B63C 9/26
Cast or life lines
Official title: Cast or life lines; Attachments thereto; Containers therefor; {Rescue nets or the like}(adaptations of aerial cableways to shipboard use B63B27/18; guns for line throwing F41F; line-carrying missiles F42B12/68)
B63C9/26 (Cast or life lines) appears on 160 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63C- Granted patents
- 160
- Published applications
- 107
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 281
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tacking rudder for personal flotation device, and method of use9 Jun 2026US 12,649,548 B2
- Rescue drone30 Dec 2025US 12,509,197 B2
- Marine emergency rescue transfer system11 Nov 2025US 12,466,520 B2Wuhan University of Technology
- Flotation harness and kinetic safety system9 Sep 2025US 12,409,918 B2
- Catching device for surface rescue based on aircraft platform and surface rescue method1 Jul 2025US 12,344,359 B1Beihang University
- Automatic Rescue System for Swimming Pools17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274385 A1
- Rescue clamp13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233815 A1Dombois Designs Inc.
- Rescue drone30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116589 A1
- Water rescue flotation systems19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077839 A1
- System and methods for multi-purpose water-activated inflatable collar deployment6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340278 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rescue device45US 4,596,530 A1986
- Line throw-bag40US 4,713,033 A1987
- Wearable personal emergency rescue apparatus35US 6,800,007 B22004
- Crew overboard self rescue device and method for unassisted crew overboard watercraft reentry34US 7,585,197 B12009
- Rocket deployment system for parachutes and the like33US 5,409,187 A1995