Hydraulic and earth engineering – Marine structure or fabrication thereof
Patent
1988-06-30
1990-02-27
Reese, Randolph A.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Marine structure or fabrication thereof
405194, 52 81, 521691, B63C 1100, E02D 2900
Patent
active
049041185
ABSTRACT:
A structure for observing a marine environment comprising a housing affixed to a bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean floor, and extending toward and above the surface of the water. A reception area is disposed near the top of the housing and a walkway extends from the reception area to the bottom of the housing. The walkway defines a spiral adjacent to the inner wall of the housing, and a plurality of windows are disposed on the side of the housing between successive levels of the spiral. An aquarium disposed on the bottom of the housing, spaced radially inward from the housing and extending toward the top of the housing defines with the walkway, the side of the housing and the bottom of the housing a substantially enclosed passage extending for a substantial length along the bottom of the housing for simulating the underwater environment. A substantially transparent extension may be disposed on the housing so that a person disposed within the extension is substantially enveloped by the underwater environment.
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Reese Randolph A.
Ricci John A.
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