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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4964756 | Tide attenuator Process designed to produce attenuation of the effects of swell in view of protecting coastal or off-shore structures or installations, characterized in that it consists in creating, from the incident swell, an undulatory type phenomenon which is material... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4950104 | Artificial substrates for marine biomass enhancement and wave energy absorption Artificial substrates for use in open sea enhancing biomass and/or absorbing wave energy, improved by means of particular dispositions and devices concerning their number, mooring, flotation, and using buried anchors and inertia weights. The artificial su... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4947791 | Artificial reef system An artificial reef for marine life consisting of a system of flexible, buoyant geometric bodies. The bodies are each walled members formed of a plastics material and having a large plurality of holes or openings therein. Each of the bodies is buoyant and ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4900188 | Device for local reduction of wave amplitude A device for effecting local reduction of sea wave amplitude includes a grid plate adapted to be supported in the sea at a predetermined depth ensuring that the grid plate remains submerged below the trough of the highest wave expected to be encountered i... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4850742 | Method and device for attenuating the sea swell A breakwater for attenuating the sea-swell effects of waves includes a bottom plate rigidly supporting and adapted to be immersed in a body of water. A generally upwardly extending solid front wall is formed at an upstream edge of the plate and an upper e... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4844654 | Beach erosion reversal system and method A beach erosion reversal system adapted to assist in reforming cresting destructive waves into substantially constructively beach-replenishing waves. The preferred system comprises a plurality of solid members deployable by offshore submersion along a bea... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4824286 | Apparatus for dissipating surface waves, particularly for protecting floating or fixed structures or coasts Apparatus for dissipating surface waves to protect floating or fixed structures comprises a floatable carpet formed of floating motor vehicle tires which are horizontally disposed and arranged in rows. Flexible spacers interconnect the tires in such a man... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4776724 | Floating wave dissipation structure A floating wave dissipation structure comprising tandem connected floating bodies separated by one or more rigid rods having a pivotally securing mechanism at the connection near the bottom of the body side wherein the structure is floated on the sea so t... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4768896 | Offset breakwater device A mobile, buoyant breakwater structure is disclosed having a plurality of wave reflecting surfaces alternatingly offset from each other by a distance approximating one-half the wave length of impinging waves to decrease the motion of the structure and the... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4748338 | Ocean wave energy extracting erosion reversal and power generation system An ocean wave energy extracting beach sand erosion reversal and electric power generation system. Moored seaward of the breaker zone it serves the function of beach sand accretion by extracting energy from the waves prior to their breaking thereby lesseni... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4715744 | Floating breakwater This invention relates to a shore protection device and more particularly to breakwaters for protecting shorelines against wave damage and erosion. The floating breakwater is manufactured primarily from steel plate between 154" thick and 3/16" thick which... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4712944 | Sea wave dissipator apparatus and method for its manufacture A plurality of inflatable and floatable buoyant members uniquely configured and connected on slack lines adaptable to yielding to high tide and storm conditions and in which the lines are secured to anchor members, the members being hollow for receiving a... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4693631 | Floating breakwater A floating breakwater is constructed from a plurality of interconnected modules each having an internal core formed from floatable material and an external sheath formed from settable material. Each module is provided with a pair of oppositely extending f... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4691661 | Self-adjusting breakwater for artificial harbors An artificial breakwater which dynamically changes shape and thus absorbs both surface and undersurface wave energy with varying wave height. The breakwater elements are flexible and extensible walled bags of which a major part is to be submerged below th... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4657433 | Shoreline erosion control mat and method of use therefor A shoreline erosion control device having a base mat with a water permeable but soil retaining upper membrane secured thereto to form a plurality of forwardly opening pockets therebetween. Floatation extends along the forward edge of the upper membrane, a... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4487151 | Floating highway The present invention is a floating highway unit which has a structure which facilitates both removal from linkage in a series of units forming the highway, provides for simple alignment of the units during assembly, and also allows vertical movement caus... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4407607 | Fluid dynamic erosion control unit A fluid dynamic erosion control unit comprises a hollow submersible body the buoyancy of which can be regulated. Arms projecting radially from the body carry paddle-like blades in at least some of which there are openings provided with flapper valves for ... