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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011855 | Roadway-levee A water or flood control and containment system is provided having foundations, sealed bases, supporting structure, and pumping system that gives the user control over water containment and movement either to reduce the water hazard or to store water. The bases are ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7690865 | Flood prevention device The flood prevention device includes a plurality of barrier walls interconnected around a structure or area to be protected. Each barrier wall includes a base sand tube adapted to be filled with sand. At least one gill tube may be stacked atop the sand tube and stit... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7435036 | Flexible water gate A flexible water gate is described that is suitable for retaining water in a port, canal or river estuary. The gate is both economical to build and maintain and comprises a gate controller that allows a flexible member to be controllably moved between a closed and o... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431533 | Floating levee sheet A floating levee sheet which prevents the river water from overflowing the levee, and a plurality of which are interconnected to cover the waterside levee slope comprising; a watertight sheet body that forms an internal space by being upwardly folded at the upper en... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431534 | Flood protection The invention relates to flood protection comprising a plurality of fillable sacks made of flexible fabric material, with mutually adjacent coupling sides of adjacent sacks being connected to one another in a coupling region and with at least one stiffening structur... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7364385 | Protective flood barrier A flood control system including panels made from plastic sheeting adhered to a frame and stacked one on top of the other. The panels are held in position by a series of columns, each of the columns having an H-shaped cross section that provides for and defines pane... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357598 | Apparatus and method for deploying geotextile tubes A geotextile container and system for constructing a water barrier or dam is disclosed. A system for maintaining fill material solids in position to form a barrier comprises an elongated sheet of geotextile material capable of coiling upon itself to form a helical s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7281879 | Portable flood-barriers system A portable flood-barrier-system can include a portable block of substantial mass; and a deflatable bladder, a first portion of which is disposed on a substrate; the block being disposed at least partly on the first portion of the bladder so as to releasably compress... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7261492 | Method for rapidly deploying a fabric panel edge for flood control An anchoring method of fabric panels for flood control and water control, wherein the anchoring method comprises the steps of: attaching a plurality of anchors. Each anchor has a base, a first wall and a second wall disposed on opposite ends of the base, a chamber, ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7229234 | Method for preventing and discharging flood This invention discloses a simple and convenient method of floods control and with great discharge capacity. This invention is a method of speeding up the river floods water discharge ability into the sea by means of the natural tidal range. This is done by the foll... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214004 | 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 (... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7121764 | Portable flood barrier section and flood barrier A portable flood barrier section is located on a ground (2) to form a barrier (3) against flooding water (4), comprising an erectable wall (5) which along one of its edges (6) is hinged to a basis. The hinge (7) enables a ro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097390 | Fine-grained fill reinforcing apparatus and method A geosynthetic reinforcement comprising a container formed of semipermeable material mutually conformed with a portion of earthen material contained therein. A structural member such as a geogrid may engage (e.g. frictional) the container and extend therefrom to eng... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7056057 | Fluid flows control apparatus and method of use A fluid flows control apparatus includes an elongate stocking having a flexible cylindrical sidewall. The sidewall has plural apertures of a shape and placement in the sidewall as to cover a majority of the surface area and to enable the sidewall to expand radially ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044689 | Silt fence installation apparatus A machine to install the lower edge of silt fence fabric in a seam in the soil includes a frame with a plow member attached. The frame can be mounted to the three point hitch of a tractor so that the machine can be raised, lowered, and tilted while being supported b... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029205 | Apparatus for pipeline stabilization and shoreline erosion protection Disclosed is an apparatus for pipeline stabilization and shoreline erosion protection, termed a BulkMat device, for protecting and securing pipelines, which are typically located in ditches or on the floor of large bodies of water. In preferred form, the BulkMat com... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021869 | Sediment control device and system A Sediment control devices and systems generally includes a core made up of granular material encased within a puncture resistant fabric, a compressible layer enwrapping the core and a geotextile fabric outer casing. A plurality of such devices provide a system for ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008143 | Modified angled silt fence A silt fence includes a support comprising having a rear strut pivotally joined with an articulated front support. A geo-textile sheet attaches to the support forming a filtration barrier having compound slope. A lower section is sloped at the first angle sufficient... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6991403 | System for anchoring fabric panels A system for anchoring fabric panels having an anchor housing which includes, a base, walls on the ends of the base, a chamber, and an extension attached to the first wall, wherein the extension projects over the chamber. The system includes a key disposed in the ch... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957928 | Portable floodwater barrier system A portable flood water barrier system is disclosed having one or more portable, attachable, flexible modules. Each module comprises an elongated tubular member sealed at either end by rigid, flanged end caps. Each module is provided with one or more openings to perm... