US 11,897,608 B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating sampling water of water bodies
Daniel Marion, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Daniel Marion, Vero Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/143,341, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242561 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 1/10 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [G01N 1/10 (2013.01); G01N 33/18 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for facilitating sampling water of water bodies, wherein the apparatus is disposable on a water surface of the water bodies, wherein the apparatus comprising:
a primary housing comprising a primary interior cavity, wherein the primary housing is disposable on at least one water surface of at least one water body;
a secondary housing movably disposed on a lower portion of the primary housing, wherein the secondary housing is submerged in the at least one water body based on disposing of the primary housing on the at least one water surface, wherein the secondary housing comprises a secondary interior cavity and at least one opening leading into the secondary interior cavity, wherein the secondary housing is transitionable between a retracted position and at least one extended position, wherein the secondary housing is configured for receiving at least one water sample from at least one depth of the at least one water body in the secondary interior cavity through the at least one opening based on submerging of the secondary housing in the at least one water body in the at least one depth, wherein the submerging of the secondary housing in the at least one depth is based on transitioning of the secondary housing from the retracted position to the at least one extended position;
a movement assembly disposed in the primary interior cavity of the primary housing, wherein the movement assembly is operationally coupled with the secondary housing, wherein the movement assembly is configured for transitioning the secondary housing between the retracted position and the at least one extended position, wherein the movement assembly comprises at least one actuator and at least one tether, wherein a first end of the at least one tether is coupled with the at least one actuator and a second end of the at least one tether is coupled with the secondary housing, wherein the at least one actuator is configured for transitioning the at least one tether between a retracted state and at least one extended state, wherein the transitioning of the secondary housing between the retracted position and the at least one extended position is based on the transitioning the at least one tether between the retracted state and the at least one extended state;
at least one sensor disposed in the secondary interior cavity, wherein the at least one sensor is configured for generating at least one sensor data based on detecting at least one characteristic of the at least one water sample received in the secondary interior cavity;
a storage device disposed in the primary interior cavity, wherein the storage device is communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor, wherein the storage device is configured for storing the at least one sensor data; and
at least one power source disposed in the primary interior cavity, wherein the at least one power source is electrically coupled with the at least one actuator, the at least one sensor, and the storage device, wherein the at least one power source is configured for powering the at least one actuator, the at least one sensor, and the storage device.