Submarine home

Claim 2

A submarine home adapted to be disposed within a body of water comprising a buoyant watertight main dwelling section; weighted stabilizing means of a planar configuration including a plurality of mutually spaced rails arranged in interconnected criss-cross relation dependently mounted on said main section to moor the same at a predetermined submerged depth beneath the surface of the water and to serve as an artificial reef for the growth of biological plant life thereon such as seaweed, kelp and the like; deck means elevationally spaced from said main section above the surface of the water; and means interconnecting said deck means and said main section providing fresh air and human access to said main section.

Claim 3

The submarine home of claim 1 in which said deck means and said interconnecting means provide a plurality of watertight hatches, and anchor means on said main section for completely submerging the entire home including the deck means to avoid relatively rough wave action thereagainst during storms and the like.

Claim 4

The submarine home of claim 2 in which said anchor means includes a pair of anchors releasably engageable with the bottom of said body of water, a pair of flexible tether lines individually connected to the anchors, and a pair of winching devices mounted on said main section operatively associated with said tether lines for elevationally adjusting said home relative to the surface of said body of water.

Claim 5

The submarine home of claim 3 including a diver''s air lock in the main section of the home providing underwater ingress-egress thereto, said stabilizing means having means defining a central opening therethrough, and an underwater elevator suspended beneath the main section below said air lock and above said opening to transport divers to the bottom of said body of water.

Claim 6

The submarine home of claim 4 in which said means interconnecting said main section and said deck means comprises a pair of spaced substantially upright parallel tubular members, a powered elevator operationally disposed in one of said tubular members for travel between said deck means and said main section, and a spiral stairway dispose in the other of said tubular members providing communication between said main section and said deck means in the event of a power failure to said elevator.

Claim 7

The submarine home of claim 5 including winch means on the main section having operative connection to said underwater elevator but being releasable therefrom for alternate attachment to said stabilizing means for elevational adjustment thereof relative to the main section, and means for supporting said underwater elevator during said adjustment of said stabilizing means.

Claim 8

The submarine home oF claim 6 including powergenerating means disposed within said main section, and auxiliary stabilizer means having outer flotation members pivotally mounted in outwardly extended relation from said deck means and having motion transmitting connection to said power-generating means during elevational reciprocation of said flotation members by wave action thereupon to drive said power-generating means.

Claim 9

The submarine home of claim 7 including a plurality of elongated lines supportably extended between said stabilizing means and said main section of the home, and a pressure sensitive line shearing device mounted on each of said lines for severing the same incident to downward movement of the stabilizing means by a weighted object such as a submarine or the line engaging the stabilizing means to permit the home immediately to rise to the surface of said body of water.

Claim 10

A submarine home adapted to be disposed within a body of water comprising a buoyant watertight main dwelling section, a substantially flat grid of a planar configuration formed of a plurality of mutually spaced rails arranged in interconnected criss-cross relation, means mounting the grid in suspended relation from said main section and providing sufficient weight to moor said main section at a predetermined submerged depth beneath the surface of the water and to serve as an artificial reef for the growth of biological plant life thereon such as seaweed, kelp and the like, a pair of elevationally spaced decks disposed above said main section and above said surface of the water, and a plurality of elongated tubular members disposed in upright spaced substantially parallel relation interconnecting said decks and said main section to provide fresh air and human access passages to the main section.

Claim 11

A submarine home adapted to be disposed within a body of water comprising a buoyant watertight main dwelling section, a substantially flat grid of a planar configuration formed of a plurality of mutually spaced rails arranged in interconnected criss-cross relation, means mounting the grid in suspended relation from said main section and providing sufficient weight to moor said main section at a predetermined submerged depth beneath the surface of the water and to serve as an artificial reef for the growth of biological plant life thereon such as seaweed, kelp and the like, a pair of elevationally spaced decks disposed above said main section and above said surface of the water, and a plurality of elongated tubular members disposed in upright spaced substantially parallel relation interconnecting said decks and said main section to provide fresh air and human access passages to the main section.

Claim 12

The submarine home of claim 9 in which said main section comprises an elongated cylindrical housing having opposite hemispherical ends with said tubular members being upwardly extended therefrom individually adjacent to said opposite ends, and said decks are substantially rectangular.

Claim 13

The submarine home of claim 9 in which said main section comprises a spherical housing having a single tubular member axially upwardly extended therefrom mounting a pair of elevationally spaced substantially circular decks above said main section.

Claim 14

The submarine home of claim 9 in which said main section comprises a torus-shaped housing.

Claim 15

The submarine home of claim 9 wherein said rails are formed of reinforced concrete.

Claim 16

A grid of a planar configuration adapted to be suspended within a body of water and employed as an artificial reef for propagating marine life, comprising a plurality of mutually spaced rails arranged in interconnected criss-cross relation, and means for suspending the grid above the bottom of said body of water.

Claim 17

A grid of a planar configuration adapted to be suspended within a body of water and employed as an artificial reef for propagating marine life, comprising a plurality of mutually spaced rails arranged in interconnected criss-cross relation, and means for suspending the grid above the bottom of said body of water.

Claim 18

The grid of claim 14 wherein said rails are formed of reinforced concrete.