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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258326 | Wall made of bagel split tires Above ground fencing is constructed with slices of used tires from vehicles. There are various arrangements of tire slices and inter-slice binding and anchorage of slices in places. One use for such fencing is for roadway collision safety. One use of the tread porti... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7146919 | Wave diffuser apparatus and method A wave diffuser apparatus and method includes, according to one embodiment, a receiver base and a wave disrupter conformed to attach to the receiver base. A load collar is attached to the wave disrupter and a load applicator is attached to the load collar. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6932539 | Permanent and semi-permanent groyne structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation The method and apparatus for shoreline land mass reclamation which includes replacement of at least one groyne section along a shoreline wherein the section includes a pair of spaced stanchions which are connected by at least one linkage member which supports vertic... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6722817 | Adjustable porous structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation A method and apparatus for land reclamation which includes utilizing groyne-like structures including spaced stanchions to which are mounted porous screens and wherein the screens are vertically adjustable either independently of or with the stanchions as material i... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6558075 | Permanent and semi-permanent groyne structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation Porous groynes for shoreline reclamation which include a plurality of spaced stanchions and at least one self supporting screen grid having a plurality of openings therein through which fluid and fluid conveyed solids may pass and wherein the screen grid ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6481926 | Adjustable porous structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation A method and apparatus for land reclamation which includes utilizing groyne-like structures including spaced stanchions to which are mounted porous screens and wherein the screens are vertically adjustable as material is deposited during the reclamation p... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6343559 | Transportation system for dredged material and method of levy building A system for transporting material recovered in a dredging operation performed by a dredge is disclosed. The system includes a water-borne material distribution vessel including a conveyor system for receiving and depositing the recovered material. It als... | 02/05/2002 |
| 5944443 | Adjustable porous groynes and method for shoreline reclamation A method and apparatus for shoreline reclamation which includes utilizing groyne structures including stanchions to which are mounted at least one porous screen and wherein the screen is vertically adjustable as material is deposited during the reclamatio... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5902071 | Plastic permeable groyne system A system of plastic pipes which are anchored vertically in place along a shoreline by a concrete form that will position the pipes with a specific distance between pipes. Once the pipes are positioned, a concrete cap will be poured to permanently secure t... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5888020 | Sub-tidal platform A sub-tidal platform adapted to be placed under water in front of a beach comprises a support structure having at least two upwardly extending, spaced-apart side walls extending along vertical planes. Each side wall has a bottom adapted to rest on a gener... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5857805 | Flow modification apparatus, system, and method A method for modifying the flow of water in a channel includes creating a flow modifier by first obtaining a plurality of rigid substantially linear posts and obtaining at least one prefabricated brace configured for connection to the posts. The prefabric... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5833387 | Directional groin Apparatus and method are provided for regulating shoreline change in cases where the magnitude of the longshore transport rate varies along a shoreline and is subject to periodic reversals. The method operates by selectively restricting the longshore sedi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5741086 | Integrated, multiphase, energy-dissipating environmental system This patent consists of an INTEGRATED, MULTIPHASE, ENERGY-DISSIPATING ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM, applicable in forming sheltered port and coastal areas. Its channels and basins act as an integrated, hydrodynamic, energy-dissipating unit as their boundaries are... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5678955 | Flow modification system and method A method and system for modifying the flow of water in a channel includes creating a flow modifier by first obtaining a plurality of rigid substantially linear posts and obtaining at least one brace configured for connection to the posts. The brace is con... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5178489 | Hydrodynamic control system A barrier system utilizing a plurality of waste tires arranged to control hydrodynamic processes, diminishing the amplitude of waves and controlling sediment migration in bodies of water, in order to prevent shore damage, erosion or the like, while promot... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5174681 | 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... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4902166 | System for constituting breakwaters, jetties, with juxtaposed elements A jetty comprises a plurality of vertically-extending shallow modular structural elements having parallel upper and lower planar faces, the elements being in a vertically layered, horizontally offset and cantilevered juxtaposition to define a three-dimens... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4834578 | Energy-dissipating overflow-type protection system on dikes and/or jetties An energy-dissipating overflow-type dike dividing a body of water into inner and outer zones, comprises an overflow-type dike defining on its upper surface a platform having an average elevation approximating the mean surface of the body of water. A plura... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4801221 | Oceanwheel breakwater A compression wall and tension spoke structural system which transfers lateral loads from the sea surface to the sea floor efficiently. The cellular breakwater combines tension piles and concrete fabric forms with oceanwheel structural elements to form ce... | 01/31/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4498806 | Beach erosion prevention jetty configuration A beach erosion jetty configuration is provided wherein the jetties are curved to stop or prevent a vacuum effect which causes beach erosion. Swift currents running in or out of inlets create a Venturi effect that pulls sand-laden waters from nearby and s... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4188153 | Formation of barriers An erosion-preventing structure for use in strengthening a river bank or in desert reclamation is formed from a stack of toroidal objects such as used vehicle tires. The toroidal objects are disposed in a plurality of relatively offset layers which are he... | 02/12/1980 |
