United States Patent 1 van Bilderbeek a 4,154,552 [45] May 15, 1979 54) LEVEL SUBSEA TE a ret FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 35795 9/192 Norway 1/100 [75] Inventor: Bernard H, van Bilderbeek, Ventura, 1136178 12/1968 United Kingdom 61/50 Calif. Primary Examiner—Jacob Shapiro ‘Attorney, Agen, of Firm-—Subkow and Kriegel ssignee: Vetco, Ine, Ventura, Cal. (73) Assigs teo, tS 17) ‘ABSTRACT [21] Appl. Nos 953,327 ‘A subsea template is installed ona level base provided by lowering and landing on the floor of the sea a con- (22) Filed: © Nov.24, 1977 tainer to which is supplied a quantity offen, setable material which flows to form a level upper surface on mean pop 27/52 which the template is landed. The template is fixed in Floste WS/aper 405/233. place by setting a pile into the floor Of the sea. The [58] Field of Search .. 61/50, 86, 87, 94, 98, receptacle is a guide base anchoring guidelines on 61/99, 106; 166/0.5, 17577, 405/322, 229 which the template is lowered after hardening of the fluent material o, inthe case ofa gudelinles installa. References Ci tion, the base and template are lowered together and the {56 a template raised above the base during setting of the US. PATENT DOCUMENTS {Muent material and then lowered onto the level base. 3314239 4/1967 Baronet ah 01s x S190 1/1970 Word te wo eeros 20 Claims, 14 Drawing Figures at a4 e._| 2 r aa 34 ) #@ 42 ae J} IL Ty ra a 4 10 F a —< 3. TITRA td ( 6 YG it We Pe ‘Sy ‘KU.S. Patent May 15, 1979 Sheet 1 of 7 4,154,552 Tae. d.U.S. Patent May 15, 1979 Sheet 2 of 7 4,154,552 Exes .2, uw |