Patent ID: 8075651

Claim:
An Exhaust Intake Bonnet (EIB) for an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS), the EIB comprising: a top piece; a duct connector horizontally centered on the top piece connectable to a duct for carrying exhaust gasses from an Ocean Going Vessel (OGV) to an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control Unit (AMECU) for processing; outwardly and downwardly extending outwardly center arced ribs attached to the top piece normally residing in an open position allowing the EIB to be lowered over a stack of the OGV and biasable to a closed position closer to the stack; at least one cinching line reaching around bottoms of the ribs and connecting the bottoms of the ribs for cinching the bottoms of the ribs to pull the bottoms of the ribs closer to the stack; and a shroud lowerable and raiseable inside the ribs, the raising and lowering of the shroud independent of cinching the bottoms of the ribs.