I was looking for paper boat patents, but came across patent number 151,400 dated May 26, 1874 called An Improvement in Lifeboats. It describes it as so: "... a pair of flexible and expansible bustles, attached to the outer sides thereof, below the gunwales, which bustles, when inflated, will serve to increase the buoyancy of the boat; also where boats are fitted with such bustles, to provide metallic outriggers and fenders to protect the said bustles." Look like sponsons to me. Is this one of the earliest sponson patents out there? Any others? Paul _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I was just about to ask what was happening in the spittoons case. I like this patent. Is there anyone on the list (preferably near D.C.) who can write a letter challenging the new spittoon patent. GaryJ Paul Raymond wrote: > > I was looking for paper boat patents, but came across patent number 151,400 > dated May 26, 1874 called An Improvement in Lifeboats. It describes it as > so: > > "... a pair of flexible and expansible bustles, attached to the outer sides > thereof, below the gunwales, which bustles, when inflated, will serve to > increase the buoyancy of the boat; also where boats are fitted with such > bustles, to provide metallic outriggers and fenders to protect the said > bustles." > > Look like sponsons to me. Is this one of the earliest sponson patents out > there? Any others? > > Paul > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed > here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire > responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. > Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net > Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** -- Director, Family Canoeing Centre Recreational canoeing courses for the whole family. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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