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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Christian Raymond Bauduin, Eze, FR;
Jean-yves Silvain Toggiani, Roquebrune Cap Martin, FR;
Christian Raymond Bauduin, Eze, FR;
Jean-Yves Silvain Toggiani, Roquebrune Cap Martin, FR;
SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC., Marly, CH;
Abstract
A disconnectable turret mooring system includes a mooring buoy, a turret structure, and a buoy locking system for locking the mooring buoy to the turret structure, whereby the turret structure includes an intermediate connection member, which includes the buoy locking system, wherein the intermediate connection member is rotatably supported by the turret structure. A method of mooring a vessel includes a turret structure to a mooring buoy, whereby the turret structure is arranged to receive the mooring buoy. The turret mooring system includes a turret structure that is rotatably supported by the vessel and an intermediate connection member that is rotatably supported by the turret structure. The method includes: receiving the mooring buoy into the turret structure, locking the mooring buoy to the intermediate connection member, and rotating the intermediate connection member and the turret structure with respect to each other.