Ships – Mother ship – floating landing platform – and harbor – Floating boat dock
Patent
1986-11-20
1988-02-23
Basinger, Sherman D.
Ships
Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor
Floating boat dock
52 794, 522363, 114125, 114258, 414263, 414267, 405219, B63B 3544
Patent
active
047263164
ABSTRACT:
A plurality of modules (66) are connected together to define a multi-story annular building (10) of honeycomb cells (C). The cells (C) of the building are hexagonal in cross section and taper horizontally as they extend radially inwardly. A turntable/elevator (36) is located in a shaft opening at or near the center of the building (10). A tunnel (48) extends through a side of the building (10). The building includes flotation cells at its bottom, some of which are air tight. Water is pumped into and out from the others, for regulating the vertical position of the building (10) in a body of water. An annular ring (66) of flotation material extends about the building (10) immediately below the water line. Each cell (C) is reinforced by a reinforcing ring (R1) extending about the girth of the cell (C). The rings (R1) are connected together vertically and horizontally to form a wall (RW1) of rings constituting a basic skeletal part of the building (10).
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Barnard Delbert J.
Basinger Sherman D.
Salmon Paul E.
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