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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186909 | Artificial sea mount In an artificial sea-mount constructed by piling up a plurality of block bodies on the seabed to vertically mix water mass in a peripheral sea area using a tidal current, ocean current, and internal wave in that sea area, a cone array formed from three or more cones... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8147165 | Artificial ground reef An artificial ground reef has an attached implanting body to allow seaweed to readily attach and inhabit the artificial ground reef. The artificial ground reef has a main body having an upper member and lower member. Seawater flows in all directions through a plural... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142105 | Wave-motion reducing structure A wave-motion reducing structure comprises wave-motion reducing means (30) suitable for being laid on a coastal bed and restraining means (20, 22) suitable for restraining the wave-motion reducing means on the coastal bed. The wave-motion reducing mean... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132986 | Water ballasted wave attenuator A water ballasted wave attenuator is provided. The water ballasted wave attenuator includes (a) a hollow shell formed of reinforced concrete; (b) a flotation medium in the upper region of the shell (a); (c) a water ballast chamber disposed in the lower region of the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7748929 | Apparatus for controlling movement of flowable particulate material The present invention is directed toward various valving arrangements to control the flow of granular material. In one embodiment, a valve is provided which facilitates flow of the material in one direction, but resists flow in another direction. In another embodime... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7513711 | Artificial marine reef inducement structure A structure that can be made in many different shapes composed of primarily soft limestone slabs and formed in a manner to a frame whereby ample surface area is provided for securement thereon of crustaceans, coral and other aquatic life. Additionally the present in... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7497643 | Artificial reef An artificial reef comprises at least one bag which is generally configured to define at least a portion of a reef and which is at least partially fillable with air. An anchor is attached to the bag for maintaining the bag at a desired location substantially underwa... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7404692 | Breakwater generating structure Waves are amplified by a gradual decrease in depth, and when the waves reach a vertical wall 10 of a reef 2, breaking waves are generated by sudden decrease of the water depth. As the breaking waves rush into the upper portion of the reef 2 and ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7341399 | Apparatus for controlling movement of flowable particulate material The present invention is directed toward various valving arrangements to control the flow of granular material. In one embodiment, a valve is provided which facilitates flow of the material in one direction, but resists flow in another direction. In another embodime... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7285238 | Reef artifact A reef artifact for simulating a coral reef includes a reef-like formation, which forms a base structure for simulating coral. The reef-like formation also has structures on it that simulate reef organisms. The reef-organism structures enhance the varied and diverse... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7229560 | Sack-based processes for recovering oil floating on water One or more water- and oil-porous containers or sacks are made of a pair of mesh sheets affixed together and stiffened around their perimeter. The sacks can be partially filled with a multitude of tubular bodies made of an oil-entrapping polymer, which have their lo... | 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 |
| 7165912 | Apparatus for rebuilding a sand beach A device is provided for preventing shoreline erosion and for rebuilding the sand beach along the shoreline of a large body of water. A series of the devices are placed in side-by-side relation essentially parallel to the shoreline. The device includes a hollow plas... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163352 | Utilities access closure A concrete lid for an in-ground utilities box includes a plastic reinforcement structure filled with concrete. The plastic reinforcement structure includes one or more plastic sidewalls that protect the edges of the lid from damage. The upper and lower surfaces of t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160057 | Protective element for a breakwater or wave-retarding construction A protective element for a breakwater or wave-retarding construction comprises a body that has at least two opposing projections. The projections are on either side of a flat base and extend transversely thereto. The periphery of the base is non-circular, so that ro... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144197 | Apparatus and method for controlling wave characteristics The present invention relates to a variable floor (1) for a body of water, the variable floor (1) including a base portion (2) for location on or within a fixed floor (106) of the body of water and means to adjust the slope of the upper s... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144196 | Biologically-dominated artificial reef An apparatus and method of reducing the effects of hydrodynamic forces of waves and water currents in coastal environments (e.g., oceans, and coastal, river, lake, and reservoir banks). The apparatus is an oysterbreak having two basic designs adapted to allow for th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7118305 | Wave shaped vehicle barrier A vehicle barrier uses adjacent rows of wave-like sections adapted to be positioned on a ground surface. A section is defined by (i) a planar wall extending angularly upward from the ground surface to the section's peak, and (ii) a concave wall extending angularly d... