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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120009019 | Spillway liner and method A liner is formed in an excavated spillway by providing a plurality of rectangular flexible liner sections with each liner section having a parallel series of elongated continuous and adjacent tubular pockets pre-filled with a dry cementitious material or a fine granula... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110123271 | Sealing system for a water flow control gate A sealing system for a water flow control gate is provided. Each of a plurality of panels has an upper edge extending the length of the panel with a flat surface rounded upward to a wall at the rear side of the panel. The lower edge of each panel has a central perpendic... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110052323 | Flood barrier A flood barrier comprises a plurality of panels attached together. A gasket runs continuously around the exterior periphery of each panel. When a panel is attached to an adjacent panel, the said gasket is compressed and the panels together form a watertight joint. Elong... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100284747 | WATER-FILLED BUILDING BLOCK FOR TEMPORARY LEVEE A hollow block in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped when filled with water, is joined with a plurality of similar water-filled blocks to form a flood barrier. Two opposite sides of each block have connection features that connect with features on the first and th... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100129156 | WATER MANAGEMENT BARRIER AND SYSTEM A barrier for managing and/or controlling water is disclosed that includes a set-up configuration and an in-use configuration. While in the set-up configuration the barrier can be moved and positioned, and while in the in-use configuration the barrier is made to weigh a... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100074687 | Pipeline Protection and Levee Module System A levee and barrier module for fluid control and containment is provided including an outer module shell and a module-to-module connection system to attach adjacent outer shells. The outer module shell is formed by opposing side walls and two opposing end walls and is c... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100047019 | Shape Stabilized flood Protection Wall Segment The flood protection wall's shape stabilized segment affords an increased level of protection and is made up of a water fillable bag whose shape, when full, is defined by the plane of the base and the dome-shaped casing with a convex surface that is attached to the base... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090169306 | Retaining Wall Retaining wall device, comprising at least one first retaining wall member (5) and a support (3, 4) for it, wherein the first retaining wall member and the support have first and second longitudinal edges, respectively, extending in longitudinal direction ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090142136 | Flood defence barrier assembly A flood defence assembly comprises a support member (2) formed from steel or other rigid material and having a sleeve portion (4) that is adapted to be slidably mounted on a bollard (6). Bollard (6) is set into the ground (8) to an app... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090103981 | Expansion Device For Containing Overflows An expansion device for containing overflows of watercourses, floods and/or inundations and like phenomena, suitable for cooperating with further identical expansion devices for making barriers for containing overflows of watercourses, floods and/or inundations and like... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090041543 | DEPLOYABLE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM A modular dike assembly includes strut and corner members that may be interconnected to form a barrier or dike wall surrounding a primary container. The strut members are stackable for convenience in transporting the system and an alignment web is provided for defining ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090016821 | BARRIER PANEL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLING A barrier panel system and a method of installing the barrier panel system is provided. The barrier panel system includes a barrier panel having a top and a bottom. The panel includes at least one channel extending from the top to the bottom of the barrier panel. A remo... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080279634 | Gabions The invention provides a gabion which may be used to protect military or civilian installations from weapons assault or from elemental forces, such as flood waters, lava flows, avalanches, soil instability, slope erosion and the like, the gabion comprising side walls co... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080250916 | DEFENCE SYSTEM There is described a barrage unit comprising a porous bag or sack containing an absorbent core said absorbent core comprising an absorbent crystalline material and an absorbent fibrous material.... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080240861 | Prefabricated levee apparatus and system A levee apparatus and system for impeding and controlling the flow of fluids, primarily the flow of water as experienced in a flood or storm surge consisting of a light weight concrete structure with reinforcing steel rebar depending on the application. It is constructe... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080038064 | Fluent material confinement system A fluent material confinement system configured to receive a granular fluent material to form a temporary barrier structure is disclosed, wherein the fluent material confinement system includes a plurality strips, the plurality of strips including a plurality of lengthw... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080008533 | Floodwater condom A flood barrier for protecting a building or like structure includes a water-impermeable sheet, which can be formed of a plurality of bags. The sheet has one end fixedly connected to a non-buoyant element and a second end fixedly connected to a buoyant element and is ro... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070269268 | Intake apparatus for dams A dam bypass apparatus including a floating inlet and a flexible conduit having a discharge opening adjacent to a dam water intake. The inlet can be laterally offset from the discharge opening, and can include screens to exclude debris from the conduit. ... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070116522 | Flood levee and barrier module and system A levee and barrier module for fluid control and containment is provided including an outer module shell and a module-to-module connection system to attach adjacent outer shells. The outer module shell, being in the general shape of a prism or prism with curvilinear sec... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070077123 | Liquid barrier assembly and connector therefor The present invention relates to a liquid barrier assembly (1) for the prevention of flow of liquid from one area to an adjacent area. The assembly (1) comprises at least two barriers (2,3) each comprising a substantially rigid container and a front... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20070009326 | MOBILE FLOOD WALL Mobile flood wall preferably comprising of plastic, characterized by support elements (1 through 5) as plates of a fitting thickness, each in the form of an equilateral triangle with one of the three equal outer sides as the base and wall elements (11 <... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060210360 | Sectional interlocking barrier bags A bag made from a length of material (10) divided into a series of three or more substantially equal sized sections (12, 14, 16, 18, 20). Every other section is filled with sand (14, 18), or other particulate material and there is an unfilled sectio... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20050158122 | Method for contructing check dam or fire prevention dam using gear-type block A method for constructing a check dam or a fire prevention dam using a gear-type block comprises depositing a bottom mat for protecting weak ground or a mat for containing water on a prepared river bed of a river or a valley; piling a plurality of gear-type blocks such ... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050111916 | Spilway with improved dissipation efficiency The purpose of the present invention is to obtain efficiency of dissipation or loss of the excess kinetic energy, at each required spillway of the even at relatively low approach of energy heads and relatively high discharges, which means at very low Froude numbers and ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050069387 | Fluent material confinement system A collapsible fluent material confinement system configured to receive a granular fluent material to form a temporary barrier structure. The fluent material confinement system includes a plurality of strips coupled to one another to form an array of collapsible cells, w... | 03/31/2005 |
