US PATENT SUBCLASS 37 / 345
.~ With vessel, propulsion, or anchor structure (e.g., bank spud, spud brace)

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37 /   HD   EXCAVATING

307  DF  BENEATH A BODY OF WATER (E.G., DREDGER) {11}
345.~ With vessel, propulsion, or anchor structure (e.g., bank spud, spud brace) {1}
346  DF  .~.~> Bottom spud anchor

DEFINITION

Classification: 37/345

With vessel, propulsion, or anchor structure (e.g., bank spud, spud brace):

(under subclass 307) Apparatus wherein the invention is particularly directed toward (a) the feature of the barge, ship, or boat which supports the dredging equipment in the body of water, or (b) the detail of the means which is attached to a barge, ship, or boat to hold it stationary or under controlled movement in the body of water while dredging.

(1) Note. Spud usually consists of (a) one of four sharp pointed vertical posts or piles that can be forced by a tackle or by power through a socket in a floating or a land dredge or scow to anchor it and (b) one of the two foot pieces of the legs of the A-frame of a floating dredge that are set in the banks of the body of water to steady the

dredge and give it support.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

114, Ships,

256, for a floating or semisubmersible storage vessel; subclasses 293 and 294+ for an anchor or an anchoring arrangement.