at a point of pronounced change of curvature of the hull as
viewed in plan view.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.2 for a specifically defined hull shape of a marine
vehicle having multiple displacement hulls.
61.3 for a nonmultiple hull marine vehicle having a specific
forebody, midbody and aftbody.
subclasses 65+ for the construction of the hull of a marine
vehicle or of a nonhull marine vehicle component (e.g.,
cabin, bulkhead, decking, etc.).
subclasses 271+ for specific details of a planing-type
hull.
subclasses 290+ for a ship keel, per se.
subclasses 355+ for a method for constructing or making the
hull of a boat, or the structure of the boat hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D12, Transportation, subclasses 300+ for designs of a
watercraft or hull.
Subclass:
61.32
Having specific bottom:
This subclass is indented under subclass 56.1. Subject matter
wherein a particular structural aspect (e.g., shape, contour,
cross-section) of that part of the hull which is below the
waterline from bilge to bilge is detailed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
61.2 for a specifically defined hull shape of a marine
vehicle having multiple displacement hulls.
subclasses 65+ for the construction of the hull of a marine
vehicle or of a nonhull marine vehicle component (e.g.,
cabin, bulkhead, decking, etc.).
subclasses 271+ for specific details of a planing-type
hull.
subclasses 290+ for a ship keel, per se.
subclasses 355+ for a method for constructing or making the
hull of a boat or the structure of the boat hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
D12, Transportation, subclasses 300+ for designs of a
watercraft or hull.
Subclass:
61.33
V-shaped bottom:
This subclass is indented under subclass 61.32. Subject
matter wherein that part of the hull which is below the
waterline from bilge to bilge has a transverse cross-section
configuration of V-shape.
Subclass:
62
Forms of hull presenting a more or less concave surface to
the water from bilge to bilge, bilges to keel, or
longitudinally.
Subclass:
63
Inventions in ship's forms in which flat bottoms are used
with or without keels or in which the bottom is nearly flat
or horizontal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
26 and indented subclasses for flat bottom scows.
Subclass:
65
Inventions relating to the construction of vessels except
warships or submarine types and not otherwise classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
56 and indented subclasses for inventions in external form
or water-resistance surface.
subclasses 343+ for small boats.
Subclass:
66
Boats having glass bottoms or windows for the purpose of
viewing marine life and scenery.
Subclass:
67
Devices providing means for diminishing the resistance
between the water and the vessel when moving through the
water and effective in increasing the speed. The present
types comprise friction-roller surfaces, conveyers, and
air-distributing means or attachments to produce a better
cutting edge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
232 and 233, for devices for distributing oils or liquids
between the ship's skin and the water.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 38+ and indented
subclasses for vessels having means to expel air or water
about the surface of the submerged hull with sufficient
effect and force to propel the vessel.
Subclass:
68
Vessels provided with means for preventing a vessel from
sinking, involving sufficient bulkheads or compartments to
keep it afloat or providing impenetrable or puncture-proof
skins or sides with or without linings or fillings of
waterproof or leak stopping character.
Subclass:
69
Vessels of insubmergible or nonsinkable type having linings
or fillings in the sheathing that through yielding surfaces,
waterproof, or leak stopping qualities prevent the admission
of water.
Subclass:
70
Vessels designed and constructed for the above service and
including those carrying trains and cars.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
60 for form of boats.
Subclass:
71
Inventions relating to vessels having cabin structures or
means for supporting them.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
189 for separate structures.
Subclass:
72
Vessels designed for carrying, securing, and preserving
freight or cargo.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
26 and 70.
subclasses 258+ for vessels designed to accommodate
watercraft or aircraft
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, appropriate
subclass, the freight carrier possibly being a ship; see
indented subclass(es) 52+ for accommodation of a load bearer
(e.g., a container or pallet) thereon board.
Subclass:
73
Vessels constructed to carry cargo in bulk, as ore, grain,
coat, etc., whether of the hopper type or otherwise.
Subclass:
74
This subclass is indented under subclass 73. Bulk cargo
freighter vessels, constructed to carry liquid or gaseous
fluids. Waterborne tanks which are tight and not obviously
unseaworthy are included.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
256 for marine storage tanks not adapted for towing or other
transportation movement. Examples of structure considered to
be excluded from subclass 74 under this note are: (1)
exterior form not tanker or boat-like; (2) obviously
unseaworthy, as entirely open bottom; (3) free interchange
between contents between contents of tank and ambient buoying
liquid.
Subclass:
75
Inventions relating to means for keeping the cargo from
moving about during the movements of the vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, appropriate
subclass for accommodation of lading on a freight carrier,
which could be a ship; see indented subclasses 52+,
particularly for inventions in means in engagement between
the freight carrier and a load bearer (e.g., container) to
inhibit shifting during transit, particularly indented
subclasses 70+ for securingly retaining the load bearer on
the freight carrier under such condition.
Subclass:
76
Devices for sustaining and covering cargoes, preventing
access of water or moisture, etc.
Subclass:
77
Composite vessels constructed of a plurality of independent
parts structurally united or decked to form a single vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 352+ for sectional boats.
Subclass:
78
Vessels having bulkheads or compartments as elements of
combinations.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 116+ for bulkheads, per se, and doors.
Subclass:
79
Various types of construction for iron vessels or in which
iron or metal is an essential element of the hull structure.
Subclass:
80
Ships in which corrugated iron is used.
Subclass:
81
Ships in which iron tubes are used in construction.
Subclass:
82
Vessels in which wood is the principal material used in
construction.
Subclass:
83
Means for bracing, staying, trussing, etc., the timbers,
frames, sheathing, and decks of vessels.
Subclass:
84
Various means and methods of constructing the sides of
vessels, involving the use of planks or sheaths or placing
additional sheaths or linings thereon or therein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11 and indented subclasses for metal or armor belts or
sheaths.
Subclass:
85
Methods and means for constructing vessels' decks or relating
thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus, appropriate
subclasses for process and apparatus for making similar
walkway and deck-like structure.
Subclass:
86
Methods and means for filling or closing the seams between
planking, etc., and making them watertight.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
224 for tools, implements, and machines for putting in the
calking material and paying or puttying seams.
Subclass:
87
Braces or knees used in shipbuilding.
Subclass:
88
Specific means or devices for uniting timbers, plates,
frames, seats, and thwarts, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for
joints of general utility.
Subclass:
89
Inventions in ships' spars, as masts, yards, booms, gaffs,
etc., their attachments, connections, and manner of mounting,
raising, and securing them.
Subclass:
90
Inventions in masts, their material, form, construction, and
position, and means for securing them.
Subclass:
91
Devices for pivoting masts, adapting them to be turned down,
up, around at will, or automatically.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39 for swinging masts, and 143 for swinging masts with
rocking keels.
Subclass:
92
Inventions in the above-mentioned devices or their
equivalents, trestle-trees being defined as fore-and-aft
pieces secured on each side of a mast or resting on the
hounds to support the rigging, cross-trees, etc. Cross-trees
are athwartships timbers supported by bibs and trestle-trees
to sustain top frames or extend topgallant shrouds.
Subclass:
93
Devices for protecting a mast or the deck through which it
passes, rendering the joint impervious to water, and devices
or means for securing the heel or foot of the mast to the
ship's timbers, keel, or keelson, etc., and fastening it in
place.
Subclass:
94
Caps and trucks or structure of the upper end or head of the
mast and the various types of metal bands or irons, etc.,
that are secured to masts not otherwise classifiable.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
98 for "irons".
Subclass:
95
Inventions in the horizontally-disposed spars extending
athwartships to which the sails of square-rigged vessels are
secured, as courses, topsails, topgallant, and royal sails.
Subclass:
96
Devices for hanging, supporting, or securing the yards of
vessels, trusses usually being of iron, to which the lower
yard is pivoted or secured, and parrels being hoops, rings,
or chains encircling the mast and secured to the yards.
Subclass:
97
All ship-spars except masts and yards (separately classified)
and their connections to masts or yards.
Subclass:
98
Gaffs, booms, etc., which are pivoted or the means or devices
for pivoting them to the masts or other supports.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19
Subclass:
99
Devices for supporting booms, usually a support having a
crotch in its upper end in which the boom rests.
Subclass:
100
Bands or irons of various types which are attached or secured
to yards, booms, gaffs, etc., and which are not classifiable
in subclasses 94, 96, 98, 101, 112, and 218.
Subclass:
101
Devices to secure the free running of ropes, cables, etc.,
adapted to be secured to spars or ship-timbers or
structurally a part of spars or attached to tops,
cross-trees, decks, pinrails, etc.
Subclass:
102.1
SAIL OR CONTROL MEANS THEREFOR:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter having (a) an extent of material by which wind is used
to propel the marine vehicle through the water or (b)
apparatus for manipulating the extent of material with
respect to other marine vehicle structure.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.11 for a sailboard hun and rig means to provide
navigation and propulsion thereof.
39.12 for a sailboard hun and rig means to provide
navigation and propulsion thereof.
39.21 for a marine vehicle hull and means to propel the hull
by sailpower.
39.29 for a marine vehicle hull in combination with specific
sail structure.
Subclass:
102.11
Sail assembly freely held by rider:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein both the extent of material by which wind is
used to propel the marine vehicle through the water and the
apparatus for manipulating the extent of material are
supported with respect to the vehicle solely by the user.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.16 for an apparatus held by or attached to a rider to
control a sailboard or a sailboard rig.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, subclasses 16+ for glider-type aircraft,
subclasses 153+ for kites, and subclass 902 for
parachute-type wings.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 810 for a wind sail for
propelling or braking a skier or skater.
Subclass:
102.12
Having means to tension or stretch sail:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter having apparatus to either (a) pull on, or (b) apply
stress to the extent of material by which wind is used to
propel the marine vehicle through the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.29 for a marine vehicle hull in combination with specific
sail structure.
Subclass:
102.13
Having airflow control device for sail:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein structure is provided to (a) direct a portion
of the wind before, or (b) redirect a portion of the wind
after it has contacted the extent of material by which the
wind is used to propel the marine vehicle through the water
from the wind s normal path to enhance the wind's affect on
the extent of material.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.29 for a marine vehicle hull in combination with specific
sail structure.
102.16 for means to orient the sail with respect to the
marine vehicle.
102.22 for means to vary the shape or camber of the sail.
Subclass:
102.14
Fairing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.13. Subject
matter wherein the structure provided to direct or redirect a
portion of the wind is a member or formation the primary
purpose of which is to produce an aerodynamic leading edge to
the extent of material for propelling the marine vehicle
through the water.
Subclass:
102.15
Having means to stow, load, or unload sail:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein apparatus is provided to facilitate either (a)
storage of the extent of material, or (b) connection of the
extent of material to in-use supporting structure, or (c)
removal of the extent of material by which the wind is used
to propel the marine vehicle through the water from its
in-use supporting structure.
(1) Note. Many of the patents found herein provide apparatus
for shifting the sail from its use position where it is
connected to and supported by a mast, spar, or cable (i.e.,
stay) to a compartment for non-use storage or from such a
compartment to its connected and supported use position.
Subclass:
102.16
Including means to orient sail:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein there is a mechanism to adjust the alignment
of a straight line (i.e., chord line) joining trailing and
leading edges of the extent of material with respect to the
marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.13 for airflow control means for a sail.
102.22 for means to vary the shape of a sail.
