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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329069 | 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 se... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6929422 | Shore protective barrier system A shore protective barrier system for protecting an existing seawall in the face of heavy storms including a plurality of used automotive tires aligned upright in a row substantially side-by-side with one another, filled with concrete to form a single integrated uni... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6688810 | Revetment useful to line stream bed and assembly of said revetments A revetment made wholly or predominantly from concrete, useful to line a stream bed, having upper and lower surfaces, and having upstream and downstream edges, has, for each upstream edge, an upstream bevel, which intersects the upper surface and which in... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6588978 | Block assembly for protecting embankment A block assembly for constructing a seawall along an embankment. The block assembly is comprised of two types of blocks, a first block and a second block. Each block includes two half-circular type projections lying parallel to one another, seawater holes... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579038 | Revetment block A revetment block for use as end blocks with an articulating revetment mat. The revetment mat end blocks having a size of about one and a half times larger than the standard blocks of the revetment mat and are formed of precast concrete. The block prefera... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6547487 | Wave dissipating blocks for constructing a seawall A block assembly for constructing a seawall and dissipating waves. The block assembly includes a block comprising a front wall, a left side part and a right side part. The left and right side parts include stepped surfaces and a plurality of round shaped ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6428240 | Sectional interlocking sandbags A length of material, such as woven polyethylene, woven polypropylene, burlap, or other woven material, divided into a series of two or more substantially equal sized sections. Every other section is filled with sand, or other material. When the length of... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401403 | Storm shelter kit and method of assembly with means for selectably configuring a wind deflecting soil mound A storm shelter kit is provided including several enclosure wall panels; wall panel interconnection structures for joining the enclosure wall panels together to define an enclosure having side and top enclosure wall portions; and several soil retaining pa... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6375387 | Method for securing, stabilizing and recovering areas of land and subsoil above and below water The aim of the invention is to provide an improved method for securing, stabilizing and recovering areas of land and subsoil above and below water. To this end, interlinked (used) motor vehicle tires (7) are used to secure the land. The necessary weightin... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6296924 | System perforated cell confinement A cell confinement structure for confinement of material having a plurality of elongated plastic strips in a side by side relationship bonded together in spaced-apart, limited areas where the plurality of strips are capable of being stretched in width to ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5842812 | Type of flexible mat for lining embankments A body having an interior with a plurality of chambers, a plurality of fracture zones and a plurality of filter zones which permit water to pass through opposing exterior surfaces of the body, in use the body interior being arranged to receive a substance... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5829915 | Flexible formwork A formwork (1), particularly for use when casting horizontally and slopingly lying areas. The formwork (1) is substantially formed as a flat bag of PVC or another suitable cloth material consisting of a top cloth (1) and a bottom cloth attached to each ot... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5669732 | Self-closing interlocking sandbags and process for erecting dams therefrom A bag that self-closes from pressure of material insertable into the bag comprising (A) an openable overlapping elastic structure in which an innermost elastic material is disposed to completely cover an opening in the bag; and (B) an outermost elastic ma... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5575588 | Method of constructing a slope protecton A bag-like mat having discrete slits sealed at their peripheral edges is placed flatly over the soil of a slope to be protected. Then, a concrete is placed in the bag-like mat to expand the latter whereupon the slits are spread so as to form openings whic... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5505557 | Geotextile container An improved geotextile container of the type for maintaining fill material. An end portion of the container is constructed to give enhanced strength when compared with the seamed ends in prior designs. Specifically, the closed end of the container is back... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5040572 | Revetment mattress A revetment mattress for preventing the erosion of earthen structures comprising a revetment fabric having a pair of layers of flexible pervious plastic material interconnected by intermittent and staggered spacer threads. This structure has the ability t... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4919567 | Subsurface dune restoration system and method A Subsurface Dune Restoration System making use of large sand-filled geotextile containers which become somewhat fluid and flexible during wave run-up on a surface being protected providing a soft revetment. A fluid transfer system is operable to both fil... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4889446 | Erosion control foundation mat and method An erosion control structure and method involves placing a large permeable mat with peripheral weighted pockets around and attached to the mat on the bottom of the body of water such that at least a portion of the mat extends to a location where currents ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4693632 | System and method for controlling erosion of a shoreline A system for controlling erosion of a slope below the waterline of a shoreline and a method for installing the system wherein a plurality of armorbags are assembled, filled with grouting material, and lowered and accurately positioned as a unit onto the s... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4690585 | Erosion control foundation mat and method An erosion control structure and method involves placing a large permeable mat with peripheral weighted pockets around and attached to the mat on the bottom of the water body such that at least a portion of the mat extends into a shallow portion of the wa... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4650368 | Flood water containment bag A flood water containment bag constructed of lightweight, inexpensive porous material with a quantity of water absorbent material therein which increases substantially in volume and weight when it absorbs water entering into the interior of the bag. The b... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4592675 | Revetment panel with staggered compartments A revetment panel for installation along embankments and other earthen structures, including structures partially or fully covered by water, which utilizes a fabric web having a plurality of compartments. The compartments are staggered in relation to each... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4502815 | Revetment panel methods A revetment panel for installation along embankments and other earthen structures, including structures partially or fully covered by water, which utilizes a fabric web having a plurality of compartments separated by selvage. The web is formed of two fabr... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4486121 | Stabilization against water erosion A structure for protecting a bank against erosion, the structure including a plurality of sacks of cementitious material which are positioned in side-by-side relationship to form a protective skirt; and a plurality of staples having arms which are impaled... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4449847 | Revetment panel A revetment panel for installation along embankments and other earthen structures, including structures partially or fully covered by water, which utilizes a fabric web having a plurality of compartments separated by selvage. The web is formed of two fabr... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4420275 | Alaskan offshore drilling base A man-made sand and gravel island for Alaskan oil drilling operations, the sides of the island being covered with a porous fabric anchored in place by a layer of heavy (3-ton) sand bags arranged in an imbricated manner between the high and low water level... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4405257 | Safety mat for use in protection of waterwashed areas against erosion and/or undermining A safety mat for protection against erosion and/or undermining consisting of a number of parallel tubular members containing a filling material and being interconnected by cross-binding ribbons placed at right angles to the tubular members. As filling mat... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4385648 | Woven fabric form element for forming cast-in-place structures An improved method and apparatus for forming cast-in-place structures includes the use of a sheet of fabric having a plurality of pockets for receiving support rods. The pockets are formed between an inner side surface of the sheet of fabric and a plurali... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4362433 | Flood disaster control bag A weighted water bag for forming levees or dikes, in order to hold back rising flood water, the bag being woven of fiber and including a waterproof or sand inner liner; rings and clips at corners allowing bags to be locked together, a water filler opening... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4184788 | Form for erosion control structures A form for erosion control structures, which is made of at least two sheets of flexible material joined about their entire periphery forming a space adapted to receive a flowable material therein, is provided with a fluid transmitting material attached to... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4135843 | Erosion control mat An erosion control mat of textile material formed of a series of contiguous frame units each comprising a tubular perimeter adapted to be filled with concrete and a center area circumscribed by the tubular perimeter, provided with filter means capable of ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4102137 | Coating and protective device A woven coating and protection device which provides for the containment in pockets and for the reinforcement of settable materials such as concrete is disclosed. The coating and protection device may be employed as an erosion control or prevention mat or... | 07/25/1978 |
