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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 |
| 5333970 | Building and shoring blocks The invention provides that wire mesh cage structures are used to provide structural blocks usable in building, shoring, walls and the like. The cage is lined with a geo-textile fibrous material which allows the passage therethrough of water, but not part... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5269254 | Method and apparatus for growing oyster reef A method for forming an oyster reef, includes setting seed oysters on cultch material, placing the cultch material containing the seed oysters in water permeable panels to form a vertical permeable wall of cultch material through which water may flow, and... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5224794 | Permeable breakwater A permeable breakwater for submerged offshore or seawall retentive installation includes a base and permeable opposed sides terminating at an upwardly projecting permeable wave wall. The breakwater is located offshore to cause moderate to heavy waves to b... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5114270 | Barrier apparatus An apparatus wherein individual lock members include interconnecting right and left end walls, with spikes directed through the top and botttom wall for positioning and securement of the barriers to an underlying support or to one another. A fabric flap i... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5011328 | Permeable breakwater A permeable breakwater for submerged offshore or seawall retentive installation includes a base and permeable opposed sides terminating at an upwardly projecting permeable wave wall. The breakwater is located offshore to cause moderate to heavy waves to b... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5007766 | Shaped barrier for erosion control and sediment collection Sediment barrier for reducing the erosive energy of water flow through on a watercourse such as a surface, a rill or similar channel, and for increasing the deposition of sediments therein. The sediment barrier includes a plurality of individual strands e... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4954013 | Means and method for stabilizing shorelines An offshore barrier module which is adapted to retard the wave induced erosion of an adjacent shoreline includes a porous barrier member for retarding the flow of water therepast, to reduce the velocity thereof and to thereby promote the deposition of par... | 09/04/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4946308 | Erosion-control matting and method for making same An erosion-control matting and method for making the matting wherein the matting is used for controlling certain erosion conditions, particularly with respect to erosion of soil and sand by the action of water. The matting is formed by cutting a vehicle t... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4913595 | Shoreline breakwater A modular artificial reef effective to prevent shoreline erosion is constructed of base modules placed in side-by-side contact adjacent the shoreline and locked together by superposed reef-forming modules, preferably having a triangular prismatic shape pr... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4842442 | Seawall extension apparatus A seawall extension apparatus is provided for use with a capped seawall. The apparatus includes a wall section and a support assembly for holding the wall section such that the wall section extends generally upwardly from the cap of the seawall. The suppo... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4770561 | Shoreline erosion control devices An erosion control device for retarding shoreline erosion includes an elongated sheet with an elongated anchor extending along the elongated edges thereof to anchor the sheet to the sea bottom. A support located intermediate the elongated edges support th... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4726708 | Mattress-type gabion for producing protective covering structures to be used on soil surfaces subject to erosion A mattress-type gabion for ground stabilization is formed from a base sheet of wire mesh by providing the sheet with folds from spaced apart transverse ribs and having the panels of the folds tied together at transversely spaced locations along each rib. ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4710056 | Method and apparatus for restoring a beach A method and apparatus for restoring a beach by raising the level of the beach between the high tide line and the low tide line of the beach in which an elongated rectangular net of nylon cord is suspended from a temporary supporting structure generally p... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4710057 | Method and apparatus for building up beaches and protecting shorelines Apparatus and a method for protecting beaches and shorelands from erosion caused by wave action. The apparatus consists of a system of plural interconnected compartments disposed under the water on the seabed in an array which extends generally parallel t... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4655637 | Revetment system for preventing bluff erosion A method and related revetment system for preventing shoreline slope erosion due to wave and hydrostatic forces. The revetment system includes an elongate, grid-like frame structure of predetermined shape which is set into an excavation in the slope of su... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4622790 | Device for relieving floors on ground in buildings A device for relieving the ground floor of a building from pressure due to underground water, whereby a relieving layer is disposed between the floor and a sealing layer for preventing underground water from reaching the floor and sustaining the pressure ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4594206 | Concrete structures for use in shore protection and/or wave control and method of making same Concrete structures consist of fabric containers which are filled with concrete through an opening in the top thereof while the top of the container is suspended from a portable support frame placed over the container. The support frame supports the conta... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4483640 | Erosion control device A portable erosion control device for filtering run-off water. Two substantially vertically disposed side members are arranged substantially orthogonally with respect to two vertically disposed end members. The side members and end members form a box-like... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4472086 | Geotextile fabric construction A geotextile fabric, method of manufacture and method of use, are provided. The composite geotextile fabric has a first group of uncrimped synthetic weft threads, a second group of uncrimped synthetic warp threads not interlaced with the first group, and ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4465399 | Artificial reef assembly construction and a method An artificial reef assembly construction is disclosed which comprises, in combination, an artificial reef assembly comprising a plurality of reef units each comprising a hollow structure and a predetermined number of floaters, each floater comprising a bo... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4436447 | Erosion control blocks Interlocking concrete blocks for controlling erosion of banks of bodies of water are provided with improved wave resistance by providing pairs of spigots on one side of the block and a slot or slots on the other side of the block so as to allow longitudin... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4425052 | Retaining wall A retaining wall disposed along the embankment of a body of water to protect the embankment from erosion due to movement of the body of water. The retaining wall comprises a plurality of pilings disposed adjacent to one another along the contour of the em... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4394924 | Process for making gabions provided with inner partitions According to the invention, the articulated connection of a "diaphragm" to the "base panel" of a gabion is carried out by bending divergent portions of pairs of wires twisted together along common sides of the diaphragm's hexagonal meshes in the marginal ... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4388019 | Artificial reef assembly construction An artificial reef assembly construction which comprises an artificial reef assembly comprising a plurality of artificial reef units and a predetermined number of rods each having an engaging means, said rods being disposed on the artificial reef assembly... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4335977 | Water storage and distribution system The present system includes arrangements for the low-cost storage of rain water runoff, and arrangements for distributing this runoff water during arid seasons. The system may be located at the sea coast where a water runoff channel enters the ocean, and ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4279535 | Material and system for minimizing erosion A silt fence is provided which includes an elongated first strip of material which was a relatively uniform porosity and which is fabricated from filaments of relatively small diameter. The first strip is attached to an elongated second strip of material ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 3938339 | Means for showing and/or detouring water currents and the preparation thereof A jetty arranged angularly to the edges of a body of water so as to slow down or detour the currents having a pile of fill with its base resting on an excavation and an unwoven fabric surrounding the pile with wave breaking means surmounting the pile.... | 02/17/1976 |
