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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Safe Marine Transfer, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
James E. Chitwood, Spring, TX (US);
Art J. Schroeder, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Safe Marine Transfer, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 17/02 (2006.01); B65D 88/78 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 25/12 (2006.01); B63B 38/00 (2006.01); B65D 90/50 (2006.01); B63B 27/08 (2006.01); B63B 35/28 (2006.01); B63B 43/06 (2006.01); B65D 27/08 (2006.01); B65D 88/02 (2006.01); B65D 88/74 (2006.01); E02D 27/38 (2006.01); E02D 27/52 (2006.01); E04H 7/02 (2006.01); B63B 25/02 (2006.01); E02B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 25/12 (2013.01); B63B 25/02 (2013.01); B63B 27/08 (2013.01); B63B 35/28 (2013.01); B63B 35/44 (2013.01); B63B 38/00 (2013.01); B63B 43/06 (2013.01); B65D 27/08 (2013.01); B65D 88/02 (2013.01); B65D 88/748 (2013.01); B65D 88/78 (2013.01); B65D 90/501 (2013.01); E02B 17/02 (2013.01); E02D 27/38 (2013.01); E02D 27/52 (2013.01); E04H 7/02 (2013.01); B63B 2025/022 (2013.01); E02B 2017/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein is a method of transporting equipment between sea-surface and seafloor by providing a structure with equipment mounted thereon. The equipment may be liquid storage tanks, pumps, compressors, separators, metering systems, energy sources, communication systems, buoyancy tanks, and the like. The structure is used for disposal and installation in a subsea environment by changing the volume of buoyancy material within at least one buoyancy tank.