Subclass:
102.17
Having gearing:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.16. Subject
matter wherein the mechanism used to adjust the alignment of
the straight line (i.e., chord line) connecting the leading
and trailing edges of the extent of material includes a
system having (a) a toothed (1) wheel, (2) cylinder, or (3)
other machine element, that meshes with (b) another toothed
(1) wheel, (2) cylinder, or (3) machine element to transmit
motion, or to change speed or direction of the mechanism.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Elements, appropriate subclasses, for power
transmission mechanisms involving gearing, per se.
Subclass:
102.18
Having rope or line (e.g., sheet):
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.16. Subject
matter wherein the mechanism includes a flaccid, elongated
element which can transmit force only when under tension.
Subclass:
102.19
And traveler:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.18. Subject
matter wherein the mechanism has (a) an apparatus fixed with
respect to a hull of the marine vehicle and (b) an element
slidably connected to the apparatus for movement therealong,
(c) the slidable element being operatively connected to the
extent of material through the flaccid, elongated element for
adjusting its alignment.
(1) Note. Many of the patents found herein have the fixed
apparatus fastened transversely to the deck aft of a
fore-and-aft sail with the slidable element operatively
connected to the sail, and the slidable element moved along
the fixed apparatus by the user of the marine vehicle.
(2) Note. Many of the patents found herein have a means for
selectively fixing the position of the slidable element with
respect to the fixed apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 204+ for travelers, per se.
Subclass:
102.2
And winch (e.g., capstan, driven pulley, windlass, etc.):
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.18. Subject
matter wherein the mechanism has (a) a rotatable drum which
is caused to turn about its axis of rotation by a source of
power, (b) the flaccid, elongated element being wound around
the drum and (c) the drum applying a tensioning force to the
flaccid, elongated element.
(1) Note. The winch may be of the line accumulating type or
of the line traction type.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, appropriate subclasses, for winches and winching
arrangements, per se.
Subclass:
102.21
And sheave or pulley:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.18. Subject
matter also including an element having a generally circular
perimeter which (a) engages the flaccid, elongated element
and (b) is freely (i.e., nonpowered) rotatable about an axis
through its center in response to movement of the flaccid,
elongated element over its perimeter.
Subclass:
102.22
Having means to vary shape of sail (e.g., camber):
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter having structure to change the surface contour (e.g.,
curvature) of the extent of material by which the wind is
used to propel the marine vehicle through the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.29 for a marine vehicle hull in combination with specific
sail structure.
102.13 for airflow control means for a sail.
102.16 for means to orient the sail with respect to the
marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, appropriate subclasses, for means to vary
the shape of an airfoil for aircraft.
Subclass:
102.23
Inflatable-type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.22. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material has a compartment which
is capable of being filled up by a gas.
Subclass:
102.24
Batten:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.22. Subject
matter wherein the structure to change the surface contour is
a strip of flexible material extending from a trailing edge
toward a leading edge of the extent of material for
rigidifying a portion thereof.
(1) Note. Many of the patents have the battens received in
pockets which extend from the trailing edge toward the
leading edge of the extent of material.
Subclass:
102.25
Having separate adjustment means for batten:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.24. Subject
matter wherein the strip of flexible material has a mechanism
which acts on it to permit the strip s effect on the extent
of material to be varied.
Subclass:
102.26
For plural battens in a horizontal plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.25. Subject
matter provided with an additional strip of flexible
material, extending from a trailing edge toward a leading
edge of the extent of material for rigidifying a portion
thereof, which is disposed at a common vertical level with
respect to the horizon.
Subclass:
102.27
Having specific construction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.24. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect of the strip of
flexible material is detailed.
Subclass:
102.28
Spinnaker pole:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein (a) a long, slender element (e.g., boom, spar)
is detailed which is connectable (1) at one of its ends to a
mast, and (2) at its opposite end supports one corner of a
triangular extent of material for propelling the marine
vehicle through the water, (b) the extent of material having
(1) an apex, (2) a base, (3) two equal length sides and (4)
supported only at its corners and apex (i.e., spinnaker).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 89+ for masts or spars, per se.
Subclass:
102.29
Specific sail structure or arrangement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.1. Subject
matter wherein a particular structural aspect or
configuration of the extent of material by which the wind is
used to propel the marine vehicle through the water is
detailed.
(1) Note. This and the indented subclasses deal with a
specific detail of the structure or configuration of a marine
vehicle sail.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39.29 for a marine vehicle hull in combination with specific
sail structure.
subclasses 104+ for a specific sail arrangement and reefing
or furling of the sail.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
139, Textiles, Weaving, appropriate subclasses, for weaving
of fabric material, and woven fabrics, per se.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses, for manufacturing processes and
apparatus including a step of adhesively bonding parts
together.
244, Aeronautics, subclasses 142+, for a parachute and
subclass 145 for parachute canopy construction.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses, for stock material composites, per se.
Subclass:
102.3
Spinnaker:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.29. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material is triangular in shape
having (a) an apex, (b) a base, (c) two equal length sides,
and (d) is supported only at its two corners and apex.
(1) Note. Many of the spinnaker sails classified herein have
the apex connected to the mast and the other corners
supported by a spar or boom connected to the mast.
Subclass:
102.31
Of laminate or composite construction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.29. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material is fabricated either
from (a) a plurality of layers bonded together one over the
other, or (b) a layer of material having a plurality of
flexible pliant elements which run along stress lines of the
extent of material in an unwoven manner (i.e., on a surface
of the fabric, in addition to the normal fabric threads).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
139, Textiles, Weaving, appropriate subclasses, for weaving
of fabric material, and woven fabrics, per se.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufactur
e, appropriate subclasses, for manufacturing processes and
apparatus including a step of adhesively bonding parts
together.
428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, appropriate
subclasses, for stock material composites, per se.
Subclass:
102.32
Constructed from a plurality of connected panels movable
relative to each other:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.29. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material is fabricated from a
number of sections, each section being connected to and
shiftable one with respect to another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.33 for a sail constructed from a plurality of edge
connected panels fixedly connected to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
139, Textiles, Weaving, appropriate subclasses, for weaving
of fabric material, and woven fabrics, per se.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufactur
e, appropriate subclasses, for manufacturing processes and
apparatus including a step of adhesively bonding parts
together.
Subclass:
102.33
Constructed from a plurality edge connected panels:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102.29. Subject
matter wherein the extent of material is fabricated from a
number of sections, each section being connected to and
shiftable one with respect to another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
102.32 for a sail constructed from a plurality of panels
connected to and moveable relative to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
139, Textiles, Weaving, appropriate subclasses, for weaving
of fabric material, and woven fabrics, per se.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufactur
e, appropriate subclasses, for manufacturing processes and
apparatus including a step of adhesively bonding parts
together.
Subclass:
104
Inventions for taking in or shortening sail.
Subclass:
105
Means and methods of reefing and furling those sails which
are set normally in a fore-and-aft line, as jibs, stay-sails,
spankers, and sails of the sloop or schooner rig types.
Subclass:
106
Devices for shortening fore-and-aft sails by rolling them
upon rollers, said rollers being the booms, gaffs, etc., or
rollers attached thereto or to stays, etc.
Subclass:
107
Devices for shortening the sails of other than fore-and-aft
types on rollers, the rollers being the yards or attached
thereto or to the masts.
Subclass:
108
Mechanical devices, usually metallic, by means of which sails
are secured to their support, these devices usually being
secured to the sail, and which are not classifiable in
subclasses 112, 113, 114, and 115.
Subclass:
109
Means for tightening up or shortening shrouds or other
standing rigging and permanently placed, the turning of screw
producing greater tension between the ends of shrouds, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
223 for portable rigging-screws.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 199+ for portable implements or apparatus
for tensioning flexible material from which the implements or
apparatus are detached after the material is tensioned.
Subclass:
111
Means for making or setting sails, hoisting means, or
relating thereto.
Subclass:
112
Devices by which the hoops or sail-fasteners are made to
travel up and down on masts and longitudinally on yards or
spars when the sails are being set or furled, etc., the
sail-fastening device having an element movable in a guide,
slot, or iron attached to or structurally a part of the mast
or spar. This subclass includes all travelers attached to
spars or which are not secured to the rail or deck.
Subclass:
113
The title is self-explanatory, the connections usually being
a part of the hoop rather than a sail-fastener, the latter
forming a part of or secured to the sail or its bolt-rope.
Subclass:
114
Eyes, loops, grommets, etc., or their metal equivalents
worked in or secured to the sides or leaches of sails at the
bolt- ropes, the eye or loop adapted to receive the hook of a
tackle or equivalent or to sail-fastening devices secured to
jibs and stay-sails or fore-and-aft sails and having a
plurality of loops, one for the stay, another for the
bolt-rope of sails, and which are usually in the same plane
and adapted to secure the free running of the sail on its
stay or support.
Subclass:
115
So-called "spectacle" or other irons or devices secured to
the lower corners of sails to which the sheets are attached.
The spectacle-iron or iron clew is usually formed with three
eyes, to which the leach-rope, the foot-rope of the sail, and
the sheet or sheet-block are attached.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, subclass 210 for eye forming
thimbles on the end of a rope or cable.
Subclass:
116
Inventions in bulkheads usually adapted to form watertight
compartments of vessels.
Subclass:
117
Bulkheads provided with doors.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, subclass 124.
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for
closures of the type provided for and see the search notes in
section IV of Class 49 for the loci of closures in other
classes.
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclasses
58+.
144, Woodworking, subclass 271 for a wood bending steamer.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
doors or flexible material and doors made of plural strips,
slats or panels interconnected for relative motion.
418, Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, for rotary expansible
chamber devices, per se.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclasses 310+.
Subclass:
118
Doors of bulkheads adapted for self-closure or in which the
closing is automatic, as on the entry of water to a certain
height, the doors being closed by swinging or rotating.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 10+ for a
stream spanning closure responsive to the amount or velocity
of water in the stream and subclasses 21+ for a closure
released for movement or directly actuated by an ambient
fluid, e.g., rain or snow.
Subclass:
119
Automatic closing doors of the bulkheads, said doors being
sliding.
Subclass:
120
Bulkhead-doors which close by sliding.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 404+ for a
closure mounted for sliding movement.
Subclass:
121
Devices designed to steady and trim vessels, prevent
careening, rolling, pitching, etc.
Subclass:
122
Means to prevent the rolling, pitching, etc., due to wave
motion.
Subclass:
123
Means providing buoyant floats, caissons, etc., secured to
the vessel and floating alongside, preventing careening,
capsizing, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
39 for combinations with boats, spars, sails, etc.
Subclass:
124
Devices in which weights are adapted to move about or to be
moved to distribute the weight and change the position of the
center of gravity to steady, trim, or ballast a vessel when
sailing or in a seaway.
Subclass:
125
Devices in which ballasting is secured by watertanks adapted
to be filled or emptied, thereby distributing weight, which
steadies and trims the vessel in sailing, etc.
Subclass:
126
Ballasting devices in which lee or weather boards or fins,
plated, blades, etc., are adapted to project from the
vessel's sides or keel laterally, obliquely, or horizontally
to form a resistance-surface to prevent careening or
capsizing and to enable a vessel to point or sail closer to
the wind and prevent making leeway.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
135 and 142, for center-boards, lateral, which partake of
the nature of fins and leeboards, though used as centerboards
or keels; and 152 for diving-fins.
Subclass:
127
Vessels having boards, plates, planks, etc., placed
longitudinally amidships and projecting in line with the keel
or approximate thereto and adapted to be raised or lowered to
increase the resistance-surface and prevent capsizing or
sudden careening, thereby steadying and trimming the vessel,
usually preventing making to leeward, and enabling a vessel
to point or sail closer to the wind. Centerboards are usually
short in length and move in a recess or casing formed in the
bottom of the vessel and raised, lowered, or adjusted at
will.
