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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110299927 | BUOY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING BEACH EROSION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR ATTENUATING WATER SURFACE ACTIVITY A buoy for use in reducing the amplitude of waves in water and a system making use of plural buoys to create a floating breakwater. Each buoy is arranged to be constrained, e.g., connected to an anchor, and comprising a body e.g., a cylindrical member having at least on... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110150573 | WATER BALLASTED WAVE ATTENUATOR This invention relates to a novel water ballasted wave attenuator that can be used to diminish or eliminate the impact of waves on shorelines or objects located in or on water bodies. A water ballasted wave attenuator comprising: (a) a hollow shell formed of reinforced ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110002739 | TEMPORARY FLOATING BREAKWATER AND CAUSEWAY WITH SIMULATED BEACH AND KELP A durable, quickly deployable temporary floating breakwater (FBW) can protect areas in austere locations. A plurality of inflatable modules is encapsulated within a common cover, which holds the modules together and in some embodiments supports a causeway thereupon. A s... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100196098 | WAVE ATTENUATION SYSTEMS Wave attenuation systems are disclosed. For example, a wave-attenuating panel can define a plane, a center-of buoyancy and a center-of-mass spaced from the center-of-buoyancy such that the panel is stably buoyant in a liquid with the plane oriented vertically. Wave atte... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100074686 | Structure forming a breakwater and capable of ice free, year round operation A structure for use in a body of water has at least one level that includes a boat lift, a narrow dock, or a larger entertainment area, or combinations of these items on multi-level structures (e.g. a boat lift on a first level and an entertainment area on a second leve... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100067987 | WATER BALLASTED WAVE ATTENUATOR This invention relates to a novel water ballasted wave attenuator that can be used to diminish or eliminate the impact of waves on shorelines or objects located in or on water bodies. A water ballasted wave attenuator comprising: (a) a hollow shell formed of reinforced ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090304448 | A FLOATING PONTOON BODY TO BE TIED TOGETHER WITH AT LEAST ANOTHER PONTOON BODY The invention relates to a floating pontoon body (13) of concrete, configured to be tied together with at least another pontoon body (11,12,13) in order to provide a interconnected floating body (10), where the pontoon body (13) comprises a d... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090110484 | STORM SURGE BREAKER SYSTEM, BARRIER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME A surge breaker and barrier system comprising a surge breaker wall on a first surface of a concrete floatable structure, a surge barrier wall, substantially watertight, spaced from the breaker wall on the second surface of a concrete floatable structure and an anchor fo... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20080022915 | Floating Breakwater and Propulsion System The invention, relates to means for absorbing, extracting or using for propulsion, wave energy occurring naturally in water. The invention overcomes existing breakwater devices of the type that were prone to puncture or were expensive to maintain, were inertial dependan... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20050042029 | System and apparatus for rapidly installed breakwater A rapidly deployable breakwater is disclosed having a primary barrier containing liquid under pressure, and one or more overtopping barriers. The primary barrier floats at, and extends substantially below, the surface of the water, while the overtopping barriers are pos... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050019098 | Ribbed module for wave energy dispersion A ribbed module is provided having a ribbed exterior surface defining a plurality of grooves and channels along the surface for receiving water and directing the water in a direction different from that in which it is received to reduce wave energy. The module is formed... | 01/27/2005 |
