Disposable antifouling covers for geophysical survey equipment
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1. A disposable antifouling cover for use with marine geophysical survey equipment, the disposable antifouling cover comprising:
- a first elongate body of plastic material configured to occlude a majority of an exterior surface of a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the body of plastic material comprises;
a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge defined by the elongate body,an exterior surface,an interior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a negative image of a positioning device of the marine geophysical survey equipment,an interior volume, anda proximal end defined by the elongate body, the proximal end comprising an aperture into the interior volume.
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Disposable antifouling covers for geophysical survey equipment. At least of example embodiments are methods including deploying marine geophysical survey equipment. The deploying may include: installing a disposable antifouling cover of plastic material on a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the disposable antifouling cover occludes a majority of an exterior surface of the portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment; and placing the marine geophysical survey equipment in a body of water.
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1. A disposable antifouling cover for use with marine geophysical survey equipment, the disposable antifouling cover comprising:
a first elongate body of plastic material configured to occlude a majority of an exterior surface of a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the body of plastic material comprises; a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge defined by the elongate body, an exterior surface, an interior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a negative image of a positioning device of the marine geophysical survey equipment, an interior volume, and a proximal end defined by the elongate body, the proximal end comprising an aperture into the interior volume. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A disposable antifouling cover for use with marine geophysical survey equipment, the disposable antifouling cover comprising:
a first elongate body of plastic material configured to occlude a majority of an exterior surface of a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the body of plastic material comprises; a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge defined by the elongate body, an exterior surface, an interior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a negative image of a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, an interior volume, a proximal end defined by the elongate body, the proximal end comprising an aperture into the interior volume, and a latch feature defined by the elongate body proximate the aperture, the feature configured to provide a latch force when the disposable antifouling cover is installed on the portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A disposable antifouling cover for use with marine geophysical survey equipment, the disposable antifouling cover comprising:
a first elongate body of plastic material configured to occlude a majority of an exterior surface of a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the body of plastic material comprises; a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge defined by the elongate body, an exterior surface, an interior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a negative image of a wing of a positioning device of the marine geophysical survey equipment, an interior volume, and a proximal end defined by the elongate body, the proximal end comprising an aperture into the interior volume.
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