Patent ID: 9447643
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: E02D,E04B,E21B

Claim Text:
1. An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig, the platform component comprising: a buoyant body supported by a frame, a first portion of the frame protruding from an underside surface of a second portion of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground; lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by connecting cables of an aircraft; wherein the buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground; and wherein the second portion comprises a first side support and a second side support spaced from one another, and the first portion comprises a cross-member extending between the first side support and the second side support to couple the first side support to the second side support and support the buoyant body, the cross-member protruding from an underside surface of the first side support and the second side support.