US3103200A
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Mooring buoy
Assignee: California Research LLC
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Filing: 1960-09-13
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Granted: 1963-09-10
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Expires: 1980-09-13
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward F Fulkerson
- 👤 Mitchell L Barksdale
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 05:10
CPC Classifications
B; B63; B63B; B63B22/00; B63B22/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
227 words
A MOORING BUOY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FLOAT PORTION INCLUDING A FIRST FLOAT MEANS AND A SECOND FLOAT MEANS, SAID SECOND FLOAT MEANS AFFIXED TO AND ABOVE SAID FIRST FLOAT MEANS IN VERTICAL SPACED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, A RIGID ELEMENT AFFIXED TO SAID FLOAT PORTION AND PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP TO A COMMON AXIS OF SYMMETRY OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND FLOAT MEANS, A WEIGHTED MASS, A LENGTH OF ANCHOR CHAIN CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE LOWER END OF SAID RIGID ELEMENT AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID WEIGHTED MASS, THE WEIGHT OF SAID MASS AND THE LENGTH OF SAID RIGID ELEMENT AND SAID ANCHOR CHAIN BEING PROPORTIONED TO HOLD SAID LENGTH OF ANCHOR CHAIN IN TENSION WITH SAID FIRST FLOAT MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY SUBMERGED WITHIN A BODY OF WATER AND WITH SAID MASS IN CONTACT WITH THE LAND SURFACE SUBMERGED UNDER SAID BODY OF WATER WHEN THE ELEVATION OF THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER IS GREATER THAN A PREDETERMINED MINIMUM ELEVATION ABOVE THE SUBMERGED LAND SURFACE, THE WEIGHT OF SAID MASS BEING PROPORTIONED TO CAUSE SAID MASS TO BE LIFTED FROM CONTACT WITH SAID SUBMERGED LAND SURFACE WHEN THE ELEVATION OF SAID SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER INCREASES ABOVE SAID SUBMERGED LAND SURFACE TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND FLOAT MEANS A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, A SECOND LENGTH OF ANCHOR CHAIN, A LATERALLY DISPLACEABLE
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
227 words
A MOORING BUOY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FLOAT PORTION INCLUDING A FIRST FLOAT MEANS AND A SECOND FLOAT MEANS, SAID SECOND FLOAT MEANS AFFIXED TO AND ABOVE SAID FIRST FLOAT MEANS IN VERTICAL SPACED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, A RIGID ELEMENT AFFIXED TO SAID FLOAT PORTION AND PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP TO A COMMON AXIS OF SYMMETRY OF SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND FLOAT MEANS, A WEIGHTED MASS, A LENGTH OF ANCHOR CHAIN CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE LOWER END OF SAID RIGID ELEMENT AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID WEIGHTED MASS, THE WEIGHT OF SAID MASS AND THE LENGTH OF SAID RIGID ELEMENT AND SAID ANCHOR CHAIN BEING PROPORTIONED TO HOLD SAID LENGTH OF ANCHOR CHAIN IN TENSION WITH SAID FIRST FLOAT MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY SUBMERGED WITHIN A BODY OF WATER AND WITH SAID MASS IN CONTACT WITH THE LAND SURFACE SUBMERGED UNDER SAID BODY OF WATER WHEN THE ELEVATION OF THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER IS GREATER THAN A PREDETERMINED MINIMUM ELEVATION ABOVE THE SUBMERGED LAND SURFACE, THE WEIGHT OF SAID MASS BEING PROPORTIONED TO CAUSE SAID MASS TO BE LIFTED FROM CONTACT WITH SAID SUBMERGED LAND SURFACE WHEN THE ELEVATION OF SAID SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF WATER INCREASES ABOVE SAID SUBMERGED LAND SURFACE TO ENGAGE SAID SECOND FLOAT MEANS A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT, A SECOND LENGTH OF ANCHOR CHAIN, A LATERALLY DISPLACEABLE
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1966-09-09 | 1967-03-11 | 1967-09-10 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1970-09-09 | 1971-03-11 | 1971-09-10 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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