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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Robert Gibson, Bolton, GB;
Inventor:
Robert Gibson, Bolton, GB;
Assignee:
Trelleborg CRP Ltd., Lancashire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A buoyancy element () is disclosed which comprises a moulded body of plastics-composite material incorporating reinforcement () comprising at least one elongate flexible member or filament, embedded in the body and adapted to retain fragments of the buoyancy module together following structural failure of the module.