US PATENT SUBCLASS 405 / 166
.~.~ Facilitated by extension from line-laying vessel

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405 /   HD   HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING

154  DF  PIPE OR CABLE LAYING, RETRIEVING, OR UNDERWATER MANIPULATION {6}
158  DF  .~ Submerging, raising, or manipulating line of pipe or cable in or from marine environment {7}
166.~.~ Facilitated by extension from line-laying vessel {1}
167  DF  .~.~.~> Articulated segments

DEFINITION

Classification: 405/166

Facilitated by extension from line-laying vessel:

(under subclass 158) Subject matter wherein the string of slender material or conduit is carried in a ship that releases the string or conduit so that it is placed as the ship moves through the water, and wherein the ship is provided with means protruding beyond the hull of the ship, which protruding means helps to support the string or conduit for proper placement of the same as it is released from the ship.

(1) Note. Included in this subclass is an extension that extends above the deck of the line-laying ship. The extension serving to facilitate assembly of the sections of pipe just prior to their being laid into the water.