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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2025
Protomet Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Stewart Boyd, Knoxville, TN (US);
Dale Lambert, Knoxville, TN (US);
Aaron Pierce, Knoxville, TN (US);
Protomet Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Various implementations include a tower having one or more legs, a top section, and a linkage mechanism. Each leg includes at least one leg portion and a mount for coupling the tower to a water craft. A proximal end of one leg portion is rotationally coupled to the mount. A distal end of each leg portion is rotationally coupled sequentially to the proximal end of another leg portion. The top section is rotationally coupled to the distal end of the last leg portion of each leg. The leg portions of each leg are rotatable such that the tower is movable between a lowered position and a raised position. The linkage mechanism rotationally clocks the rotational movement of the mount to the top section causing the top section to be non-rotatable relative to the mount of the leg.