Portable containment structure for ship preservation
AssigneeVigor Industrial LLC
InventorsScott Fischer, Jonathan Donahue
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Abstract
A portable containment structure can include a cover, one or more trusses, and one or more connectors. The connectors can couple the containment structure to a ship. The connector can include a receiver portion, a strut portion, and a base portion. The receiver portion can be configured to receive a portion of a first side portion, second side portion, or third side portion of the containment structure. The strut portion can be configured to raise the containment structure vertically from the flight deck. The base portion can be configured to couple the connector to a raised plate on ship.
Claims20
A portable containment structure for a ship flight deck, the containment structure comprising:
- a plurality of trusses, wherein each truss of the plurality of trusses comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a support portion extending from the first end portion to the second end portion;
- a first side portion comprising the first end portions of each truss of the plurality of trusses;
- a second side portion comprising the second end portions of each truss of the plurality of trusses;
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- one or more connectors disposed along the first side portion and the second side portion, each connector of the one or more connectors comprising:
- a receiver element, coupled to one of the first side portion or the second side portion;
- a base plate coupled to the receiver element and comprising a first side and a second side;
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- a coupling element configured to releasably couple the base plate to the ship.
A connector for a portable containment structure for a ship flight deck, the connector comprising:
- a receiver element, configured to be coupled to the containment structure;
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- a base plate coupled to the receiver element and comprising a first side and a second side;
- one or more first coupling portions disposed on the first side of the base plate;
- and
- one or more second coupling portions disposed on the second side of the base plate,
- wherein the one or more first coupling portions and the one or more second coupling portions are configured to releasably couple the base plate to the ship.
A method of installing a portable containment structure on a flight deck of a ship, the method comprising:
- delivering the portable containment structure to the flight deck of the ship using a crane;
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- coupling the portable containment structure to the flight deck using one or more connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.