Patents Assigned to Earl and Wright
  • Offshore structure
    Patent number: 4909672
    Abstract: A lattice framework to form or when forming an offshore structure capable of supporting a deck above the water for offshore operations, such as drilling for oil or gas for exploration or production as well as radar stations and the like where it is desired to maintain a stable platform in a fixed position over the sea bed, having four main legs which branch out into buttresses to support a spread base at the lower part of the structure and in which two of the main legs form launch rails on which the structure can be launched from a barge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Earl and Wright
    Inventor: Michael V. Hancock