FLOATING STRUCTURE, RESTAURANT, FOR EXAMPLE Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B63B35/44 

FIELD: shipbuilding; building floating structures, restaurants, for example.

SUBSTANCE: proposed floating structure includes round hull, decks, deck structure, pillars supporting second deck and roof. Floating structure has two identical halves interconnected in round hull. Lower round parts of floating structure is provided with port lights located above waterline. Identical halves have radial circular watertight bulkheads and watertight doors. Bottoms of each half have mating symmetrical half-bowls located in central part on the outer side and separated by spacer laid between them. Said half-bowls have blind threaded holes for securing plate with supporting bearing and chains holding the structure center in required point of water basin. Mating halves of floating structure have threaded holes with diameter exceeding diameter of fastening bolts; they are provided with double amount of watertight threaded plugs; thread of plugs correspond to thread of holes in structure halves. Pillars supporting the second deck and roof are provided with casings with unfolding curtains and locks securing them to decks.

EFFECT: reduction of scope of assembly jobs; possibility of towing floating structure through sea locks.

2 cl, 10 dwg