Buoys – rafts – and aquatic devices – Buoy – For mooring a vessel
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Olson, Lars A (Department: 3617)
Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices
Buoy
For mooring a vessel
C441S003000, C441S023000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07993176
ABSTRACT:
A submersible mooring buoy for a floating vessel comprises a compartmented hull; a plurality of non-buoyant, catenary anchor lines each connected to the hull and a spring buoy such that the hull may be submerged without sinking to the seafloor by flooding selected compartments; and, a plurality of mooring legs anchoring each spring buoy to the seafloor.
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Olson Lars A
Seahorse Equipment Corp
Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri L.L.P.
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