Subclass:
128
Centerboards adapted to be turned more or less obliquely or
athwartships and capable or adapted to be used for steering.
The devices of this type are centerboards in that they are
adapted to be lowered as centerboards and serve the purpose
of such or are too long to be considered as mere rudders.
(1) Note. Subclass 149, this class, is limited to rudders
placed upon or in line with the keel and not adapted to be
raised or lowered as centerboards, or the invention relates
to the means for steering rather than to the principles of
centerboards.
Subclass:
129
Devices in which more than one centerboard is used and in
line with the keel longitudinally.
Subclass:
130
Devices in which the centerboard is adapted to be lowered
vertically and then swung down to greater depth at will or
tilted or turned transversely athwartships.
Subclass:
131
Centerboards of vertical drop and swing type and made of a
plurality of movable parts.
Subclass:
132
Centerboards pivoted at or near one end, adapted to swing
down to greater or less depth, and adjustable at will.
Subclass:
133
Pivoted centerboards composed of a plurality of separate
parts usually movable or pivotally connected.
Subclass:
134
Folding sectional boards in which the parts fold together
fan-like and having a common pivot on which the sections
turn.
Subclass:
135
Centerboards displaced laterally from the keel and not in
line therewith.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126
Subclass:
136
Centerboards adapted to be swung obliguely across the line of
the keel, but not primarily for steering.
Subclass:
137
Centerboards that are adapted to tilt horizontally or
obliquely up or down against the keel, being usually hinged
at or in line therewith.
Subclass:
138
Centerboards that are adapted to be raised or lowered
vertically, both ends being adjustable at will either
separately or simultaneously, and in most cases the
centerboard is moved as a whole and not merely one end.
Subclass:
139
Centerboards adapted to be moved vertically and composed of a
plurality of movable parts.
Subclass:
140
Keels and their structure and means and methods of securing
them, whether fixed or movable.
(1) Note. Keels differ from centerboards in being longer,
being usually the length of the boat, or being, when short,
immovably fixed to the hull.
Subclass:
141
Keel structures which are adapted to be moved vertically as a
whole and which extend from bow to stern and not merely
centerboards.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
130 131, 138, and 139, for centerboards.
Subclass:
142
Keels laterally displaced from the true keel--i.e., located
upon the sides or bilge of the vessel's bottom.
Subclass:
143
Keel structures that are adapted to rock or swing upon pivots
laterally or longitudinally and which are keels rather than
centerboards.
Subclass:
144
Devices for changing the direction or speed of a vessel's
motion by means of rudders, brakes, speed-retarders, and the
like.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21 and 23+, for torpedoes with steering control means.
162 for tillers.
209 for drag anchors for speed-retarding and steering.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, appropriate subclasses
under Mechanical Movements.
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses
for expansible chamber motors for operating steering
mechanism.
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 6.2 for a motor vehicle which
is steered by creating a difference between the driving
effort developed by one or more traction elements located on
one side of the vehicle and the driving effort developed by
one or more traction elements located on the other side
thereof; and subclasses 79+ for a motor vehicle having means
for guiding it.
244, Aeronautics, subclasses 75+ for apparatus and devices
for controlling aircraft. Subclasses 76+ is the generic
subclass for the automatic steering of mobile craft in two
and three dimensions. See subclass 175 and the classes
specified in the notes thereto for the classes which provide
for electrically controlled or actuated apparatus for
controlling the motion and/or steering of mobile devices and
for a statement as to the line between the classes.
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 263+ and 771+ for occupant
steered vehicles.
318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems, appropriate
subclasses for electric motor systems which might be used to
steer a vessel particularly subclasses 580+ and 648+ for
automatic control of electric motors in response to
direction, inclination or angular position.
440, Marine Propulsion, subclass 12, 13+, 21+, 40+, 53+, 90+,
and 95+ for various types of steering-gear involved in and
combined with propelling devices.
Subclass:
145
Brakes or devices for retarding a ship's motion through the
water and also adapted for steering when used separately,
usually rudders or projecting plates attached to the vessel's
sides.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
209 for checking headway by drags.
Subclass:
146
Inventions in steering apparatus having a plurality of
devices for operating the rudder or steering means, one
auxiliary to the other for simultaneous use, or as an aid to
that in general use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
163 for multiple rudders, and 164 for auxiliary rudders.
Subclass:
147
Devices in which paddle-wheels or screw-propellers, etc., are
used to effect a change of direction, such devices being used
for steering and not primarily for propulsion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 53+ and 90+ for combined
steering and propelling screws or wheels.
Subclass:
148
Wheels or propellers placed in channels or waterways formed
in the ship's side or hull to effect changes in direction by
propulsion, the wheels or propellers located in the channels
setting in motion a column of water or jet which be reaction
changes direction of course.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
151 for steering devices in which a mere jet is used without
the use of wheels, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 40+ for combinations of
propulsion and steering wheels in channels, subclasses 53+
and 90+ for screws or wheels in channels or waterways.
Subclass:
149
Rudders or equivalent which are located upon or below the
keel and partaking of the nature of centerboards and adapted
to be turned across the keel, but not adjustable vertically.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
128 and 129.
Subclass:
150
Steering mechanism in which fluid-pressure is used to control
the rudder, tiller, or steering wheel, etc., or to react upon
the water through which the vessel moves. It includes all
pneumatic, steam, and hydraulic means specific to ships and
their structure and not so claimed as to be of general
application in steam steering.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
146 for devices in which either hand or fluid pressure
steering powers are used independently or simultaneously or
for means for coupling one to the other.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
91, Motors: Expansible Chamber Type, appropriate subclasses
for expansible chamber motors for operating steering
mechanism.
418, Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices, for rotary expansible
chamber motors for operating steering mechanism.
Subclass:
151
Devices in which a jet of fluid, usually water, is thrown out
approximately athwartships or obliquely to the keel at bow or
stern, turning a vessel by the reaction due to jet
propulsion.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
60, Power Plants, subclasses 221+ for reaction motors which
obtain a thrust by the ejection of water and having means to
eject water in a plurality of directions to obtain a
resultant variation in thrust direction, and subclasses 228+
for reaction motors which eject fluids other than water and
are provided with thrust direction modifying means.
239, Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing, subclass
127.1, 265.23 and 265.33+ for a reaction motor discharge
nozzle whose direction of stream discharge may be varied for
steering a vehicle with which it may be associated.
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 40+ for combined
propulsion and steering jets.
Subclass:
152
Structures located at ships' ends designed to effect diving,
or similar devices at the sides of vessels, any of which may
be used for steering, but which are not rudders in the
ordinary means, their action and position being similar to
those of the fins of fishes.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for ballasting-fins.
Subclass:
153
Means for steering operated by the foot or feet.
Subclass:
154
Combinations of the ordinary steering wheel or equivalent and
its shaft with gears for operating the rudder, but not
involving a wheel and drum.
Subclass:
155
Wheel-shaft gearing in which screws or worms are used. This
subclass also includes multiple screw devices in which a
plurality of screws or worms is used, provided one of them is
upon the wheel-shaft and said shaft turns another through
intermediate gear, all screws being of the same type.
Subclass:
156
Screw-shaft gearing in which other gears are placed between
the steering wheel shaft and the screws or worms. In the
miscellaneous subclass above (155) the screw or worm is
located upon the wheel-shaft.
Subclass:
157
Wheel-shaft gearing involving right and left screws or worms
operating the rudder, one or both of the screws being upon
the wheel-shaft.
Subclass:
158
Steering mechanisms of the above mentioned type in which
other gearing is placed between the wheel-shaft and the
screws or worms, which are geared to control the rudder.
Subclass:
159
Wheel-shaft gearing operating a rack of segmental shape or
equivalent located upon the rudderhead and turning
therewith.
Subclass:
160
Steering mechanism comprising a wheel and a drum, upon which
the steering ropes or chains are wound.
Subclass:
161
Wheel and drum steering means in which gears or mechanical
elements are placed between the wheel or axle and the drum.
Subclass:
162
Miscellaneous forms of rudders, not otherwise classifiable;
also includes "tillers".
Subclass:
163
Steering mechanisms in which a plurality of rudders is used.
Subclass:
164
Rudders of permanent nature brought into use upon loss of the
usual rudder. They are movable into position, but are not
portable, as are jury rudders.
Subclass:
165
Means for pivoting, securing, or supporting the rudder or its
post in the bearings in combination with stern or stem posts,
keel, or keelson, and devices for shipping or unshipping the
rudder from its hanging or support.
Subclass:
166
Rudders of tubular shape through which the propeller forces a
jet or through which water reacts to move the stern.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 53+ and 76+.
Subclass:
167
Rudders composed of a plurality of rudders, parts,
extensions, or blades designed to increase
resistance-surface.
Subclass:
168
Portable and temporary devices designed to serve as a
steering means when the usual rudders have been lost or
rendered inoperative.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
209 for drag-anchors.
Subclass:
169
The title is self-explanatory.
Subclass:
170
Devices for relieving strain on the helmsman or rudder,
adapted to yield gradually to the force of the waves, thereby
preventing the breaking of the rudder or its connections.
Subclass:
171
Brakes in which tension is relieved through fluid resistance,
the fluid being compressed or retarded in its flow.
Subclass:
172
Devices for securing the steering mechanism or rudder in
fixed position, and controllable at will.
Subclass:
173
Devices including openings through ships' sides or decks not
otherwise classifiable, and stoppers, shutters, and shields
for closing the same.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for
closures of the type provided for and see the search notes in
section IV of Class 49 for the loci of closures in other
classes.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
closures of flexible material and closures made of plural
strips, slats or panels interconnected for relative motion.
Subclass:
174
Covers, doors, etc., for closing ports, differing from the
covers of the light and air ports principally in the use to
which said port is adapted and being generally larger and of
rectangular construction, while the light and air ports are
usually circular.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
48, Gas: Heating and Illuminating, subclass 124.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass 58
and indented subclasses.
144, Woodworking, subclass 271 for a wood bending steamer.
404, Road Structure, Process and Apparatus subclasses 25+
for pavement with a vault cover-closure.
422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting,
Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing, subclasses 310+.
Subclass:
175
Port-stoppers specially adapted for ports through which the
gun is pointed, the stoppers fitting the muzzle of the gun or
forming a shield or protector.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
238
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, subclass 5 for stoppers for submarine
ordnance, and subclass 36.14 for protectors that close the
port, but are structurally a part of the gun-mount.
109, Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device, subclass
58.5 for other gun ports not for ships and not involving a
combination with the gun or gun mount.
Subclass:
176
Port-stoppers in which the cover or stopper is hinged or
pivoted in or to the port.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
175 for hinged gunport stoppers and shields, and 178 for
hinged covers for light and air ports.
Subclass:
177
Ports, usually of circular shape, designed to secure light
and air, and smaller than cargo or gun ports.
Subclass:
178
Light and air ports provided with hinged, pivoted, or
swinging covers for closing the same, usually forming air and
water tight joints when closed.
Subclass:
179
Devices involving openings or passages in a vessel's bow or
stern or sides to permit cables or hawsers to run through.
Subclass:
180
Hawse-pipes having means of closure.
Subclass:
181
Hawse-holes having friction rollers or pulleys to facilitate
the running out or heaving in of the cable.
Subclass:
182
Devices involving passages or holes from the decks through
the ship's side to permit water accumulating on the decks to
run out.
