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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:
Oct. 29, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry D Petty, Kenner, LA (US);
Luc G Chabot, LaPlace, LA (US);
Assignee:
Odeco, Inc., New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ; E02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405224 ; 114264 ; 114293 ; 405202 ;
Abstract
A marine structure situated in a seabed having mooring means designed to provide resistance to the environmental forces acting on the structure. Weights are attached to the mooring means at a distance above the seabed so that the weights do not touch the seabed during normal operating conditions. When extreme environmental loads move the structure a certain distance leeward of its original locations, the weights on leeward mooring means contact the seabed, significantly and immediately increasing the restoring force provided by the mooring means.