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Mooring system

  • US 5,065,687 A
  • Filed: 03/21/1990
  • Issued: 11/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A loading arrangement comprising a mooring system for locating a buoy adjacent to a permanently moored vessel, in which the buoy is connected to two horizontally spaced apart points on the permanently moored vessel, and is also connected to the seabed by a single tether extending downwardly from the buoy to maintain a predetermined minimum distance between the buoy and the permanently moored vessel such that the buoy floats with its connection to the two spaced apart points in tension;

  • and in which there is means for a mobile vessel to ride to the buoy.

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