US 11,939,735 B2
Watercraft
Karl-Heinz Elmer, Neustadt am Rübenberge (DE)
Filed by Karl-Heinz Elmer, Neustadt am Rübenberge (DE)
Filed on May 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/824,076.
Application 17/824,076 is a continuation of application No. 16/635,334, granted, now 11,377,810, previously published as PCT/EP2018/070882, filed on Aug. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 117 552.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282444 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E02D 13/00 (2006.01); B63B 3/14 (2006.01); B63B 7/00 (2020.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 35/44 (2006.01); E02D 7/00 (2006.01); E02D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 13/005 (2013.01) [B63B 3/14 (2013.01); B63B 7/00 (2013.01); B63B 21/50 (2013.01); B63B 35/44 (2013.01); E02D 7/00 (2013.01); E02D 7/06 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watercraft, comprising:
a hull which comprises at least two sub-hulls which are disposed mutually spaced apart and connected to one another by a cross-member, wherein the at least two sub-hulls each extend from the cross-member to sub-hull end and form a void between the at least two sub-hulls and the cross-member with at least one access to the void positioned between the at least two sub-hulls adjacent each sub-hull end, and wherein the hull has an outer periphery comprising a plurality of outer edges of the hull;
an introduction installation for an object to be anchored in a bed of a body of water, said introduction installation being disposed on said hull;
at least one compressor having at least one compressed-air line which is configured to lead into the body of water and is coupled to at least one compressed-air distribution installation which has a horizontal extent, wherein the at least one compressed-air distribution installation is configured for generating a first and second bubble curtain below the hull and has a multiplicity of mutually spaced apart outflow openings;
at least one support element selected from the group consisting of a net, a tubular steel construction, plates and/or meshes, wherein the at least one support element is disposed below the hull and is configured to laterally surround the object to be anchored; and
one or more gas-filled flexible damper elements fastened to one or more support elements of the at least one support element,
wherein the first bubble curtain extends from the bed upward outside of a plane extending vertically downward from at least one of the plurality of outer edges of the hull to the bed and the outer periphery of the hull is at least partially surrounded by the bubble curtain, and
wherein the second bubble curtain extends from the bed upward and inside and/or outside the at least one support element.