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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Oriol R. Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Oriol R. Rijken, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Seahorse Equipment Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 88/78 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 1/10 (2006.01); B63B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B63B 1/107 (2013.01); B63B 35/4413 (2013.01); B63B 2001/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semi-submersible vessel comprises pontoons having a generally five-sided transverse cross section. In the case of a 4-sided semi-submersible, the columns may be arranged in a generally rectangular form with a column at each corner of the rectangular form, each column having with four sides disposed at a right angle to at least one adjacent side and a fifth side on the exterior of the generally rectangular form disposed at 45 degrees to each adjacent side.