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104219 | Piling decontamination and marine life enhancement system A marine habitat enhancement system is provided that in one embodiment is configured for attachment to existing pilings and in another embodiment is a stand-alone system anchored to the soil. The system includes a housing formed of a plurality of panels configured f... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7066684 | Silt restoration device The present invention relates to a silt restoration device comprising a vertical support member having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end is connected to an upper horizontal support member with the longitudinal length of the vertical support member ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063483 | Submergible tire structure Lower sidewall portions (18, 20) of a vehicle tire (10) are spread apart by a spreader tool (28). Spreader bars (32, 34) are placed between the spread apart lower sidewall portions (18, 20) of the tire (10). Concrete (116... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061135 | Device for generation of electrical power Device and process generating electrical power from flowing medium. Device includes turbine generator units connected to form module(s), and at least two fixed-position structures arranged to form a waterway. Module(s) are arranged between the fixed-position structu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052205 | Method of forming an artificial reef for shaping waves and a method for removing an artificial reef A method of forming artificial reefs in which a set of blocks having internal cavities full of air are interconnected in the desired shape of the artificial reef. The blocks of the set float when full of air and the thus defined reef is towed to the location of use,... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048878 | Process of forming oil-absorbent bodies A process for forming an oil-sorbent composition of matter with bound combinations of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) utilizes a low-temperature extrusion process. The SBS, or both materials, may be in the form of multitud... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7024735 | Artificial underwater memorializing catacomb and reef system An artificial underwater memorializing catacomb and reef system and evocative environment for a visitor is made from one or more urns containing cremated remains imbedded at least partway within a plurality of concrete forms, whereby the concrete forms are interlock... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6962130 | Garden pond shelter reef An artificial pond reef is formed from sheet material into the shape of an inverted tub. It includes a peripheral base portion, upstanding sidewalls, and a roof. The base portion includes a horizontal flange extending out from the sidewalls. The sidewalls extend up ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6956300 | Gimbal-mounted hydroelectric turbine A power plant extracts energy from a free flowing motive fluid by means of a turbine mounted on a gimbal. The shroud element of the fluid intake has external rudders, in conjunction with the gimbal mounting, enabling the enclosed turbine to instantaneously respond t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6935808 | Breakwater Provided are static and free-floating breakwater apparatuses that utilize a rocking panel (or beach) to dissipate wave energy. At the same time, such rocking motion can in certain embodiments be used to generate electrical power. Generally speaking, the breakwater a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928670 | Moving reef wave generator The invention relates to a wave generating system comprising a wave generator that travels along the surface of a body of water, and preferably in the middle thereof, wherein the wave generator can create both primary and secondary waves that travel toward the shore... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6896445 | Modular artificial reef, sea wall and marine habitat A modular unit intended for use as an artificial reef, marine habitat and/or sea wall which can be placed in stacked structures along the floor of an ocean, bay, or other body of water comprises a top wall, bottom wall, opposed side walls and opposed end walls which... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6863473 | Barrier island forming method for beach renourishment A new method for more rapidly renourishing a beach. A mobile accretion unit is set on the bottom a considerable distance out from the beach, yet still within the region where sand is deposited by wave action. This accretion unit collects sand over time. It is gradua... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6824327 | Artifical barrier reef An artificial barrier reef has a skeletal frame formed from a plurality of support beams. The frame has a base and a plurality of side panels extending from the base to form a pyramid. A plurality of connectors are used to connect the support beams together. A cap c... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6715958 | Floating wave attenuator This invention relates to a novel floating wave attenuator. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel design of floating wave attenuator which has a curved vertical wave alternating wall section, a bottom vertical motion braking flange, and an air chambe... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6705803 | Tire foundation structure A foundation comprising one or more layers or mattresses of tires, and a fill material provided within and/or between tires of each of the mattresses. The fill material is preferably a relatively coarse aggregate and provides a porous bed having relatively high drai... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6579039 | Submergible tire structure A weight (18) is set into the lower portion of an annular space (34) in a tire (16). The weight (18) may be a precast concrete member shaped to fit into and extend chordwise of the annular space (34). The weight (18) is wider than the distance between the... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6568878 | Wave energy dissipater and beach renourishing system A system converts energy of waves into rotational energy, friction, heat, hydrodynamic lift, and drag to extract energy from waves to reduce their amplitudes and increase their periods to reduce destructive effects on shorelines. This also allows sand to ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
