Patent ID: 8605540
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B63B,G01V,G10K

Abstract:
1. A device for underwater deployment, the device including: a tether extending between a buoyant member and a weighted member; a body positioned on the tether; a plurality of arms, each arm including: wherein each arm is configured to upwardly and outwardly rotate about its respective hinged connection from a storage configuration to an operative configuration; and for each arm, a respective petal line that connects the primary segment to a connection point on the tether intermediate the body and the buoyant member; such that, when introduced to an underwater environment, the buoyant member and weighted member move apart from one another thereby to tension the tether, and wherein the tensioning of the tether increases separation between the connection point and the body, thereby to correspondingly tension the petal lines for effecting upward and outward rotation of the arms from the storage configuration to the operative configuration.