Including tower or riser connected to sea floor (e.g., column, mast):
(under subclass 230.1) Subject matter wherein the apparatus includes a structure (a)connected to, or (b)mounted on the marine floor, and (c)the structure is either (1)a rigid elongated upright member which projects toward or above the surface of the water, or (2) an elongated flexible member which is upright and projects toward or above the surface of the water when disconnected from the marine vehicle.
(1) Note. Many of the risers classified herein are buoyant or have a buoyant structure attached to them.
(2) Note. Many of the risers classified herein are tubular for transmission of a fluid to or from the marine vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
137, Fluid Handling,
236.1, including for offshore fluid-handling systems and subclass 615+ for fluid handling systems of general utility having two or more fluid conduit sections joined for relative movement to assume various delivery or nonuse positions.
141, Fluent Material Handling, With Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means, especially
279, for means permitting relative motion between a hose connected between a moveable supply source and filling head or a moveable receiver and subclasses 387+ for a filling head shiftably or separably connected to a supply.
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, appropriate subclasses, especially
224+, for devices for anchoring of a marine building or work platform to the marine floor.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices,
4+, for a mooring buoy having a fluid conduit for transferring liquid cargo to a marine vehicle.