Subclass:
183
Devices for expelling bilgewater, ash, or refuse from a
ship's bilge or hold, including ejectors or other devices
operated by the movement of the vessel in the water, or
specific to ship use or structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
185, Motors: Spring, Weight, or Animal Powered, subclass 29
and 30 for oscillating weight motors which may be operated by
a rolling vessel.
406, Conveyors: Fluid Current, appropriate subclasses for a
fluid current conveyor which expels material from a ship's
bilge by water, steam injection, etc., where no ship
structure is recited.
417, Pumps, subclass 328 for pumps operated by weights which
are caused to oscillate by the rolling of a vessel, and
subclass 334 for pumps operated by fluid current motors of
the type which may be attached to or towed by a moving
vessel.
Subclass:
184
Devices for entraining water or ashes, etc., by the motion of
the ship through the water, water being injected to entrain
the former or by suction produced by shape of discharge
orifice or its position in the bottom of the vessel.
Subclass:
185
Ejectors which take in water forward or acting by suction due
to the shape of the discharge orifice or its position, either
type being operative only when the ship is moving through the
water or when a current is flowing and the vessel is
stationary.
Subclass:
186
Ejectors including hoppers or other means for dumping and
expelling ashes through water or steam injection, etc.
Subclass:
187
Steamboat stacks or chimneys specially adapted to use on
vessels, mostly swinging or telescopic in structure and
having no application elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
110, Furnaces, subclass 184.
Subclass:
188
Furniture and furnishings of ships not classifiable elsewhere
because of special fitness to use on ships.
Subclass:
189
Devices or arrangements of cabins and state-rooms to secure
light, ventilation, comfort, and economy of space and usually
separate structures rather than permanent structures in
shipbuilding.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
71 for permanent structures in shipbuilding.
Subclass:
190
Devices for holding or supporting life preservers on vessels
and specific thereto.
Subclass:
191
Furniture that is specific to use on ships, automatic in
operation, maintaining a level surface during rolling and
tossing of the vessel.
Subclass:
192
Berths providing for single or double swing, etc., during the
rolling and pitching of the vessel, maintaining a level
surface, and devices to steady berths during the rise and
fall of the vessel.
Subclass:
193
Berths suspended from a universal joint or single pivot,
providing for berth equilibrium during the motions of the
vessel.
Subclass:
194
Chairs automatically maintaining a level seat or rest during
motions of the vessel in the water.
Subclass:
195
Tables having automatic leveling tops or equivalent devices
securing the same end.
Subclass:
197
Plugs having valves therein adapted to fit in the bottom of a
boat and permit the emergence of water.
Subclass:
198
Devices permitting the entrance of seawater from outside to
the hold, magazine, etc., or for submerging the ship and
usually placed in the bottom or between double bottoms and
structurally united therewith.
Subclass:
199
Devices of the nature of compressors or controllers which
have means to check or stop the cable from running out and to
hold it securely at any point. Cable is used generically and
includes hawsers,(towlines, ropes, etc. These devices are
controllable at will).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
188, Brakes, appropriate subclasses, and 254, Pushing and
Pulling Implements, subclass 150, and indented subclasses for
analogous devices, or rope-clamps combined with hoisting
apparatus.
Subclass:
200
Cable-stoppers structurally adapted for use on chain cables
and not upon rope or wire.
Subclass:
201
Inventions in deck hatches involving structure of hatches or
deck openings and covers thereto and devices for fastening or
locking said covers down.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, appropriate subclasses for
closures of the type provided for.
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
hatches in the form of flexible and portable panels,
including hatches of flexible material and of plural strips,
slats and panels which are interconnected for relative
movement. These patents may include so much of the mounting
means as is necessary to support the hatch and may include
the operating means for such hatch.
187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for
Vehicle, subclasses 336+ for means for closing an opening
for an elevator shaft through a building's floor.
Subclass:
202
Sliding covers and gratings involving more than sliding
doors.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
49, Movable or Removable Closures, subclasses 404+ for
sliding doors of the type provided for.
Subclass:
203
Hatches combined with means for battening, securing or
locking them in place.
(1) Note. For hatch-fastening clamps per se, search must be
made in Class 292, Closure Fasteners, subclass 256.5.
Subclass:
204
Devices having means to permit the reciprocation of a slide
or ring to which the sheet of fore-and-aft sails is secured,
such devices being fastened to the deck or rail.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
112 for travelers permitting vertical motion on masts and
longitudinal motion on yards, etc.
Subclass:
205
Travelers having one or more tension or surge relievers as an
element of construction.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
213
Subclass:
210
Devices for instantaneously releasing anchors,
shank-painters, ring or cat stoppers, anchor-supporters,
shoes, and fluke-holders, and devices for catting and fishing
anchors.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 378+ for devices for releasing a life craft from
its supporting connections.
SEARCH CLASS:
54 Harness, subclass 69.
119 Animal Husbandry, subclass 110.
278 Land Vehicles: Animal Draft Appliances, subclass 21, and
indented subclasses.
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclasses
82.24+ and particularly subclass 82.27.
Subclass:
211
Ventilating devices specific to ships and involving the
structure of the ship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
454, Ventilation, for ventilation in general.
Subclass:
212
Ventilating devices in which cowls or hoods are provided with
valves, dampers, or baffle-plates to prevent the ingress of
water.
Subclass:
213
Devices specific to ships having yielding parts to prevent
tension or strains from rupturing some element of the
combination and applied to cables, cable-stoppers, sheets,
secured ends or "standing" parts, ropes, etc. The yielding
means is usually rubber, spring, or fluid, which is
compressed or stretched, as the case may be.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 277 for fluid or resilient shock-absorbing
or tension-maintaining means attached to, supported by, or
supporting guiding structure for a load hauling or hoisting
cable.
267, Spring Devices, subclass 69, and indented subclasses for
tension relievers not specific to ships.
Subclass:
214
Tension or surge relievers in which the yielding means is
hydraulic or pneumatic.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
171
Subclass:
215
Tension-relievers to take up the strain on the cable and
prevent parting of the cable. The yielding means generally
forms an element of the cable stopper or compressor. This
subclass includes tension-relievers for chain-stoppers as
well as cable-stoppers.
Subclass:
216
Elastic couplings specific to use on ships and in rigging.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
267, Spring Devices, subclass 69, and indented subclasses.
Subclass:
217
Tension-relievers of the coupling type having a
safety-release by means of which the coupled part is released
when the tension reaches a certain limit.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
210 and see the notes to this subclass for analogous or
related safety-release means.
Subclass:
218
Devices for belaying and securing ropes, cables, hawsers,
cleats being stationary and formed with projecting horns,
with or without safety releasing means; also includes rotary
piles or spiles, rails for belaying-pins, and their
attachments.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
217
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclass 115.
Subclass:
219
Devices to prevent injury to ships' hulls, their bows, and
sides from collision, grounding, or waves, the wavefenders
acting as a screen or protector.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 212+ for
fenders carried by marine structures to protect the structure
from damage by a vessel.
Subclass:
220
Fenders provided or formed with a freely rotating
friction-roller.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 213 for
roller-type fenders carried by marine structure to protect
the same.
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
221
Devices of miscellaneous character adaptable and specific to
use on board ships and boats, usually separate and
independent of the structure of the ship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
60, Power Plants, subclasses 632+ for one shot explosion
actuated expansible chamber type motors.
166, Wells, subclass 54.5 for means for cutting a cable or
rope in a well below ground.
294, Handling: Hand Hoist-line Implements, subclass 19.1 for
pole mounted handling implements which do not have exclusive
disclosure for use on board a ship
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 185+ for
submersible apparatus with which men may perform an
underwater operation.
Subclass:
222
Devices of various types especially adapted to cleaning,
painting, or scraping a ship's hull or preventing the growth
and deposit of foreign matter thereon, as barnacles, or means
for preventing barnacle growth.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
232
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, for cleaning
apparatus of general application operating to clean through
the agency of a draft or current of air, steam, or equivalent
gaseous fluid, a brush, a beater, a scraper, shot, or a
squeegee.
30, Cutlery, especially subclass 169, and indented subclasses
for scrapers of general utility.
Subclass:
223
Miscellaneous devices specific to use in or about ships'
rigging, but not in permanent use, including rope stoppers,
grips, tighteners, and other rope-handling devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 199+ for portable implements or apparatus
for tensioning flexible material (e.g., cable, wire) from
which the implements or apparatus are detached after the
material is tensioned.
Subclass:
224
Devices for calking or making the seams watertight and
painting, pitching, or puttying the same.
(1) Note. Where such results are secured by the manner or
means of uniting sheaths, strakes, plates, or planking, see
this class, subclass 86, the devices of this subclass being
implements or machines entirely separate therefrom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
appropriate subclasses as the residual class for making
articles by adhesive bonding.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 89 for a caulking implement including
material supply and means for simultaneously shaping plural
dimensions, and subclass 458 for a similar implement without
a material supply.
Subclass:
227
Devices for stopping leaks of vessels applied from the inside
or from the exterior of the vessel, but not of the nature of
linings and fillings between bottoms, planks, or plates.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
69 for linings and fillings between bottoms, planks, or
plates.
Subclass:
228
Stoppers applied to the inside of the hull.
Subclass:
229
Means applied externally to prevent leaking in which the
stopper is of the nature of an apron, mat, mattress, curtain,
etc., and applied over the leak.
Subclass:
230.1
MOORING DEVICE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter which includes apparatus for securing the marine
vehicle, while in the water, to another structure (e.g.,
float, dock, slip, sea bed, shore, etc.).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, especially subclasses
188+, for underwater docking or mooring of a diving
apparatus, and subclasses 224+ for mooring a floating work
platform to the seabed.
414 Material or Article Handling, appropriate subclasses, for
means for lifting a boat from the water for storage on land.
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 3 through 5
for a buoy in combination with a mooring device.
Subclass:
230.11
Whip or whip base:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Subject
matter wherein the apparatus for securing the marine vehicle
to another structure is either (a) a resilient elongated
element (1) connectable at one end to the another structure,
(2) connectable at its other end to the vehicle, and (3)
bowed between its ends when connected to both the vehicle and
the another structure, or (b) a structure for mounting either
end of such a resilient elongated element to the marine
vehicle or the another structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses, for supports, per se.
267, Spring Devices, appropriate subclasses, for springs or
spring structures, per se.
Subclass:
230.12
Having ship mounted turret:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Subject
matter wherein (a) the marine vehicle includes a portion
which furnishes buoyancy when in contact with the water and
to which the main supporting surface (e.g., deck) and other
parts are attached (i.e., hull), and (b) the apparatus for
securing the marine vehicle to another structure has a
spindle extending through the hull which permits relative
rotation of the hull and spindle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, especially subclass 279, for means permitting
relative motion between a hose connected between a moveable
supply source and filling head or a moveable receive and
subclasses 387+ for a filling head shiftably or separably
connected to a supply.
166, Wells, appropriate subclasses, especially subclass 352
+, for a submerged well having means to removably connect a
surface vessel to permanent well structure.
175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth, especially subclass 5
and 7, for boring a submerged formation from a floating or
submerged platform.
285, Pipe Joints or Couplings, appropriate subclasses, for
joints or couplings between fluid conducting conduits, per
se.
384, Bearings, appropriate subclasses, for bearing structure
per se.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, especially subclasses
188+, for underwater docking or mooring of a diving
apparatus.
441, Buoys, Rafts, And Aquatic Devices, subclass 5, for a
buoy for mooring a vessel in combination with a liquid cargo
conduit having a swivel coupling.
