Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – For mooring a vessel
Patent
1994-08-15
1996-04-09
Basinger, Sherman
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
For mooring a vessel
441 4, B63B 2204
Patent
active
055056466
ABSTRACT:
A mooring buoy comprising a body with buoyancy, which body is rotatable with respect to a turntable. Elements are provided for connecting the buoy to catenary anchor lines with a seabed as well as a rigid arm for the connection to a vessel or the like floating unit. The buoyant body is an assembly of spaced apart interconnected vertical columns, resulting in a decreased sensibility for vertical motions of waves.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4254522 (1981-03-01), van Heijst
patent: 4279047 (1981-07-01), van Heijst
patent: 4784079 (1988-11-01), Poldervaart
Poldervaart Leendert
Schuurmans Sipke T.
Basinger Sherman
Single Buoy Moorings Incorporated
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