A passenger vessel 10 configured to moor along an improved or unimproved shoreline to load or unload the vessel via the bow includes a hull 20 having a movable, openable bow member 24 configured to be moved between a closed state and an open state which exposes the hull's interior volume and an extendable and steerable ramp assembly 14 including an elongated extendable ramp member 78 configured to be stowed in the hull's interior when the bow member is in the closed state. The ramp member is extendable by being conveyed forwardly through the bow opening to define a distally projecting ramp extension supported and steerable (vertically and laterally) from a pivot or swing mount frame 84 affixed within the hull 20.

The present invention relates to a rotating and sliding boat boarding door mechanism configured to aid the vessel's occupants in their ingress and egress to and from the vessel. More particularly, the present invention provides a rotating and sliding boat boarding door assembly and system that slidingly moves into a recess in the vessel's exterior (e.g., side, transom, and/or gunwale) that has been configured to receive and maintain the boarding door assembly in a position where it is out of sight when fully recessed.

The present invention relates to a rotating and sliding boat boarding door mechanism configured to aid the vessel's occupants in their ingress and egress to and from the vessel. More particularly, the present invention provides a rotating and sliding boat boarding door assembly and system that slidingly moves into a recess in the vessel's exterior (e.g., side, transom, and/or gunwale) that has been configured to receive and maintain the boarding door assembly in a position where it is out of sight when fully recessed.

One or more wavegates are located on a seismic surface vessel to substantially prevent or limit waves from crashing onto a back deck of the vessel. The wavegate may comprise one or more steel gates or doors located at or near the aft portion of the vessel, such as on or near the rear end of the back deck, that may be moveable between a closed position and an open position. Each door may be fixed in position and/or be rotated and/or moveable in a horizontal and/or vertical direction between different positions. The wavegate allows the surface vessel to travel backwards and/or in the face of incoming waves while substantially preventing and/or limiting waves from crashing onto the back deck of the marine vessel. The seismic surface vessel may be a deployment vessel or a hybrid seismic shooting and deployment vessel or another marine surface vessel.

One or more wavegates are located on a seismic surface vessel to substantially prevent or limit waves from crashing onto a back deck of the vessel. The wavegate may comprise one or more steel gates or doors located at or near the aft portion of the vessel, such as on or near the rear end of the back deck, that may be moveable between a closed position and an open position. Each door may be fixed in position and/or be rotated and/or moveable in a horizontal and/or vertical direction between different positions. The wavegate allows the surface vessel to travel backwards and/or in the face of incoming waves while substantially preventing and/or limiting waves from crashing onto the back deck of the marine vessel. The seismic surface vessel may be a deployment vessel or a hybrid seismic shooting and deployment vessel or another marine surface vessel.

A lift and method for lifting equipment modules, and for providing for sideways loading equipment modules, or cargo containers, onto a mounting surface of a sea vessel, such as a ship or submarine. The lift comprises a frame for supporting the equipment modules or cargo containers, and includes a number of conveying beams for conveying the equipment module or cargo container in a sideways direction in relation to the frame, and means for lifting said conveying beams in a vertical direction. The method includes, providing a lift according to the invention; arranging an equipment module or cargo container onto the lift; maneuvering the lift on a ground surface into a position substantial parallel with the hull of said sea vessel; raising the equipment module or cargo container by the lift in a vertical direction to a specific vertical position in relation to a mission bay in said hull; conveying the equipment module or cargo container sideways into the mission bay, by said conveying beams; connecting the equipment module or cargo container to a number of anchoring points within the mission bay and retracting the conveying beams out of the mission bay.

It relates to an urban craft, which belongs to the industrial sector of nautical vehicles for transportation of crew and passengers in general, composed of a speedboat (1) equipped with a central cab (2), a transparent roof (3), a honeycomb grid (4), an X-shaped structure (5), faceted areas (6), a catamaran hull (7), an inverted nose (8), a negative bow (9), engines (10), a propeller (11), seats (12), safety belts, airbags, acceleration and braking pedals (13), a steering wheel (14), a dashboard (15), a central console (16), a gear shift lever (17), armrests (18), cupholders (19), internet/Wi-Fi access, detachable tablets (20), a lateral boarding platform (21), headlights (22) and lateral arrows in the camera-based rearview mirrors (23), an air-conditioning system, a pneumatic suspension system with adjustable airbags and hydrogen-based shock absorbers, individual (rear and front) lateral doors (24), large gullwing lateral doors (25), an upper airfoil (26), a rear window (27), a foldable rear platform (28) with a step over the propelling devices (29), a central watershed system (30), a panoramic front window (31), a front hood with luggage compartment and access to fuel supply, a rear camera (32).

It relates to an urban craft, which belongs to the industrial sector of nautical vehicles for transportation of crew and passengers in general, composed of a speedboat (1) equipped with a central cab (2), a transparent roof (3), a honeycomb grid (4), an X-shaped structure (5), faceted areas (6), a catamaran hull (7), an inverted nose (8), a negative bow (9), engines (10), a propeller (11), seats (12), safety belts, airbags, acceleration and braking pedals (13), a steering wheel (14), a dashboard (15), a central console (16), a gear shift lever (17), armrests (18), cupholders (19), internet/Wi-Fi access, detachable tablets (20), a lateral boarding platform (21), headlights (22) and lateral arrows in the camera-based rearview mirrors (23), an air-conditioning system, a pneumatic suspension system with adjustable airbags and hydrogen-based shock absorbers, individual (rear and front) lateral doors (24), large gullwing lateral doors (25), an upper airfoil (26), a rear window (27), a foldable rear platform (28) with a step over the propelling devices (29), a central watershed system (30), a panoramic front window (31), a front hood with luggage compartment and access to fuel supply, a rear camera (32).

A lift assist mechanism is provided for positioning a hatch cover in relation to a corresponding opening in a hatch frame. The assist mechanism includes a torsion bar and a lifting mechanism. The torsion bar has first and second opposite ends. The first end secures to the hatch frame. The second end connects to a bar spur gear. The lifting assembly includes a lift spur gear and a hinge gear. The lift spur gear engages the bar spur gear. The gears convert an acute angle twist of the bar to substantially perpendicular pivot the hatch cover from the hatch frame.

A mechanism positions a movable part relative to a support, between deployed and retracted configurations, with the movable part distant from the support and flush with the support, respectively. A base is attached to the support and has a central hole. A first positioning device has a first body in the central hole and a first off-centered hole relative to the central hole and a first notched wheel mechanically attached to the first body. A second positioning device has a second body in the first off-centered hole and a second off-centered hole and with a second notched wheel attached to the second body rotating when the second notched wheel is actuated. The two positioning devices are mounted fixed in translation relative to the base and position, along the two directions, an interface member of the movable part mounted in the second off-centered hole and attached to the positioning mechanism.