Subclass:
230.13
Including tower or riser connected to sea floor (e.g.,
column, mast):
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Subject
matter wherein the apparatus includes a structure
(a)connected to, or (b)mounted on the marine floor, and
(c)the structure is either (1)a rigid elongated upright
member which projects toward or above the surface of the
water, or (2) an elongated flexible member which is upright
and projects toward or above the surface of the water when
disconnected from the marine vehicle.
(1) Note. Many of the risers classified herein are buoyant
or have a buoyant structure attached to them.
(2) Note. Many of the risers classified herein are tubular
for transmission of a fluid to or from the marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
137, Fluid Handling, subclass 236.1, including for offshore
fluid-handling systems and subclass 615+ for fluid handling
systems of general utility having two or more fluid conduit
sections joined for relative movement to assume various
delivery or nonuse positions.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver
Coacting Means, especially subclass 279 for means permitting
relative motion between a hose connected between a moveable
supply source and filling head or a moveable receiver and
subclasses 387+ for a filling head shiftably or separably
connected to a supply.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, appropriate subclasses,
especially subclasses 224+ for devices for anchoring of a
marine building or work platform to the marine floor.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 4+ for a
mooring buoy having a fluid conduit for transferring liquid
cargo to a marine vehicle.
Subclass:
230.14
Having boom means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.13. Subject
matter wherein the structure has an arm, one end of the arm
being movably or pivotally connected to the structure and an
opposite end of the arm extending laterally or transversely
outwardly and connectable with the marine vehicle.
(1) Note. Many of the mooring devices classified herein
permit the marine vehicle to rotate completely around the
tower or riser while the marine vehicle is connected to the
boom.
(2) Note. Many of the mooring devices classified herein
provide for the transmission of a fluid to or from the marine
vehicle.
Subclass:
230.15
Boom-type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Subject
matter wherein the securing apparatus includes an arm, one
end of the arm being movably or pivotally connectable to the
another structure and an opposite end of the arm extending
laterally or transversely outwardly and connectable with the
marine vehicle.
(1) Note. Many of the mooring devices classified herein
connect the marine vehicle to a structure which extends a
very short distance above and is fixed to the marine floor.
(2) Note. Many of the mooring devices classified herein
include plural rods or booms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, especially subclasses
188+ for underwater docking or mooring of a diving
apparatus and subclasses 224+, for mooring a floating work
platform to the seabed.
441, Buoys, Rafts, And Aquatic Devices, subclasses 3-5, for a
buoy in combination with a mooring device.
Subclass:
230.16
Vertically slidable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.15. Subject
matter wherein movement in a straight line perpendicular to a
plane parallel to the horizon is permitted by either the
connection between (a) the arm and the another structure or
(b) the arm and the marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
230.27 for a line-type mooring device which compensates for
water level changes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses, for a
joint permitting straight line movement between two or more
rigid or semi-rigid members.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, especially subclass 219
a floating dock.
Subclass:
230.17
Of extensible length:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.15. Subject
matter wherein the arm has two elongated segments attached to
one another in a manner allowing one segment to move
longitudinally relative to the other to lengthen or shorten
the length of the arm.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses, for supports, per se.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses, for a
joint permitting straight line movement between two or more
rigid or semi-rigid members.
Subclass:
230.18
Biased to particular length or position:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.17. Subject
matter wherein the arm has a means to apply a force either
(a)between the segments to keep the segments at the proper
position relative to each other, or (b) between (1) the arm
and the another structure, or (2)the arm and the marine
vehicle, to keep the arm at the proper position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
267, Spring Devices, appropriate subclasses, for springs or
spring structures, per se.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses,
especially subclass 166 for articulated members which are
axially spring-biased coaxial members.
Subclass:
230.19
Biased to particular position:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.15. Subject
matter wherein the apparatus for securing the marine vehicle
to another structure has a means to apply a force to the arm
to keep it at the proper position relative to either (a)the
another structure or (b)the marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
267, Spring Devices, appropriate subclasses, for spring
structures, per se.
Subclass:
230.2
Line-type (e.g., rope, chain, hawser, cable):
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.1. Subject
matter wherein the apparatus for securing the marine vehicle
to another structure includes an elongated, flaccid member
which can transmit force only when under tension.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
57, Textiles, Spinning, Twisting and Twining, appropriate
subclasses, for a particular rope or cable construction.
Subclass:
230.21
With detecting position of ship or tension in line:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.2. Subject
matter wherein the apparatus has means for sensing a change
(1) in a location of the marine vehicle with respect to the
another structure or (2) in the tensioning force applied to
the flaccid member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 247+ for towing or pushing devices for a ship
having means responsive to excess strain in the device.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
73, Measuring and Testing, especially subclasses 760+ for
measuring strain in a device.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying a Pushing or
Pulling Force, subclasses 264+ for apparatus utilizing a
cable to apply a pulling force to an object.
340, Communications, Electrical, subclasses 984+ for
watercraft alarm or indicating systems.
Subclass:
230.22
Having means to tension line for movement of ship in opposite
directions:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.2. Subject
matter wherein the apparatus for securing the marine vehicle
to the another structure includes means for applying a
tensile force to the flaccid member to cause the marine
vehicle to be selectively moved in diametrically opposed
paths while it is connected to the flaccid member.
(1) Note. Many of the devices classified herein permit an
operator to move a moored marine vehicle between moored
locations while the operator is at a position remote from
either the vehicle or the another structure.
Subclass:
230.23
And line winding means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.2. Subject
matter also including a drum (e.g., capstan, driven pulley,
driven sprocket wheel, winding drum, windlass, etc.) turned
about its central axis by a source of power and having a
perimeter which contacts the flaccid member and either winds
a segment of the flaccid member around its perimeter, or
otherwise engages and pulls on a segment of the flaccid
member.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding and Reeling, appropriate subclasses, for winding
or unwinding of a flexible element from a holder or spool,
per se, and especially subclasses 47+ for winding of rope,
and subclasses 54+ for winding material upon or unwinding
material from reels or drums.
Subclass:
230.24
And line biasing means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.2. Subject
matter also including means for applying a tensioning force
to the flaccid member.
(1) Note. Many of the documents classified herein include an
idler pulley for changing the direction of the path of travel
of the flaccid member, but the pulley is not turned about its
center by a source of power and does not apply a pulling
force to the flaccid member by engagement of the flaccid
member with the perimeter of the pulley and therefore the
pulley by itself is not a biasing means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 368+ for a lifecraft davit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying a Pushing or
Pulling Force, appropriate subclasses, for a device for
applying a pulling force to a line.
Subclass:
230.25
With manipulating or positioning means for aiding attachment
of the line:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.2. Subject
matter with means for (a) engaging the flaccid member and
either (1) assisting maneuvering of the flaccid member for
connection either to (i) the marine vehicle from the another
structure, or (ii) the another structure from the marine
vehicle, or (2) stationing the flaccid member at a particular
location for connection either to (i) the marine vehicle
from the another structure, or (ii) the another structure
from the marine vehicle, and (b) transmitting no force
between the marine vehicle and the another structure after
the connection has been completed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, appropriate subclasses, especially subclass
121 + for a self-supporting stand and an article supporting
bracket thereon, subclasses 127+ for self-supporting stands
which support an article in spaced relation to a horizontal
surface, subclasses 200+ for brackets, per se, and subclasses
511+ for a device which receives a rod or pole and supports
it in one or more attitudes.
294, Handling, Hand and Hoist-line Implements, appropriate
subclasses, especially subclass 19.1, for a pole mounted
implement, subclasses 82.1+ for devices including a hook with
a hoistline or draftline terminal, and subclasses 86.4 + for
a grapple, per se.
Subclass:
230.26
With specific means for attaching line:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.2. Subject
matter with a particular structural aspect of a means for
connecting the flaccid member either to (a) the marine
vehicle from the another structure, or (b) the another
structure from the marine vehicle, and (c) transmitting a
tensile force between the marine vehicle and the another
structure after the connection has been completed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 218+ for bitts, cleats, or pin rails, per se.
Subclass:
230.27
Compensates for water level change:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.26. Subject
matter wherein the means for connecting the flaccid member to
the another structure or the marine vehicle permits free
vertical movement of the connection either (a)of the flaccid
member to the another structure or (b)of the flaccid member
to the marine vehicle to adjust for changes in the water
surface (e.g., wave action, tide changes).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
230.15 for boom-type mooring devices.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 211+ for a
marine structure protection device.
Subclass:
230.28
Including socket receiving elongated projection:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.26. Subject
matter wherein the connecting means includes a releasable
coupling having a slender protuberance received within a
cavity.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 216+ for a tension reliever for a cable or line
of a ship which further includes an elastic coupling.
subclasses 249+ for a towing or pushing device for a ship
further including a coupling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc., subclasses 572+ for a
separable fastener, per se.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses, for a
particular connection, between rigid or semi-rigid members,
having a socket releaseably receiving an elongated
projection.
Subclass:
230.29
Including enlargement fixed or attached to line for
releasable engagement in slot:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.26. Subject
matter wherein the connecting means includes a member of
greater lateral or radial dimension than the flaccid member
carried by or permanently attached to the flaccid member
which is releasably retained in a long narrow opening for
transmitting a tensile force between the marine vehicle and
the another structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses,
especially subclasses 572+ for a separable-type fastener,
per se, including a pivoted hook.
410, Freight Acommodation on Freight Carrier, subclasses 101+
for a load lashing anchor.
Subclass:
230.3
Including pivoted hook-type member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 230.26. Subject
matter wherein the means for connecting the flaccid member to
the marine vehicle or the another structure includes a curved
arm rotatable about an axis.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses,
especially subclasses 572+ for a separable-type fastener,
per se, including a pivoted hook.
294, Handling, Hand and Hoist-line Implements, subclass 82.1
for a hook of general utility provided with a hoistline or
draftline terminal.
Subclass:
231
Moorings in which a part of the securing means is located
upon the vessel and usually operated automatically as the
boat comes in.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
14, Bridges, the subclasses indented under "Gangways".
Subclass:
232
Miscellaneous devices for spreading oil upon the surface of
the waves or hulls of the vessels, primarily to diminish the
roughness and force of the waves in storms; includes devices
that distribute oil to the contact surface of the hulls of
vessels to diminish the water friction and increase the speed
and prevent attachment and growth of barnacles, etc., thus
cleaning the hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
102, Ammunition and Explosives, subclass 366.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 22 for oil
distributors used in harbors.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 34 for
buoys for distributing oil upon the surface of waves.
Subclass:
233
Devices fixed to or involving the ship or its structure,
usually distributing oil through pipes to orifices in or
about the hull.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
67 for air and oil distributers of similar structure used
for diminishing friction.
Subclass:
234
Oil receptacles thrown overboard from vessel to gradually
spread oil on the surface of the sea secured to the vessel by
a towline or hawser and dragged or floated on the surface of
the sea.
Subclass:
238
Devices for launching, releasing, handling, or expelling
torpedoes of the fish or automobile type. In the torpedotubes
included herein the expelling power of air, gas, liquid, or
gunpowder is only sufficient to make the torpedo take the
water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
20 for torpedo structure.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
89, Ordnance, subclass 1.51 for apparatus and processes for
dropping torpedoes and other bombs from aircraft, and
subclass 5 for torpedo-guns for torpedo-projectiles that are
projected rather than launched.
124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, subclasses 56+ for
pneumatic projectile impelling devices.
Subclass:
239
Devices pivoted, suspended, or secured to the ship's side or
deck for expelling, handling, or launching torpedoes,
including tubes mounted upon boats' decks but not
torpedo-tubes of the inboard type.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
19 for torpedoes carried at the end of the spar.
