Disposable antifouling covers for geophysical survey equipment

摘要

Disposable antifouling covers for geophysical survey equipment. At least of example embodiments are methods including deploying marine geophysical survey equipment. The deploying may include: installing a disposable antifouling cover of plastic material on a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the disposable antifouling cover occludes a majority of an exterior surface of the portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment; and placing the marine geophysical survey equipment in a body of water.

主权项

1. A disposable antifouling cover for use with marine geophysical survey equipment, the disposable antifouling cover comprising:
a first elongate body of plastic material configured to occlude a majority of an exterior surface of a portion of the marine geophysical survey equipment, wherein the body of plastic material comprises:
a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge defined by the elongate body,an exterior surface,an interior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a negative image of a positioning device of the marine geophysical survey equipment,an interior volume, anda proximal end defined by the elongate body, the proximal end comprising an aperture into the interior volume.