US 12,233,991 B2
Buoy with buoyant core and collar having multiple flotation components
Jeffrey Procter, Mount Eliza (AU); and Graham Percy, Frankston (AU)
Assigned to SEALITE PTY LTD, Somerville (AU)
Filed by SEALITE PTY LTD, Somerville (AU)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,587.
Application 18/187,587 is a continuation of application No. 16/616,779, granted, now 11,608,141, previously published as PCT/AU2018/000079, filed on May 25, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017901999 (AU), filed on May 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219658 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 22/04 (2006.01); B63B 5/24 (2006.01); B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 22/16 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 22/04 (2013.01) [B63B 5/24 (2013.01); B63B 21/20 (2013.01); B63B 22/16 (2013.01); B63B 2021/203 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buoy comprising:
a core component, wherein the core component is a buoyant core component; and
at least two detachable flotation components surround and support the core component, wherein each detachable flotation component and the core component include respective engagement formations to engage with each other, and
wherein at least one engagement formation on the core component includes a downward lip projection, around a periphery of the core component, and each detachable flotation component includes an upward lip projection, whereby the respective lip projections may engage in recesses behind another lip projection.