Subclass:
240
Devices applied externally to a ship or supported thereon to
prevent torpedoes from touching the vessel's hull.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel, for
flexible and portable panels of more general utility.
Subclass:
241
Net-like torpedo guards.
Subclass:
242
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
including means enabling a vessel either to pull an object
through the water or to bear against or otherwise apply a
thrusting force to an object to shove the object through the
water.
Subclass:
243
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device wherein
means are provided for use about a towing line which means
acts to reduce eddying and resultant drag as the line moves
through the water.
Subclass:
244
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device wherein
the object being towed is an underwater object.
Subclass:
245
This subclass is indented under subclass 244. Device wherein
means are provided either to maintain the towed object at a
desired depth or to controllably vary the depth at which the
object is towed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
25 for depth regulators associated with torpedoes.
Subclass:
246
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device
including means specialized for towed or pushed vessels or
objects for changing the direction of movement of the towed
or pushed vessel or object or a train of such vessels.
(1) Note. Those vessels which recite no more than
conventional steering gear, e.g., a rudder controlled from
the vessel upon which it is mounted, have not been placed
herein but rather have been placed on their specific coupling
or towing structure.
(2) Note. Push boat-barge combinations having variable
length lashings connecting the vessels together will be found
herein if the lashings permit the boat to be canted with
respect to the barge to facilitate or effect steering of the
same.
Subclass:
247
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device wherein
a connecting means is provided which has means to disconnect
a towed object or to otherwise reduce the pulling force
acting through the connecting means when the force exceeds a
predetermined limit.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 272+ for a cable pulling drum provided
with a control mechanism having a cable deflecting or
path-defining component; the component shifts when variations
in the tension on the cable occur.
Subclass:
248
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device wherein
the hull of one of the vessels is configured to receive and
confine a hull portion of a coacting vessel.
Subclass:
249
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device having
a) a plurality of substantially rigid members which are
configured to cooperate one with another to effect a force
transmitting link between vessels joined together thereby, b)
a pliable member holding one vessel in contact with and fast
to another, or c) hooks or clamps for towing cables having
releasing trips.
Subclass:
250
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Device wherein
one of the coacting members is carried by a solid arm which
holds the connected vessels in a spaced relationship.
Subclass:
251
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Device wherein
a pliable member holds one vessel in contact with and fast to
another.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
246 for steering arrangements which employ a pair of
flexible lashing to connect a push vessel to a barge, where
one of the lashings connects the port side of the push vessel
to the port side of the barge and the other lashing connects
the starboard sides and where means are provided to change
the relative lengths of the lines to thereby cant the push
vessel with respect to the barge to facilitate steering of
the connected assemblage.
Subclass:
252
This subclass is indented under subclass 249. Device wherein
the coupling means is provided with means to effect or
facilitate disconnect of the joined vessels.
Subclass:
253
This subclass is indented under subclass 242. Device wherein
a flexible line is provided for connecting a towing vessel to
a towed object which is spaced therefrom.
Subclass:
254
This subclass is indented under subclass 253. Device wherein
means are provided for holding the flexible line when it is
not in use.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, subclasses 398+ and
904 for a reeling device of general use or with nominal ship
structure or combined with a nominally recited boat. Class
114 takes the combination of reel structure with a boat where
the boat is more than nominally recited. Class 114 will also
take a reel combined with a motor which is actuated by the
boat's motion through the water or where line guide structure
is recited which is adapted to be attached to the boat rather
than the reel, e.g., bridles which attach to the transom of
the boat.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclasses 264+ for a driven, cable-pulling drum for
hauling or hoisting a load.
Subclass:
255
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Vessels
with provisions for procuring or processing aquatic life
other than vegetation.
Subclass:
256
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures which are containers of such construction that
they remain at least partially above water when in use.
Subclass:
257
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structures which are containers of such construction that
when in use they are completely under water, but are not at
rest on the bottom.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 210 for
submerged storage vessels which rest on the sea floor.
Subclass:
258
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Floating structures designed to receive, either within or
upon the same, watercraft or aircraft, to transport or harbor
them, and appliances peculiar thereto.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 137.7 for a ship
with means to load or unload cargo from the water.
Subclass:
259
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Devices
designed to transport other water vessels.
Subclass:
260
This subclass is indented under subclass 259. Devices wherein
the water vessel being transported is of general type for
transporting bulk cargo across water.
Subclass:
261
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Devices
designed to transport or harbor airplanes, helicopters, or
the like.
Subclass:
262
This subclass is indented under subclass 261. Devices wherein
the carrier or harbor is in the form of a way station or
loading platform which is adapted to accommodate aircraft
which is designed to land or take off from the surface of a
body of water.
Subclass:
263
This subclass is indented under subclass 258. Structures
which are buoyant platforms which have provisions for
berthing of boats thereto or thereon.
Subclass:
264
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure which is wholly supported by a body of water and
which when in use forms or takes the form of an approximately
planar work surface.
(1) Note. Exemplary of the art in this subclass and in
subclass 265 are offshore drilling platforms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 195.1 for
offshore drilling platforms which rest on the bottom, are
solidly connected to the bottom, or are connected to the
marine bed by a continuous riser pipe (i.e., a conduit which
serves to convey material from beneath the surface of the
water) which may comprise a rigid segment over a substantial
portion of its length, and a relatively flexible segment.
Subclass:
265
This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Structures
wherein the working surface of the platform is supported by a
plurality of depending structural members.
Subclass:
266
This subclass is indented under subclass 264. Structures
formed of a group of united pontoons.
Subclass:
267
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
concerning the structure of a single float unit, i.e.,
laminations, filling, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
266 for float structure in combination with a float
connection device.
Subclass:
268
Vessels under this class with attachments for lifting or
hauling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 137.1 for a free
floating marine structure with means to load that or another
marine structure.
Subclass:
269
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Structure with features drawn to the specific location of
engine room equipment in or with respect to the engineering
space of a vessel.
Subclass:
271
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
wherein a hull attachment is provided or the hull form of the
vessel is such that as the vessel moves through or across the
surface of a body of water, a force is generated tending
either to raise the vessel out of the water or to change the
fore and aft drafts of the vessel relative to each other.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 16+ for analogous devices on submarines.
subclasses 20+ for analogous devices on torpedoes.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 65+ for
aquaplanes and analogous skimming devices adapted to be
attached to a person or animal.
Subclass:
272
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device wherein
the vessel is provided with a wing-like member mounted so as
to coact with the atmosphere to generate a lifting force,
when the vessel is in motion, which tends to raise the vessel
out of the water.
(1) Note. The vessels found herein are always more or less
waterborne and the airfoil merely tends to reduce the amount
of hull below the waterline, thus, seaplanes and like
aeronautic devices will generally not be found herein.
Subclass:
273
This subclass is indented under subclass 272. Device
including means for adjustably supporting the wing-like
member such that the direction the foil faces or the angle of
attack of the foil can be altered.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 280+ for means to reposition hydrofoils or flaps
associated therewith.
Subclass:
274
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device wherein
the hull is provided with a submerged wing-like lift
generating member.
Subclass:
275
This subclass is indented under subclass 274. Device wherein
means are provided to regulate the operation of a vessel in
response to a signal generated by a means which measures or
perceives some characteristic of the vessel or the
environment within which it operates.
Subclass:
276
This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Device wherein
the vessel is provided with a signal generating means which
has a member which rides on or adjacent the surface of the
water and which gauges the relative distance between the
vessel's hull and the water's surface.
Subclass:
277
This subclass is indented under subclass 275. Device wherein
the control signal generating means responds to variations in
the force per unit area of the water with which the vessel
coacts and through which it moves.
Subclass:
278
This subclass is indented under subclass 274. Device wherein
the wing-like lift generating member or a support therefor is
provided with a fluid passage which begins or terminates in
an aperture formed in the member or its support.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
277 for control means employing ported struts to sense
variations in liquid pressure.
Subclass:
279
This subclass is indented under subclass 274. Device wherein
means are provided to absorb or reduce impacts or vibration
being transmitted to the vessel via the wing-like member or
its support.
Subclass:
280
This subclass is indented under subclass 274. Device wherein
means are provided for mounting the wing-like member or a
portion thereof such that it may be moved.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
273 for repositionable airfoil.
subclasses 275+ for means which control foil or foil
adjunct position in response to a sensed condition.
subclasses 284+ for means to reposition hull adjuncts other
than hydrofoils to drive lift or alter trim.
Subclass:
281
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Device wherein
the direction in which the vessel moves can be altered by
turning or otherwise repositioning the foil.
Subclass:
282
This subclass is indented under subclass 280. Device wherein
means are provided for shifting the foil between an inactive
storage position and an active fluid coacting position.
Subclass:
283
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device wherein
a plurality of floats or surface skimming members are either
connected together in a spaced, side-by-side fashion to form
a vessel or they are connected to, but spaced from either
side of a vessel's hull in such a manner that they coact with
the water to at least partially support the weight of the
vessel and thus allow the vessel's hull to raise up in the
water when the vessel is under way.
(1) Note. For placement in this subclass, the float must be
a separate and distinct entity which is not formed as part of
the vessel's hull but rather is attached thereto.
Subclass:
284
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device wherein
a section of the hull or some attachment to the hull is
mounted to be shifted relative to the hull such that it will
coact with the water when the vessel is underway either to
facilitate the vessel's passage through the water or to alter
the vessel's fore-and-aft drafts relative to each other.
Subclass:
285
This subclass is indented under subclass 284. Device wherein
the shiftable member is a generally planar element which
either is formed as a portion of the vessel's hull or is an
adjunct thereto.
Subclass:
286
This subclass is indented under subclass 285. Device wherein
a gas or liquid powered motive means is provided to shift the
generally planar element.
Subclass:
287
This subclass is indented under subclass 286. Device wherein
the fluid motor comprises a pliant bag-like member.
Subclass:
288
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device wherein
the hull of the vessel is either so contoured or accessories
are so attached thereto that (a) a groove-like configuration
is formed in the bottom of the vessel which runs generally
parallel to the keel, or (b) a space is formed within which a
gas or liquid is captured or confined, whereby a lifting
force is generated as fluid either courses through the groove
or is captured in the fluid confining space.
Subclass:
289
This subclass is indented under subclass 288. Device wherein
means are provided for supplying a gas or liquid to said
enclosed space or open channel.
(1) Note. Examples of the types of devices to be found
herein are pumps, air scoops or funnels, engine exhaust
lines, etc. This structure constitutes means in addition to
the shape of the channel or fluid entrapping configuration.
Thus, those channels which merely have a shaped inlet which
facilitates the supply of air thereto have been placed on
channel structure and will not be found in this subclass.
Subclass:
290
This subclass is indented under subclass 288. Device wherein
a multiplicity of fluid conducting grooves are formed in the
bottom of the hull.
Subclass:
291
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device wherein
the hull is made from a plurality of vertically spaced
segments which are connected one to the other by a generally
perpendicular stop or wall portion.
Subclass:
292
This subclass is indented under subclass 271. Device which
comprises an elongate float of particular configuration or
construction.
Subclass:
293
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
wherein a vessel is provided with a plurality of lines each
of which has means to releasably engage the sea bed, which
lines are disposed so as to hold the vessel substantially
stationary with respect to a single spot on the sea bed.
(1) Note. Vessels found herein usually have at least a bow
and a stern anchoring line which hold the vessel over a
single point on the ocean floor regardless of the effects of
current, tide, wind or the like.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 155+
for structures employing discrete disparate earth anchors.
