US PATENT SUBCLASS 114 / 264
FLOATING PLATFORM
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 114/264
(under the class definition) Structure which is wholly supported by a body of water and which when in use forms or takes the form of an approximately planar work surface.
(1) Note. Exemplary of the art in this subclass and in subclass 265 are offshore drilling platforms.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
195.1+, for offshore drilling platforms which rest on the bottom, are solidly connected to the bottom, or are connected to the marine bed by a continuous riser pipe (i.e., a conduit which serves to convey material from beneath the surface of the water) which may comprise a rigid segment over a substantial portion of its length, and a relatively flexible segment.
