Patents Assigned to Mudhen, LLC
  • Multi-purpose vessel and method for recovering, storing and/or offloading material in a dredging operation
    Patent number: 7326020
    Abstract: A method of building a levee or an island is disclosed. The method includes dredging material from a surface of a body of water with a dredge assembly mounted to a hull and supporting a hopper with the hull. The hopper is adapted to receive the material. The hopper includes a floor with a portion of the floor moveable to permit movement of the material in the hopper, and depositing at a desired location dredge material from the dredge using a transfer conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mudhen, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis R. Thomas, Michael D. Platt, Edward S. Kress