Patent ID: 8808415

Claim:
An Exhaust Intake Bonnet (EIB) for an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS), the EIB comprising: a horizontally residing upper frame having a peak; a duct connector horizontally centered on the upper frame and residing near the peak of the upper frame; a horizontally residing ridged lower frame residing under the upper frame and having approximately a same horizontal outline as the upper frame; at least one lowering winch; at least one lowering rope attached to the lowering winch, the lowering rope connecting the lower frame to the upper frame for raising the lower frame towards the upper frame and lowering the lower frame away from the upper frame; a vertically collapsible shroud residing between the upper frame and the lower frame; a top of the shroud attached to the upper frame and in fluid communication with the duct connector; about three vertically spaced apart horizontally residing rigid middle frames attached to the shroud between the upper frame and the lower frame; a cinchable base of the shroud connected to the lower frame; a cinching strap attached to the cinchable base of the shroud; and at least one cinching apparatus attached to the lower frame and to the cinching strap to cinch the base of the shroud.