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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Nicolaas Johannes Vandenworm, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 21/00 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 39/02 (2006.01); B63B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B63B 1/041 (2013.01); B63B 39/02 (2013.01); B63B 2021/003 (2013.01); B63B 2035/4473 (2013.01);
Abstract
A buoyant structure contains a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower ellipsoidal section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a fin-shaped appendage secured to a lower and an outer portion of the exterior of the keel having the n-polytope shape, and a plurality of columns connected between the keel having the n-polytope shape and the main deck forming one or more tunnels between the plurality of columns.