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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Yury Sherman, Roslindale, MA (US);
Mark Yankelevich, Boston, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A suspended supporting system for supporting a substantially rigid linear structure ( ) such as a pipeline, a tramway, a walkway bridge, a transportation gallery, an underwater tunnel, etc. placed above the ground/seabed/riverbed, the system including: apparatus ( ) attached to the linear structure, pulling the linear structure upward, generating upward vertical force of magnitude great enough for carrying downward vertical loads and lateral loads applied to the linear structure; and at least two guy ropes ( ) placed at an angle with each other, upper ends of which are attached to the linear structure and lower ends of which are attached to a footing structure ( ) placed on or anchored in the ground/seabed/riverbed.