Patent ID: 9243721
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: F16L

Claim Text:
1. A method of securing a pipeline to a bed of a body of water, the method comprising: selectively moving an underwater vehicle on the bed of the body of water along the pipeline, wherein a handling device is mounted on the underwater vehicle; setting a module in a predetermined position on the underwater vehicle, wherein said underwater vehicle is configured to support the module, said module stores a plurality of fastening devices, and prior to being driven into the bed of the body of water, each fastening device includes at least two poles connected by a saddle; transporting at least one of fastening devices from the module to the handling device; and causing the handling device to drive each transported fastening device partly into the bed of the body of water by digging into the bed of the body of water using a bottom end of each of the poles of said transported fastening device and simultaneously driving the poles into the bed of the body of water to confine the pipeline between the bed of the body of water and at least the saddle of said transported fastening device.