Patent ID: 9732564
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: E02D,E04B,E21B

Claim:
1. An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig, the platform component comprising: a frame comprising a first portion and a second portion comprising side supports, the first portion protruding from an underside surface of the second portion to support the second portion of the frame thereon and for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground; a buoyant body supported by the frame to provide buoyancy to the platform component, the buoyant body including buoyant components that include lugs projecting therefrom, wherein the lugs of adjacent buoyant components overlap and are coupled together by connecting pins; lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by connecting cables of an aircraft; and a coupling member extending from a first side support of the side supports, the coupling member including a coupling flange for cooperating with an adjacent coupling member of an adjacent aircraft-transportable platform component by receipt of the coupling flange in the adjacent coupling member of the adjacent aircraft-transportable platform component.