Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-13
2001-02-20
Avila, Stephen (Department: 3617)
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
C114S061100, C114S123000, C114S126000, C040S592000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189477
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to advertising and particularly to a marine platform for advertising along occupied shorelines.
A staple of summertime imagery is the picture of a crowded beach with a biplane towing a banner bearing a message of interest to beach goers. The airborne message is brief, distant, fleeting, and limited in form and content to a long streamer displaying a single line of text.
The present invention provides a marine advertising platform which can be moored or towed within easy viewing distance of shore, and which presents a large advertising area to enhance the advertising message being communicated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the invention, the marine advertising platform comprises a floating member with superimposed deck supporting a display frame for mounting an advertising message or display well above water line so as to be readily visible along a shoreline.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the floating member comprises a double hull of substantially similar hull components each with bow, stern, fixed keel, and elongate tubular mid-section. A generally rectangular deck bridges the hull components to form a floating vessel characterized by spaced, parallel hull components and by a deck bridging the hull components from bow to stern, and from port to starboard sides.
A taffrail extends along the outer perimeter of the deck.
Each hull member may be fitted with mud scows or outriggers to stabilize the hull in a waterway.
In a preferred form, a reticular display frame is fitted along the vessel centerline comprising a vertical bowmast rising from the bow, a vertical sternmast rising from the stern, a top beam extending fore and aft between the tops of the bow and stern masts, and a deck beam interconnecting the bow and stern masts just above the deck. The display frame extends a considerable distance above water line and provides a substantial rectangular area for mounting an advertising display.
The advertising display can be placed within the display frame at an angle of 90° with respect to the deck, or at a greater angle up to 120° to the deck as an aid to better visibility at greater distances of the display from shore.
Each marine vessel is preferably fitted with means for illuminating an advertising display, propulsion and steering means, couplings for towing and for linking a line of towed marine vessels each displaying a sequential component of a composite advertising display, and outrigger stabilizing devices.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide a great marine advertising sign visible from long distances.
Another object of the invention is to provide a marine advertising sign permanently anchored at a certain distance from the coast.
Another object of the invention is to provide a marine advertising sign for movement along the coast.
Another object is to provide a marine vessel for mounting an advertising sign for display along a coast.
Another object is to provide a line of marine vessels for mounting components of a composite advertising sign for display along a coast.
Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent with an understanding of the following detailed description of the invention or upon employment of the invention in practice.
REFERENCES:
patent: D. 65103 (1924-07-01), Cusack
patent: 2055369 (1936-09-01), Warren
patent: 4182255 (1980-01-01), Reid
patent: 5357895 (1994-10-01), Ceko
Avila Stephen
Walsh Patrick J.
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