Patent ID: 11970245
Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 12:
13. A floating object configured to be moored to a bed of a body of water by a mooring arrangement, comprising:
an anchor body;
a yoke plate assembly; and
a pair of mooring lines,
the yoke plate assembly including an assembly plate for mechanically coupling to the anchor body,
an elongated yoke plate with a center pivotally connected to the assembly plate by means of an articulation,
a first lever arm having a first proximal end connected by a first coupler to a first end of the elongated yoke plate, and
a second lever arm having a second proximal end connected by a second coupler to a second end of the elongated yoke plate longitudinally opposite to the first end,
wherein the first coupler is arranged as a first uni-joint between the first end of the elongated yoke plate and the first lever arm,
and the second coupler is arranged as a second uni-joint between the second end of the elongated yoke plate and the second lever arm,
the first lever arm at a first distal end thereof is connected by a first distal joint to a first one of the pair of mooring lines,
the second lever arm at a second distal end thereof is connected by a second distal joint to a second one of the pair of mooring lines,
the yoke plate assembly connected to the anchor body,
the anchor body placed at a bed of the body of water,
and the pair of mooring lines each attached to the floating object.