Subclass:
294
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
wherein means are provided, (a) for engaging the sea bed,
which means is adapted to be carried by a flexible line
secured to a vessel and which means acts through the line to
hold the vessel fast to the sea bed, or (b) which when
deployed, coact with the water to produce a drag on the
vessel to which it is attached to impede the motion of the
vessel through water.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
37, Excavating, subclasses 345+ for projecting piles for
anchoring dredges.
43, Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying, subclass 42.72
for fishing line shock absorbers, and subclass 44.96 for
fishing line sinkers with ground engaging means.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 155+
for expanding or piercing earth anchors.
Subclass:
295
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Device wherein
the means engaging the sea bed has power driven means for
thrusting the engaging means into the sea bed.
(1) Note. Explosively driven anchors will be found herein.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 158+
for a driven earth anchor.
Subclass:
296
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Device wherein
the engaging means is so configured that a zone of reduced
pressure is formed between the sea bed and the engaging means
either (a) when an attempt is made to extract the engaging
means from the sea bed, or (b) by additional means provided
for the purpose of evacuating fluid from the zone, whereby an
imbalance of forces is created tending to hold the engaging
means in contact with the sea bed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
269, Work Holders, subclasses 21+ for vacuum-type holding
means.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 64.1
for vacuum cup elements, per se, as well as other
vacuum-operated load engagers.
Subclass:
297
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Device wherein
the engaging means is provided with means to facilitate the
withdrawing of the engaging means from the sea bed.
Subclass:
298
This subclass is indented under subclass 297. Device wherein
the engaging means includes a longitudinally extending shank
carrying a blade-like member, and releasable means is
provided which either holds the blade-like member in fixed
position or restrains it to swing through a limited arc
relative to the shank when in use, but which allows it to
swing free when dislodgement of the engaging means is
desired.
Subclass:
299
This subclass is indented under subclass 297. Device in which
a flexible line is attached to the engaging means at a first
location when in use, and wherein means are provided to
enable the point of attachment to be shifted to a second
location when dislodgement of the engaging means is desired.
Subclass:
300
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Device wherein
the engaging means is provided with a bowl-shaped member
which contacts and digs into the sea bed.
(1) Note. The bowl-shaped member may have projections
protruding about the periphery thereof.
Subclass:
301
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Device wherein
the engaging means is provided with a blade-like member which
is adapted to dig into the sea bed.
Subclass:
302
This subclass is indented under subclass 301. Device wherein
the engaging means includes a longitudinally extending shank
and a rod-like member which, when in use is arranged to be
perpendicular thereto, which rod-like member is movable to a
nonuse storage position.
Subclass:
303
This subclass is indented under subclass 301. Device wherein
the engaging means is provided with either, (a) means which
facilitates the putting together or the taking apart of the
various elements of the engaging means, or (b) stop means for
limiting the swing of the fluke when the latter is pivotally
carried by a shank, wherein the stop means is selectively
movable to any one of a plurality of different positions to
alter the fluke's swing, or means are provided for
substituting a new stop means for a worn or different size
stop.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
298 for a replaceable abutment adapted to be sheared off at
a predetermined force to permit the fluke to swing free for
dislodgement from an obstruction.
Subclass:
304
This subclass is indented under subclass 301. Device wherein
the engaging means is provided with a longitudinally
extending shank to which the blade-like member is swingable
attached.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 162+
for pivoted fluke-type earth anchors.
Subclass:
305
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Device wherein
either, (1) the blade-like member is held in a collapsed
position when the anchor is stowed and a means is provided
for releasing or moving the blade-like member such that it
may assume its operative position, or (2) releaseable means
are provided on the engaging means to lock the blade-like
member in an extended operative position.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
295 for anchors having means for driving the same into the
sea bed, and which may include extensible flukes that are
swung into an operative position subsequent to the anchor
being driven into the seabed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 155+
for expanding earth anchors.
Subclass:
306
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Device wherein
either, (1) the end of the shank which connects with the
fluke is branched and the fluke is straddled by and either
side thereof connect with the arms of the branched shank, or
(2) the shank is provided with a hole in which the fluke is
swingably secured, and wherein the fluke is constrained to
swing between the arms or through the aperture when in use.
Subclass:
307
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Device
comprising multiple blade-like members which are swingably
attached to the shank, and wherein movement of one of the
blade-like members with respect to the shank does not
invariably cause movement of another blade-like member.
Subclass:
308
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Device wherein
the shank has an enlargement or protuberance on one end
thereof which fits into a complementary recess formed in the
fluke.
Subclass:
309
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Device wherein
a rod-like stabilizing member is either attached to and
extends outwardly from the fluke or is secured to the shank
immediately adjacent to the fluke.
Subclass:
310
This subclass is indented under subclass 304. Device
including a member projecting outwardly from the engaging
means, which member, upon contact with the sea bed, causes
the fluke to pivot about its point of attachment with the
shank and thereby assume the proper attitude for penetration
into the sea bed.
Subclass:
311
This subclass is indented under subclass 294. Device wherein
means are provided which when deployed coacts with the water
to produce a drag on the vessel to which it is attached to
impede the motion of the vessel through the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
168 for portable drag-type devices employed as temporary
steering means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
244, Aeronautics, subclass 113 for aircraft retarding
devices, and subclasses 142+ for parachutes.
Subclass:
312
SUBMERSIBLE DEVICE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
including (a) an underwater habitat which is not permanently
secured to the marine floor, (b) an independently propelled
submergible vessel, (c) a device not provided for elsewhere
which is either worn by a diver or upon which or within which
a diver rides while in open communication with the water,
which device assists in the propulsion or regulates the
movement of the diver through the water, or (d) other
submersible bodies not provided for elsewhere.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 244+ for submergible towed objects.
257 for submersible storage tanks.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 185+ for
submergible devices with manipulating arms to perform an
underwater work function; and subclasses 195.1+ for a marine
structure physically secured to a seabed.
Subclass:
313
With disparate vehicle feature:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
said submergible vessel is provided with additional structure
peculiar to another type of vehicle whereby said vessel can
perform functions in addition to those functions restricted
to submarine vessels.
Subclass:
314
Underwater habitat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
an enclosure is provided which rests on or is temporarily
secured to the marine floor which enclosure provides a living
space for people working in a submerged environment.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 195.1 for
structures including habitats rigidly secured to a seabed.
Subclass:
315
Diver assistance device:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
means are provided to propel, to assist in the propulsion, or
to regulate the movement of a diver through a body of water
with which he is in direct contact.
(1) Note. A diver wearing a wet suit is still considered to
be in direct contact with the body of water if said wet suit
contacts the body of water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 244+ for towed sleds.
Subclass:
316
With weapon or weapon system:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device having
an offensive or defensive weapon or means for deploying an
offensive or defensive weapon.
Subclass:
317
Having ballast compensating means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316. Device wherein
a submergible vessel is provided with means which compensates
for loss of ballast during weapon deployment to maintain the
stability of the vessel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 331+ for ballasting systems used for depth
control.
Subclass:
318
Power assisted deployment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316. Device wherein
a means is provided to effect or facilitate the discharge of
the weapon from the submergible vessel.
Subclass:
319
Pneumatic or hydraulic dispatch:
This subclass is indented under subclass 318. Device wherein
said means uses fluid pressure to discharge the weapon from
the vessel.
Subclass:
320
Having specific hatch structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 316. Device wherein
said weapon system possesses an aperture cover for a weapon
deployment device which cover prevents communication between
the weapon and the water until the weapon is ready for
deployment.
Subclass:
321
Having storage hold:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device
including a cargo receiving compartment.
Subclass:
322
Detachably connected to a main vessel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
a submergible device is held in contact with and releasably
secured to a main submergible vessel in order that the two
may proceed underwater together.
(1) Note. A buoy, per se, is not considered a submergible
device for this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 326+ for submergible devices carrying buoys.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclasses 1+ for
buoys, per se.
Subclass:
323
Emergency escape means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 322. Device wherein
said submergible device is used as a means of escape from
said main submergible vessel if said main submergible vessel
is unable to return to the surface of the water.
Subclass:
324
Chamber completely enclosed in the hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 323. Device wherein
said submergible device is a chamber which is held completely
out of communication with the water within the hull of a main
submergible vessel which chamber is capable of carrying a
member of the crew of said main submergible vessel to the
surface of the water.
Subclass:
325
Chamber nested in the hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 323. Device wherein
said submergible device is a chamber carried in a
complementary indentation in the hull of a main submergible
vessel with at least part of said submersible device always
in communication with the water, which chamber is capable of
carrying a member of the crew of said main submergible vessel
to the surface of the water.
Subclass:
326
Having buoy:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
a submergible vessel is provided with a floatable member
which is tethered to the submergible vessel and which is
capable of being released.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, for buoys, per se.
Subclass:
327
And snorkel:
This subclass is indented under subclass 326. Device wherein
the floatable member is provided with a means to supply air
from above the surface of the water to a submergible vessel
located below the water.
Subclass:
328
With communication means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 326. Device wherein
the floatable member is provided with equipment for
exchanging information with those in a submergible vessel
located below the water.
(1) Note. Examples of equipment for exchanging information
are telephones, telegraph keys, wireless antennas, etc..
Subclass:
329
With indicator:
This subclass is indented under subclass 326. Device wherein
the floatable member is provided with additional means to
make the floatable member more readily noticeable.
(1) Note. Examples of the additional means are lights,
flags, flares, reflectors, etc..
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
116, Signals and Indicators, for indicators, per se.
Subclass:
330
Having attitude control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
said submergible vessel is provided with means to control the
inclination of said vessel in relation to its frame of
reference or to otherwise vary the vertical distance between
the vessel and the frame of reference.
Subclass:
331
Depth control:
This subclass is indented under subclass 330. Device wherein
a means is provided to control the vertical distance of a
submersible device from the surface of the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
245 for submerged towed objects having depth control means.
Subclass:
332
Diving plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Device wherein
said means comprises a tiltable surface on the exterior of
the vessel which reacts with the water passing thereacross to
change the pitch of the vessel upward or downward depending
on the position assumed by the surface.
Subclass:
333
Water ballast:
This subclass is indented under subclass 331. Device wherein
said means controls the intake or expulsion of water from a
holding tank.
Subclass:
334
Having air supply:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
means are provided to supply or circulate a breathable
gaseous mixture to the interior of a submergible device.
Subclass:
335
Having air locks:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
means are provided to isolate one zone from another zone
which means comprises a chamber interposed between the zones
which chamber has a first sealable opening communicating the
chamber with the one zone and a second sealable opening
communicating said chamber with the other zone.
(1) Note. The air locks found here provide communication
between a vessel and the surrounding sea, between different
vessels, or between different compartments in the same
vessel.
Subclass:
336
Emergency equipment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
a means is provided which is operable in unforeseen
circumstances to avert the loss of a submergible device or
its occupants.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 326+ for buoys which can be released from the
submergible vessel for various purposes in emergency
situations.
Subclass:
337
Having propulsion unit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
means are provided for driving a submergible vessel through
the water.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 330+ for propellers used as a means for attitude
control of the vessel.
Subclass:
338
Propeller:
This subclass is indented under subclass 337. Device wherein
said means includes a revolving hub with radiating blades
mounted externally of a vessel's hull which react with the
surrounding water to propel the vessel through the water.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers), for
propellers, per se.
Subclass:
339
Superstructure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device relating
to the shape, composition, or construction of the major
appurtenance of a vessel's exterior surface.
Subclass:
340
With periscope:
This subclass is indented under subclass 339. Device wherein
said structure includes a tubular optical instrument
containing mirrors and lenses by which a view of the surface
or the water, through which the submergible vessel is moving,
is allowed.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
subclasses 402+ for periscopes, per se.
