Patents by Inventor Simon Vivian Ranulf Bateson

Simon Vivian Ranulf Bateson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor
    Patent number: 10711432
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor and/or displacing material on the sea floor is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body and front skids mounted to the body for engaging the sea floor and supporting the body. The front skids are adjustable between a first mode, in which the front skids engage the sea floor, and a second mode, in which the front skids engage the sea floor adjacent the trench and at the trench walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Soil Machine Dynamics Limited
    Inventors: Roger Paul White, John Graeme Walker, Simon Vivian Ranulf Bateson
  • Method and Apparatus for Forming a Trench in a Sea Floor
    Publication number: 20190032303
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a trench in a sea floor and/or displacing material on the sea floor is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body and front skids mounted to the body for engaging the sea floor and supporting the body. The front skids are adjustable between a first mode, in which the front skids engage the sea floor, and a second mode, in which the front skids engage the sea floor adjacent the trench and at the trench walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Roger Paul White, John Graeme Walker, Simon Vivian Ranulf Bateson