Patent ID: 7866398

Claim:
An underwater termination assembly for use with a subsea system, comprising a construction having first and second limbs, the second limb extending at transverse angle relative to the first limb, the construction being provided with at least one foundation, which construction may be lowered so that said one of the limbs sits on the bed of a body of water via said at least one foundation after it has been lowered to said bed; wherein the construction is pivotally connected to said at least one foundation; wherein said limbs meet at an apex region of the construction, at which the region the construction is pivotally connected to said at least one foundation; wherein an umbilical is connected to said one of the limbs; and wherein said one of the limbs is provided with at least one further foundation, remote from said at least one foundation that lands on the bed, the foundations remaining on the bed and supporting the construction during normal use of the construction.