ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,519, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ENCOMARA Ltd. (Aberdeen, Great Britain).
"Disconnectable mooring system" was invented by Malcolm Bowie (Aberdeen, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnectable mooring system for offshore semi-submersible floating structures. A disconnectable buoy has a number of mooring lines which include a buoy chain between the mooring chain and the buoy. The mooring chain and the buoy chain are connected via a three way mooring connector, with the third connection configured to pull the mooring connector to a mooring point on the structure. In a first configuration the buoy is disconnected ...