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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Applicant:
Peter Alan Lunde, Cypress, TX (US);
Inventor:
Peter Alan Lunde, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Seahorse Equipment Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 22/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A submersible mooring buoy for a floating vessel comprises a compartmented hull; a plurality of non-buoyant, catenary anchor lines each connected to the hull and a spring buoy such that the hull may be submerged without sinking to the seafloor by flooding selected compartments; and, a plurality of mooring legs anchoring each spring buoy to the seafloor.