US Patent Issued to BMT on July 29 for "Cassette assembly, waterborne vessel and method of servicing a water-accessible structure" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,135, issued on July 29, was assigned to BMT Ltd. (London).

"Cassette assembly, waterborne vessel and method of servicing a water-accessible structure" was invented by Jago William Lawless (London), Samuel George Alan Stevens (London) and Christopher John Witty (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cassette assembly is disclosed attachable to an end portion of a waterborne vessel including a cassette section to bear against an external structure in use. The cassette section is movable relative to the vessel in a direction towards an opposite end of the vessel. A resilient buffer system counters movement of the cassette section when...