Offshore combination ship mooring and ship loading apparatus-bow mooring

Claim 1

IMPROVED SHIP MOORING AND SHIP LOADING STURCTURE WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION (1) A LOWER BASE DONUT RING ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, (2) SUPPORTING LEGS AFFIXED TO SAID DONUT RING AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND INWARDLY FROM SAID DONUT RING TO A POINT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, (3) A TOP RIGID PLATFORM SUPPORTED ABOVE THE WATER BY SAID SUPPORTING LEGS, (4) FENDERING TUBES EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID DONUT RING AND POSITIONED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DONUT RING TO A POINT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, (5) A FENDERING RING RIGIDLY ATTACHED AT THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID FENDERING TUBE, (6) A TOP RING POSITIONED WITHIN AND ABOVE SAID FENDERING RING AND RIGIDLY ATTACHED TO SAID FENDERING RING BY MEANS OF STRUCTURAL MEMBERS, SAID TOP RING BEING POSITIONED ABOUT SAID RIGID TOP PLATFORM, (7) A TURNTABLE MECHANISM POSITIONED ON SAID RIGID TOP PLATFORM AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE WITH RESPECT THERETO, (8) AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING BOOM, THE INBOARD END OF WHICH IS RIGIDLY ATTACHED TO SAID TURNTABLE MECHANISM, SAID BOOM BEING CHARACTERIZED BY AN INBOARD SECTION WHICH IS ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND WHICH EXTENDS TO A POINT WITHOUT SAID FENDERING RING, SAID BOOM BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A MIDDLE SECTION WHICH EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY TO BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, SAID BOOM BEING CHARACTERIZED BY AN OUTBOARD SECTION ONE END OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID MIDDLE SECTION AND WHICH EXTENDS OUTWARDLY BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER TO THE LOADING MANIFOLD OF A MOORED SHIP, (9) A LOADING PLATFORM AFFIXED TO THE OUTBOARD END OF SAID BOOM BY MEANS OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND POSITIONED ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER ADJACENT THE LOADING MANIFOLD OF A MOORED SHIP, (10) MOORING LINES AFFIXED TO SAID TURNTABLE MECHANISM AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE THEREWITH, SAID MOORING LINES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND ADAPTED TO MOOR A SHIP, (11) LOADING LINES EXTENDING FROM SHORE FACILITIES TO WITHIN SAID LOWER BASE DONUT RING UPWARDLY TO SAID TURNTABLE MECHANISM AND OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID BOOM TO SAID MANIFOLD OF A MOORED SHIP WHEREBY AS TIDE, WIND AND CURRENT CHANGE THE POSITION OF A MOORED SHIP, SAID BOOM WILL ADJUST IN RELATION THERETO.