Ships – Mother ship – floating landing platform – and harbor – Floating boat dock
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-28
2009-10-20
Olson, Lars A (Department: 3617)
Ships
Mother ship, floating landing platform, and harbor
Floating boat dock
C114S264000, C114S267000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07603959
ABSTRACT:
Novel prefabricated structural components such as precast concrete boxes having forms including rectangular parallelepipeds and hexagonal cylinders are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,697,736 and 5,697,473 to form waterfront structures such as seawalls, levees and breakwaters. Novel methods of waterborne transport and installation of the boxes and arrays thereof are disclosed, including modular vessels having bow and stern sections which can be connected directly together or mounted to a mid-section containing assemblies of such boxes, other structural elements or other vessels such as floating drydocks. Modular vessels can be assembled with any or all of the bow, midship and stern sections comprising honeycomb arrays of vertically-oriented hexagonal boxes.
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B & W photocopy of floating drydock containing docked cruise ship.
B & W photocopy of supply boat which could be fitted to carry precast concrete boxes on after cargo deck.
B & W photocopy of tug pushing barge.
Color photoprint showing (1) apparent floating breakwater; (2) loaded container ship; (3) MSC cargo ship offloading container to barge by crane; and (4) container on ship deck with ISO fitting on corner.
Photo of large movie screen assembled for Walt Disney Studios from 180 shipping containers, ca. 1995.
Photo of large arch assembled for bike race in Phila., date unk.
Photo of shipping container adapted for shelter use; date unknown.
Photo of interior of shipping container converted to workshop, date unknown.
Photo of shipping container converted to “berthing van,” date unknown.
Photo of two story office building constructed of shipping containers, built ca. 1989.
Photo of an elephant house constructed from adapted shipping containers, date unknown.
Photo of “deluxe” backyard shed based upon converted shipping container, date unknown.
All above photos printed from website of Sea Box , Inc., www.seabox.com, visited most recently on Jul. 8, 2006.
Olson Lars A
Poole, Esq. James K.
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