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935809 | Method and means for making an embankment A method for making an embankment in areas and forming a barrier against water with the help of supports. For this purpose, corrugated steel sheets or corrugated panels of some other material, such as plastic or aluminum, are folded across their longitudinal directi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6910835 | Modular fiber log erosion and sediment control barrier A linear modular erosion and sediment control barrier is constructed of fiber logs joined end-to-end, the logs having a maximum length of about 8 feet long. Each fiber log is made of a quantity of loose fibers retained in a tubular casing by a plug. The tubular casi... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905289 | Sediment control device and system Sediment control devices and systems are provided. The device generally includes a core made up of granular material encased within a puncture resistant fabric, a compressible layer enwrapping the core and a geotextile fabric outer casing. A plurality of such device... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6796747 | Apparatus for installing a silt fence and support posts A tractor carries a vertically adjustable frame supporting a horizontal shaft for a supply roll of silt fence fabric. A vertical plow blade is mounted on the frame, and a vertical fin is supported directly behind the plow blade by a horizontal fabric guide bar attac... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6783300 | Water containment structure A water structure formed from at least a pair of sleeves from a puncture resistant flexible material joined along common longitudinal surfaces, as by sewing, and include sleeve ends that are formed into closed to maintain closed-off ends of water filled tubes, and i... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6767162 | 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... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6726405 | Portable flood barrier and method of installation In a method for providing a portable flood barrier (1), flood barrier sections (2, 3, 4) comprising two parallel, spaced apart, inflatable, elongated tubes (5,6 or 5,7) which are joined by a waterproof web (8) are placed on the gro... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6692188 | Rapid emergency dam and method of construction A rapid emergency dam is disclosed. During adverse weather conditions heavy rain can lead to rivers breaking their banks and lakes overflowing causing flooding to the surrounding countryside. Coastline defenses can also be breached by increased sea swell ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679654 | Flood control system A flood control system including a substantially rigid exterior shell and a flexible bladder having one or more valves for introducing and removing a desired amount of fluid, the shell including opposite first and second rigid sides hingedly connected to ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6672800 | Portable flood control revetment A portable flood control revetment comprising an elongated collapsible and inflatable tube of flexible material impervious to air and water, the tube having a bottom wall and other walls defining an internal compartment, and a multiplicity of cables in th... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6641329 | Liquid containment/diversion dike A liquid filled dike is described. The dike is formed of a flexible material selected to contain water. The dike includes at least two bladders which extend at least a portion of the length of the dike. The dike can be transported in empty condition and f... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634829 | Fitting structural body, fitting and flexible sheet inflatable gate A fitting structural body, fittings included in the structural body, and a flexible sheet inflatable gate installed inside a culvert using the structural body are disclosed. In the fitting structural body, a first fitting element and a second fitting elem... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6609854 | Structure and method for detecting an inflated state of a flexible membrane dam A structure for detecting an inflated state of a dam formed by a flexible membrane disposed in a conduit, with the detection unaffected by pressure resulting from fluid flow through the conduit when the flexible membrane is not completely inflated. The st... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6565283 | Artificial reef unit and method of forming the same An artificial roof unit and method of forming it under water on a base includes locating a tube of a flexible material divided by dividing walls of a flexible material into an array of compartments running the length of the tube, with a first end of the t... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6567341 | Boom system and its use to attenuate underwater sound or shock wave transmission The present invention relates to methods of attenuating underwater transmission of sound or shock waves as well as boom systems designed for such use. The boom system is characterized by a material (e.g., curtain or combination curtain and skirt) which ex... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551025 | Flood control barrier A flood control barrier for separating water in a wet area from an area to be maintained substantially dry comprises a flexible exterior membrane made of liquid impervious material and including elongated upper and lower membrane sections joined at a clos... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6481928 | Flexible hydraulic structure and system for replacing a damaged portion thereof A water structure formed from at least one flexible tube or sleeve, that functions as a water containment vessel when at least partially filled with water and closed at its ends, and includes a rope positioned therein. The rope is for connection, on one e... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6467999 | Internal pressure regulating system for flexible bag body, flexible membrane dam using the same, and method for regulating internal pressure in the flexible membrane dam There is provided an internal pressure regulating system in which when a flexible bag body used for a collapsible dam is excessively pressurized, gas within the bag body is discharged. The system includes a flexible bag body which can be inflated with gas... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6364571 | Flexible hydraulic structure with right angle tube fitted therethrough A water structure formed from a pair of flexible tubes or sleeves that each receive a volume of water and are maintained within a containment sleeve, and including a vertical tube fitted through the containing sleeve to pass between and is separated from ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354762 | Mounting member and flexible membrane dam A flexible membrane dam is provided which can be installed easily and in which a concentration of stress at a time the dam is made to stand is less than in conventional structures. Mounting hardware for the dam is also provided. When a fluid such as air i... | 03/12/2002 |
