US 11,897,594 B1
Aerostat anchoring, deployment, extended duration and recovery apparatus
Alfred Marcum, LaGrange, KY (US)
Filed by Alfred Marcum, LaGrange, KY (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,826.
Application 17/129,826 is a continuation of application No. 15/326,020, granted, now 10,870,475, previously published as PCT/US2014/000145, filed on Jun. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/833,973, filed on Jun. 12, 2013.
Int. Cl. B64B 1/66 (2006.01); B64B 1/58 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64B 1/50 (2006.01)
CPC B64B 1/66 (2013.01) [B64B 1/50 (2013.01); B64B 1/58 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerostat anchoring device comprising:
(a) an air tight anchoring vessel housing (3) having a removable and sealable top end (90) and a sealable bottom end (17);
(b) a stator (25) having an opening therethrough with a first end connected to the sealable bottom end of the air tight anchoring vessel and a second end of the stator connected to a stator plate (27);
(c) a rotor (75) having an opening therethrough with a first end rotatably and sealably connected to the removable and sealable top end of the air tight anchoring vessel and a second end of the rotor terminating in a rotor plate (77) in slidable contact with the stator plate; and
(d) a plurality of connector posts disposed on the rotor plate for mating with a plurality of connector posts disposed on the stator plate.