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US 2013/0005201 A1Published application
Apparatus for Performing Overhead Work Using Air-Propelled Vessel with Articulating Member
OwnerRonald J. Thibodauxinventor
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Abstract
A wide, flat-bottom, buoyant, amphibious hull with a powered articulating member mounted on the deck. The hull has a shallow draft and distributes its weight over a large area and is propelled by at least one engine-driven propeller rotating above the hull. These features cooperatively provide a vehicle capable of performing overhead work, such as installing or servicing power transmission poles, towers, or other structures located in environmentally sensitive wetlands, swamps, marshes, shallow water, or terrain which is not efficiently accessible by other means.
Claims9
A vessel comprising:
- a. a hull having a low draft and an upper surface;
- b. at least one drive motor disposed on said hull;
- c. a propeller affixed to said at least one drive motor;
- d. at least one rudder positioned aft of said propeller;
- and
- e. an articulating boom pivotally disposed on the upper surface of said hull.
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A vessel comprising:
- a. a hull having a low draft and an upper surface;
- b. at least one drive motor disposed on said hull;
- c. a propeller affixed to said at least one drive motor;
- d. at least one rudder positioned aft of said propeller;
- e. a pedestal disposed on the upper surface of said hull;
- and
- f. an articulating boom pivotally connected to said pedestal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.