Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy
Patent
1982-01-11
1987-01-27
Basinger, Sherman D.
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
441 22, 441 23, 441 28, 343709, 343715, B63B 2218
Patent
active
046392270
ABSTRACT:
A buoy having a mainly circular upper surface and on this surface an auxiliary circular float body located at the center of this surface, the dimensions of the this upper surface and the auxiliary float body being such, that the buoy in rough water restores automatically its original position after it has been reversed and that wind forces create pressure deviations on this surface that compensate the tilting momentum exerted by the wind on the auxiliary float body itself and even the rest of the buoy.
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Basinger Sherman D.
Corl Rod
Datawell B.V.
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