Connecting arrangement between a floating structure and an anchor
AssigneeSingle Buoy Moorings Inc.
InventorRoger Maari
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Abstract
A connecting arrangement between a floating installation such as a floating platform, and an anchor, comprises an upwardly extending rigid bar or rod connected at its lower end for vertical swinging movement about two perpendicular horizontal axes to an anchor. At its upper end, the rod or tube is connected universally to link means which in turn are connected to arms that are pivotally connected at a plurality of points to a floating platform, about spaced pivotal axes. The adjacent ends of the arms, to which the link means is connected, are preferably spaced apart a minimum horizontal distance.
Claims7
In a connecting arrangement between a floating structure and an anchor, comprising an upwardly extending connecting means connected at its lower end to an anchor by means of a pair of horizontal perpendicular pivot axes, and an arm extending transversely to the upwardly extending connecting means and having one end connected for vertical swinging movement about a horizontal axis to the floating structure and having an opposite end adjacent to and connected for swivelling movement about the upwardly extending connecting means;
- the improvement in which there are plural said arms extending in different directions away from the upwardly extending connecting means, said plural arms being connected to the floating structure for vertical swinging movement relative to each other about different horizontal axes, and links having one end pivotally interconnected to the ends of the arms adjacent the upwardly extending connecting means, for vertical swinging movement relative to each other and relative to said arms about different horizontal axes, and having opposite ends remote from said arms universally connected to said upwardly extending connecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.