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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:
Aug. 09, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Technip Geoproduction, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405196 ; 405204 ; 405224 ;
Abstract
A support device for a leg (2) of an off-shore drilling jack-up platform including a separate heightener (3) adapted to be interposed between each leg of the platform and the sea bed so as to increase the depth of installation of the platform. Each heightener is provided with detachable means (4, 7, 11, 12) for connecting the heightener to the lower end (4) of a respective leg (2) which improves the strength thereof.