Ships – Building – Sectional
Patent
1986-10-24
1987-12-22
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Building
Sectional
114249, 114266, 114352, B63B 308
Patent
active
047140429
ABSTRACT:
Coupler assemblies for permitting the selective connection of two or more barges or other water borne floating vessels or structures wherein one or more pairs of vertically spaced coupler boxes are united in fluid tight communication with one another along one or more side walls of such vessels or structures in such a manner as to be open through the side walls, decks and bottom walls thereof and wherein upper and lower opposing coupler boxes of adjacent vessels or structures are united by upper and lower longitudinally extending connector pins which are retained in assembled relationship within opposing coupler boxes by first and second vertically oriented wedge pins which are accessible from the decks of the respective vessels or structures.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2328693 (1943-09-01), Taylor
patent: 2584685 (1952-02-01), Evert
patent: 4610215 (1986-09-01), Robishaw
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