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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:
Feb. 24, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
R LeRoy Grimsley, Ponca City, OK (US);
Len J Gawel, Ponca City, OK (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ; E02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405210 ; 52 81 ; 220 71 ; 405195 ;
Abstract
An underwater storage structure comprising an internally segmented tetrahedron and/or hexahedron, said self supporting structure having a fluid impermeable covering and an internally segmented skeleton. The structure can be subdivided internally by fluid impermeable coverings allowing ballast, such as water or sand slurry or the like, to be utilized to counter the bouyancy of internal voids formed by the subdivisions of the structure.