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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:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Applicant:
Blake Burnette, Spring, TX (US);
Inventor:
Blake Burnette, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
BJ Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatus for disconnecting at least one elongated member extending between a waterborne vessel and at least one other object includes a cable extendable between the waterborne vessel and the other object. When the distance between the waterborne vessel and the other object exceeds a certain distance, the cable causes the at least one elongated member to be released from the vessel or other object.