US Patent Issued to Friede & Goldman United, CCCC International Holding on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods for a rack structure for a transport vessel adapted for use with an offshore self-elevating vessel" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,894, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Friede & Goldman United B.V. (Amsterdam) and CCCC International Holding Ltd. (Wanchai, Hong Kong).

"Systems and methods for a rack structure for a transport vessel adapted for use with an offshore self-elevating vessel" was invented by Ante Lovric (Houston), Ernest Gene Kamp III (Katy, Texas) and Kyle Alan Littman (East Bernard, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployed L-shaped rack structure interengaged with a self-elevating vessel is used for supporting a feeder transport vessel, such as an ocean or sea barge, to eliminate relative motion or movement between the vessels. Some of the...