Patents by Inventor Geoffrey B. H. Breese

Geoffrey B. H. Breese has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Self-aligning quadrant fairlead
    Patent number: 4742993
    Abstract: An arcuate fairlead for mooring lines has an arcuate row of grooved line-engaging shoes of plastic material which shoes can be removed and replacement shoes can be installed without disassembling the mooring line from the fairlead. The fairlead is of generally triangular shape supported by trunnion and bearing means at its upper tip and adjacent to its apex enabling the fairlead to swing about an upright axis for self-alignment with a stretch of mooring cable beyond the lower tip of the fairlead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Smith Berger Marine, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Montgomery, Geoffrey B. H. Breese, Peter G. S. Dove