Patents by Inventor Eberto Gracia

Eberto Gracia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4721416
    Abstract: A submersible offshore jacket assembly is provided having a plurality of elongated pilings with a first diameter. A plurality of spaced, longitudinally aligned sleeves of a diameter greater than the first diameter of the piling are interconnected by suitable bracing and receive a piling therethrough, so that the sleeves surround the piling and are spaced therealong separately one from the other. A plurality of braces are connected to one another and each of said sleeves in an arrangement whereby said sleeves with the pilings function as the legs of the assembly. Each of said pilings has an exterior surface area otherwise completely exposed to the environmental forces of tides, wind, waves and current, along substantially the entire length of each piling between the spaced sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: International Building Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Eberto Gracia