Patent ID: 8619495

Claim:
A system for storage and management of seismic data recorder units on a marine vessel, said system comprising: a storage basket storage area disposed on a deck surface of the marine vessel, wherein the storage area is characterized by a grid formation on the deck surface comprising a plurality of adjacent cells and an external containment wall around a perimeter of the grid formation; a plurality of moveable seismic data recorder unit storage baskets having perimeter containment structures, in each of which one or more deployable seismic data recorder units may be removeably disposed, wherein the plurality of baskets are moveably disposed in the grid formation; and a plurality of storage basket travel paths within the grid formation, wherein said travel paths are defined by at least the perimeter containment structures of adjacent baskets disposed in the grid formation and at least a portion of the external containment wall of the grid formation, wherein along said travel paths one or more of the storage baskets may be moved from one cell to another.