US 12,275,503 B2
Chemical collection and processing vessel and methods for fluid transfer at sea
Garth Alexander Sheldon-Coulson, Portland, OR (US); Brian Lee Moffat, Portland, OR (US); and Dominic Piro, Honolulu, HI (US)
Assigned to Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd., Portland, OR (US)
Filed by Lone Gull Holdings, Ltd., Portland, OR (US)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,652.
Application 18/652,652 is a division of application No. 18/438,077, filed on Feb. 9, 2024, granted, now 12,077,259.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/446,236, filed on Feb. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278881 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 27/34 (2006.01); C07C 29/152 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 35/44 (2013.01) [B63B 27/34 (2013.01); C07C 29/152 (2013.01); B63B 2035/4486 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vessel for floating and traveling adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water, the vessel comprising:
a support structure;
a first floatation chamber coupled to the support structure;
a second floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the second floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from and fluidly coupled to the first floatation chamber;
a third floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the third floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from the first floatation chamber and from the second floatation chamber; and
a robot system coupled to the support structure, the robot system comprising an end effector, and a nozzle head coupled to the end effector.