ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,537, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ORBITAL MARINE POWER Ltd. (Kirkwall, Great Britain).
"Mooring system and method" was invented by Calum Miller (Kirkwall, Great Britain), David Clouston (Kirkwall, Great Britain), Thomas Hugon (Kirkwall, Great Britain) and William Annal (Kirkwall, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a mooring system (1) for mooring a floating vessel. The mooring system includes a connector structure (10) for attachment to a mooring line and an anchor structure (20) to be anchored to a sea bed. The connector structure comprises an engagement portion (14) and an attachment portion (12). The a...