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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:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward E. Horton, III, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Deepwater Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 2/500 ; B63B 3/540 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 2/500 ; B63B 3/540 ;
Abstract
An offshore construction system comprises a work module support vessel having a ballast-down mode, in which a deck of the vessel is submerged below the water surface, and a ballast-up mode, in which the deck is disposed above the water surface. The system further comprises an independently floatable, pontoon-supported work module carried on the deck of the support vessel. The system also includes a draw connected between the work module and the work module support vessel. The draw has a draw-over mode, in which the work module is drawn over the deck of the support vessel, and a remove mode, in which the work module is removed from the deck.