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4406564 | Breakwater A transportable submerged breakwater is described. The breakwater includes a pair of vertical parallel concrete walls spaced apart from each other. The walls have floatation cells containing buoyant means. The walls have a density slightly less than that ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4383797 | Underwater turbine device with hinged collapsible blades A submersible turbine device which can be used in conjunction with a water wheel operated at water level, away from the submerged turbine device. The submersible turbine device comprises a turbine bed and a turbine wheel which comprises a central rotor an... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4364691 | Surface wave attenuation apparatus Apparatus for attenuating waves on the surface of a fluid and for providing a protective calm area is provided comprising means (20) for causing the waves to break, means (30) for directing the broken waves to induce a downward flow of surface fluid, mean... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4264233 | Fluid dynamic repeller for protecting coast from erosion A system for protecting a coast from erosion by wave action of a body of water comprises one or more rows of fluid dynamic repellers anchored in the water near the shore line. Each of the fluid dynamic repellers comprises a top-shaped bouyant body tethere... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4234266 | Floating breakwater A floating breakwater has two closed buoyant cylindrical members spaced laterally from each other and joined together in their spaced positions by longitudinally spaced flexible and inextensible strips such as rubberized fabric. Closed elongated tubular m... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4146344 | V-shaped oil containment boom An oil containment boom is provided herein. It includes an elongated member of generally V-shaped cross-section, which is provided by a front wall section and a (preferably higher) rear wall section, joined together along respective lower edges. Ballast m... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4142816 | Breakwater interconnecting device An interconnecting device for use with a plurality of spaced floating breakwater columns comprising a plurality of spaced spherical elements wherein each element is encompassed by a pair of flanged hemispherical plate members. A hollow rubber spherical me... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4140424 | Barrier for oil spilt on water An inflatable barrier for oil spilt on water consists of an air chamber and a water chamber which when inflated give a figure-of-eight cross-section, and in order to facilitate laying there is a pilot air tube attached to the air chamber preferably 1/500 ... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4123185 | Floating breakwater and energy collecting system A combination floating breakwater and wave energy collecting system in which a pair of joint floating spread wings are provided between which a vessel can be moored. The spread angle of the wings is adjustable and the wings can be jointly swung about thei... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4112689 | Oil boom The air/water figure of eight cross-section boom has an additional water chamber along side the original. The extra water boom has some buoyancy due to internal small air tube and thus forms a weir. Surface oil and water collects between the two water tub... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4098086 | Breakwater Method of wave calming in which a plate rigid in the direction of wave travel is suspended in the water to be calmed. The plate has a length of one half of the incident water wavelength in the wave direction and is suspended to a still water depth of 1/5 ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4068479 | Float tether terminator A flexible terminator used as a terminal connector between the ends of a tether line and the ballast or a float for the construction of a tethered breakwater unit. One end of the terminator has a unique configuration which receives the end of the tether l... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4048802 | Floating wave barrier A floating anchored wave barrier is provided comprising a plurality of members connected by a flexible line or rigid connecting means. At least one of the members is an inverted vessel having an annulus attached to the periphery of the vessel. The buoyanc... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4027486 | Adjustably submersible breakwater A plurality of elongated tanks positioned in parallel relationship with respect to each other are swingably interconnected at their aligned ends to provide a yieldingly undulating breakwater apparatus. The buoyancy of each of the tanks is individually adj... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4023370 | Floating breakwater This invention relates to a floating breakwater comprising an elongated floating body which has a width related to the length of waves to be attenuated. The surface of the breakwater parallel to the water includes a plurality of openings which enclose bod... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3971221 | Breakwater system for creating artificial sandbars Means for forming, at the bottom of a body of water, a barrier to substantially reduce the impact of waves developed in the body of water are disclosed. The means comprise a flotation member having a leeward end, means defining a pivotable axis for said f... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3969901 | Floating breakwaters A floating breakwater is disclosed which comprises a plurality of floating breakwater units interconnected with each other in side by side relation and anchored to the sea bottom with anchor cables or chains. Each floating breakwater units comprises a cen... | 07/20/1976 |
