Patent ID: 6879547

Claim:
The combination of a cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package for collecting data from ambient sea and a laterally extending stabilizer comprising: a cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package for collecting data from said ambient sea, said cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package having round outer contours and being placed on the floor of said sea, said data collecting being adversely affected by lateral rocking motion thereof; a laterally extending stabilizer having an outrigger base assembly having a flat base surface for resting on said sea floor, upper surfaces joined to said flat base surface having a semi-circular cross-sectional configuration to contiguously fit adjacent to one part of said round outer contours of said cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package, and outrigger portions extending said flat base surface laterally beyond said cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package; and first and second case clamps provided with curved surfaces having semi-circular cross-sectional configurations and extending above said outrigger base assembly, said first and second clamps being shaped to clamp said curved surfaces onto another part of said round outer contours of said cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package and said upper surfaces of said outrigger base assembly onto said one part of said round contours of said cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package to secure said cylindrically-shaped instrumentation package in a fixed orientation free from said lateral rocking motion on said sea floor.