Subclass:
341
Hulls with transverse reinforcement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
a vessel's exterior surface is strengthened by members lying
perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vessel.
Subclass:
342
Hull within a hull:
This subclass is indented under subclass 312. Device wherein
the exterior surface of the vessel is formed as a plurality
of spaced apart shells one within the other.
Subclass:
343
BOATS, BOAT COMPONENT OR ATTACHMENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
which is a small vessel with or without a deck, a particular
component for a boat, or an attachment for a boat.
(1) Note. In the maritime industry, a boat is a vessel less
than 65 feet long and a ship is 65 feet or longer.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, subclass 406 for an
article carrier for an aquatic vessel where the vessel is
nominally recited.
440, Marine Propulsion, subclasses 106+ for oar locks.
Subclass:
344
With wheeled buoyant landing or launching aid:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Device in which
the boat is provided with wheel or wheeled means for carrying
the boat to or from launching sites, the wheel or wheeled
means being either attached to the boat or buoyant and
separable from the boat.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
270 for propelling means for vessels designed for use upon
either land or water and see the search notes thereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 414.1 for boat carrying
vehicles and see the search notes thereunder.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 1+ for
apparatus for launching a vessel from or carrying a vessel
over land.
Subclass:
345
Inflatable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Boats which are
expanded from a collapsed position by a gaseous medium.
Subclass:
346
Circular:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Device wherein
the outer edge of the boat is substantially in the shape of a
circle.
Subclass:
347
Canoe or kayak:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Device
comprising a relatively light, long and narrow boat usually
moved by paddles, the boat normally having turned up ends,
and in the case of a kayak is covered except for an opening
at least substantially engaging the waist of a person seated
therein.
Subclass:
348
Lifeboat:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. A boat adapted
especially for saving the life of a person stranded in
water.
Subclass:
349
Enclosed:
This subclass is indented under subclass 348. A boat which
has an air chamber or space to receive passengers which can
be closed watertight.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 38 for
rafts with shelters; and subclass 87 for water rescue
apparatus which encloses the passenger.
Subclass:
350
With self-leveling passenger compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 349. A lifeboat in
which a passenger compartment is supported such that it will
maintain or return to a level position independent of the
hull orientation.
Subclass:
351
Hunting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Boats
especially designed to conceal a hunter and for more or less
quiet propulsion to aid a hunter in approaching game.
Subclass:
352
Sectional:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Boats which can
be folded or which are made of sections which are releasably
fixed together to form the boat.
Subclass:
353
With folding:
This subclass is indented under subclass 353. Boats wherein
the different sections are rigid and are hinged together so
that the sections may be folded onto or into each other.
Subclass:
354
Collapsible:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Boats which
collapse into themselves through such means as telescoping
rods, accordion pleats, etc..
Subclass:
355
Hull construction:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Method or
device for constructing or making the hull of a boat.
Subclass:
356
Metal:
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Boat hulls in
which the hull is substantially formed of metal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 79+ for iron ships.
Subclass:
357
Plastic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Boat hulls in
which the hull is substantially formed of a plastic.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
264, Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating:
Processes, appropriate subclasses for specific methods of
forming plastics which could be used to shape a boat hull.
425, Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating:
Apparatus, subclass 61 for means to facilitate the flotation
of a formed ship or boat.
Subclass:
358
Wood:
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Boat hulls in
which the hull is substantially formed of wood.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
82 for ships with wood hulls.
Subclass:
359
Former and framer:
This subclass is indented under subclass 355. Device
comprising apparatus or implements for bending, shaping,
stamping or temporarily holding in place frames, timbers, or
sides of the hull.
Subclass:
360
With means to prevent capsizing or sinking:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Device in which
the boat has an attached float, a built in compartment,
additional built in buoyancy material, or a similar device to
prevent the boat from capsizing or sinking.
Subclass:
361
Protective cover or shield:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Device wherein
the boat is provided with a covering or other protective
structure to shield or protect a person, boat portion or
thing thereon.
Subclass:
362
Boarding aids:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Apparatus in
which a boat part or a structure expedites the boarding or
disembarking of the boat by a person.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclass 139.5 for
lifting devices for transporting personnel from one marine
vessel to another; and subclass 140.1 for the combination of
a land vehicle gangway with a ship when combined with means
to manipulate the cargo.
Subclass:
363
Seat and foot supports:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Device
comprising means to support the body or foot of a user.
Subclass:
364
Deck or gunwale attachments:
This subclass is indented under subclass 343. Devices
comprising boat parts or structure mounted to either an
exposed portion of a boat deck, or on, or at the top of a
boat side.
(1) Note. Oar locks are found in Class 440, Marine
Propulsion, subclass 106.
Subclass:
365
LIFE CRAFT HANDLING DEVICE, APPARATUS, OR IMPLEMENT:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Means
for handling life craft aboard ships and also analogous
apparatus located on docks and sea walls.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
258 for motherships with handling and launching means for
small warships and the like.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
212, Traversing Hoists, for load elevating and shifting means
in general especially subclasses 294+, 307+ and 255+ for
those having structures analogous or related to those
provided for herein.
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, for implements for applying a push or pull directly to
an object to be moved, particularly subclasses 264+ for
cable hauling apparatus.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 1+ for
launching in general.
414, Material or Article Handling, for material or article
handling in general and see the class definition for a list
of classes relating to vehicle loading and unloading. Search
especially subclass 137.7 for a ship with means to load or
unload cargo from the water and subclass 139.5 for lifting
devices for transporting personnel from one marine vessel to
another.
Subclass:
366
Moving from storage position to launching position:
This subclass is indented under subclass 365. Means for
moving life craft from storage position to launching position
wherein the moving apparatus and the launching apparatus are
distinct.
(1) Note. All combinations of such conveying with storage
and/or with launching are found here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
368 for davit structures which will perform this function
with no distinct conveying apparatus.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, appropriate
subclasses for conveyors in general.
198, Conveyors: Power-Driven, appropriate subclasses for
power driven conveyors.
Subclass:
367
Means for automatic launch upon sinking of ship:
This subclass is indented under subclass 365. Device wherein
means are provided for enabling an automatic launching of the
lifecraft upon the sinking of the lifecraft carrying ship.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
381 for chocks and lashings which leave the boat free at all
times to float off upon the sinking of the ship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, subclass 24 for
buoys adapted on the sinking of a body or vessel to become
unseated.
Subclass:
368
Davit:
This subclass is indented under subclass 365. Device
comprising booms or cranes projecting over the side of a ship
to raise or lower life crafts.
(1) Note. Subcombinations, not claiming the added lowering
means but intended for use therewith, are here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
365 for similar devices without added lowering means, i.e.,
which are so constructed as to place the life craft directly
in the water.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
414, Material or Article Handling, subclasses 569+ and 680+
for similar article handling devices in general.
Subclass:
369
Movably mounted:
This subclass is indented under subclass 368. Device
comprising davits in which means cause or permit the davit to
be movable so that some part of the davit is moved from a
normal, inboard position to an outboard launching position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
212, Traversing Hoists, particularly subclasses 294+, 307+,
and 255+ for cranes or similar supports constituting or
forming part of a transversing hoist.
Subclass:
370
Compound movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 369. Device
comprising a davit or portion thereof which moves about
plural axes.
(1) Note. Multiple pivots are found here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
373 for single or plural davits each of which has a single
pivotal motion.
Subclass:
371
Relative arcuate movement:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Device
comprising davits having an arcuate sector on the lower end
thereof about which it is rocked on a supporting bed.
(1) Note. Included here are patents wherein the arcuate
sector and its supporting bed are provided with mating
teeth.
Subclass:
372
Translating and tilting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 370. Device in which
the davit moves linearly along a horizontal path and pivots
about a horizontal axis so that some part thereof will
overhang the water.
(1) Note. Any sequence of bodily movement and tilting as
well as simultaneous body movement and tilting are included
here.
Subclass:
373
Pivoting:
This subclass is indented under subclass 369. Device
comprising a davit which turns about a single axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
370 for a davit having a compound pivotal motion about two
or more axes.
Subclass:
374
Vertical axis:
This subclass is indented under subclass 373. Device
comprising a davit in which the axis of the pivot is
vertical.
Subclass:
375
Chute or track:
This subclass is indented under subclass 365. Device
comprising apparatus in the form of chutes or tracks for
launching life craft from ships.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
366 for combinations of chutes or tracks with conveying of
the boat to the chute or track.
368 for combination of chutes or tracks with davits.
375 for tracks which are used only as protectors or guides
during launching.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
104, Railways, appropriate subclasses for particular types of
tracks.
193, Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways, subclasses
2+ for particular types of chutes.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclass 2 for similar
structures for launching and drydocking boats and ships on
shore.
Subclass:
376
Protector for lifecraft during launching:
This subclass is indented under subclass 365. Device
comprising means to protect the life craft, ship, or other
launching support against damage during launching.
(1) Note. Devices for maintaining a spaced relation between
the life craft and the ship during launching are found here.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 219+ for analogous devices for maintaining a
spaced relation between a dock and a ship, two ships, or a
boat and a ship, both of which are water borne.
Subclass:
377
Connector between boat and lowering tackle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 365. Device
comprising means for connecting a life craft with lines,
hooks, and similar hardware used in lowering the life craft.
(1) Note. Documents herein disclose some additional
structure which limits the invention to life craft handling.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc, subclass 598.4 and 698.1+
for hooks and snap hooks, respectively, type projection
members of separable fasteners and subclasses 455+ for clasps
type projection members of separable fasteners.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 67.1
for hoist line frames which surround a load and/or support it
from below; and subclass 82.27 for hooks designed for
instantaneous operation for detaching boats from davit
lines.
Subclass:
378
Releasing mechanism:
This subclass is indented under subclass 377. Device wherein
the connectors have means for breaking the connection between
the life craft and the lowering tackle.
(1) Note. A portion of the connector is either attached to
the boat or is disclosed as being attachable to the boat.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
210 for devices for instantaneously releasing anchors, etc.
217 for tension relievers of the coupling type having safety
release means.
218 for bitts, cleats, etc., with safety releasing means.
379 for connectors having automatically controlled releasing
means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 410 for pulley blocks including means for
quickly detaching the block from the object to which it is
attached.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 82.27
for releasing boat hooks, per se, when the hook is attached
to the lowering tackle.
Subclass:
379
Automatic:
This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Device wherein
the release mechanism automatically breaks the connection
between the lowering tackle and the life craft upon the life
craft contacting water.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 82.24
for releasing hoist line hooks per se and claimed in
combination with the load broadly.
Subclass:
380
Simultaneously releasing bow and stern:
This subclass is indented under subclass 378. Device in which
means are provided to break bow and stern connections both at
the same time.
Subclass:
381
CHOCK OR LASHING:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Device
comprising either supports for boats wherein the support is
shaped to fit the hull of the boat or some part thereof,
means for securing the boat to its support against movement.
(1) Note. Documents herein are limited to use for supporting
and securing boats to ship decks, sea walls, docks or the
like.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
248, Supports, subclass 499 for miscellaneous lashings.
294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, subclass 68.1
for launching cradles, per se.
410, Freight Accommodation on Freight Carrier, subclasses 49+
for load binders used with loads on vehicles; and
subclasses 96+ for analogous supports and lashings used on
railway cars and for miscellaneous shipping supports.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices, for buoys, adapted on
the sinking of a body or vessel to become unseated.
Subclass:
382
MISCELLANEOUS:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject
matter not provided for in another subclass.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000