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DEFINITION
Classification: 405/188
Underwater docking or mooring:
(under subclass 185) Method or apparatus wherein means are provided for temporarily attaching a diving apparatus to either the seabed, a submerged structure or vessel, or a submerged portion of a structure or vessel to restrain movement of said apparatus with respect to said structure or vessel.
(1) Note. A cable by which a diving bell is lowered into the water or a tether connecting the bell to the mother ship are not "attaching means" as required by the above definition.
(2) Note. Included in this subclass are submersible apparatus which engage a portion of an underwater pipeline to be repaired.
