Off-shore triangular ship mooring structure

Claim 1

AN OFF-SHORE MOORING STRUCTURE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A LIQUID CARGO FROM A SHIP MOORED THERETO; SAID STRUCTURE COMPRISING, A FIXED CAISSON PERMANENTLY SECURED AT ITS LOWER END TO THE SEA BOTTOM, A LIQUID CARGO PIPELINE CONNECTED TO SAID CAISSON AND EXTENDING TO THE SHORE, A TRIANGULAR PLATFORM SECURED TO THE UPPER END OF SAID CAISSON AND EXTENDING TO A HEIGHT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA, EACH SIDE OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATFORM BEING OF RELATIVELY SHORT LENGTH IN RELATION TO THE LENGTH OF THE SHIP TO BE MOORED THERETO, MOORING MEANS EXTENDING FROM EACH SIDE OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATFORM FOR HOLDING THE SIDE OF THE SHIP TO BE MOORED IN GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO THE ASSOCIATED SIDE OF THE PLATFORM; EACH OF SAID MOORING MEANS OF EACH RESPECTIVE SIDE OF THE PLAATFORM INCLUDING A PAIR OF SUBMERGED MEANS SECURED TO THE SEA BOTTOM AND SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY OUTBOARD OF THE ENDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SIDE OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATFORM AND TOWARDS THE CORNER OF THE TRIANGULAR PLATFORM SPACED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE SIDE TO WHICH THE SHIP IS TO BE MOORED, A FLOATING MOORING BUOY VERTICALLY MOVABLY SECURED TO EACH OF SAID SUBMERGED MEANS FOR CONNECTION TO THE BOW AND STERN MOORING LINES OF THE SHIP TO BE MOORED, AND LINE MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID TRIANGULAR PLATFORM TO EACH OF SAID SUBMERGED MEANS AND ITS RESPECTIVE BUOY, AND WINCH MEANS LOCATED UPON SAID PLATFORM AND CONNECTED INDEPENDENTLY TO EACH LINE MEANS OF EACH BUOY FOR CONTROLLING AND SHORTENING SAID LINE MEANS WHEREBY SELECTED UNNEEDED FLOATING MOORING BUOYS MAY BE SUBMERGED TO A DEPTH GREATER THAN THE DRAFT OF THE SHIP TO BE MOORED; A LOADING ARM ASSEMBLY MOVABLY MOUNTED ON TRACK MEANS SUPPORTED ON AND DEFINING A CONTINUOUS HORIZONTAL LOOP ABOUT SAID PLATFORM AND A SHIP LOADING HOSE SUPPORTED BY SAID ARM ASSEMBLY AND HAVING A LIQUID FLOW CONNECTION WITH SAID PIPELINE FOR DIRECTING A LIQUID CARGO TO AND FROM SAID SHIP BY MOVING SAID ARM ASEMBLY ON SAID TRACK MEANS TO A FIXED LOCATION ADJACENT ANY OF THE THREE SIDES OF SAID TRIANGULAR PLATFORM FOR USE IN LOADING A SHIP MOORED TO ANY ONE OF THE THREE SIDES THEREOF.