US 11,718,376 B1
Broad-based ship
Richard Lee Armstrong, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to S MART SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICA, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Richard Lee Armstrong, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/177,158.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/974,659, filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Int. Cl. B63G 11/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/22 (2006.01); B63B 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC B63G 11/00 (2013.01) [B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B63B 2003/085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A broad-based ship comprising:
one or more hulls configured to be floatably disposable in at least one water body;
a plurality of decks supported on the one or more hulls, wherein the one or more hulls are attached to a bottom surface of a deck of the plurality of decks, wherein the plurality of decks are vertically spaced forming at least one interior space between the plurality of decks, wherein the plurality of decks comprises a flight deck and at least one lower deck, wherein the at least one lower deck is vertically disposed below the flight deck, wherein the at least one interior space comprises at least one hangar space formed between the flight deck and the at least one lower deck, wherein the at least one hangar space is configured for housing a plurality of aircraft, wherein the housing comprises disposing the plurality of aircraft on the at least one lower deck, wherein the flight deck comprises a plurality of airstrips disposed on an upper flight deck surface of the flight deck, wherein the plurality of airstrips is configured for allowing at least one of landing and taking off of the plurality of aircraft on the plurality of airstrips simultaneously; and
a plurality of elevators disposed in the at least one hangar space, wherein the plurality of elevators is configured for transporting the plurality of aircraft between the at least one lower deck and the flight deck simultaneously, wherein the transporting comprises transferring the plurality of aircraft from the at least one lower deck to the flight deck simultaneously, wherein the taking off of the plurality of aircraft simultaneously is based on the transferring of the plurality of aircraft from the at least one lower deck to the flight deck, wherein the transporting comprises transferring the plurality of aircraft from the flight deck to the at least one lower deck, wherein the housing of the plurality of aircraft is based on the transferring of the plurality of aircraft from the flight deck to the at least one lower deck.