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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert D Karl, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Assignee:
Imodco, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340224 ; 340 29 ; 3402 / ; 73143 ;
Abstract
An offshore mooring terminal or buoy is provided with apparatus for indicating to a ship moored thereto that the stresses on the mooring equipment of the buoy reached a dangerous level and the ship should cast off in order to avoid serious damage to the buoy, possibly to the ship and also to avoid a possible cargo spill.