Patent ID: 11859597
Assignee: THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method of connecting a submerged vertical pipe to a floating platform comprising:
providing a floating structure having a vertical pipe receiving bay, wherein the pipe receiving bay has a first diameter;
providing a vertical pipe having a top end portion that has a second diameter that is less than the first diameter and a bearing surface;
inserting the top end portion of the vertical pipe into the vertical pipe receiving bay;
exposing a bearing surface of at least one detent such that the at least one detent has a diameter that is different from the first or second diameters; and
contacting the at least one detent with the bearing surface of the pipe to suspend the vertical pipe from the floating structure.