Patents Assigned to Watercraft Limited
  • Launching apparatus for boats
    Patent number: 4586453
    Abstract: Apparatus for launching a lifeboat, rescue craft or like small craft from a marine platform or other vessel in a bows-out heading comprises a boom mounted on the vessel that deploys outwardly as the boat is lowered and that carries a bow line releasably attached to the boat. The boom and bow-line are arranged so that the bow-line holds the boat in a bows-out heading after the boat has been lowered and on release of the fall or falls accelerates the boat away from the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1986
    Assignee: Watercraft Limited
    Inventors: Thomas M. Wilks, Simon P. K. Pope