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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083435 | Apparatus for the creation of outer surfaces for structures The present invention provides an apparatus for creating an outer surface effect of a structure wherein at least one wall of the structure defines a support surface, the apparatus comprising means defining a covering surface which overlies the support surface but is... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7811028 | Hooded check tube A check tube is sealed on one end and may be open on the opposite end. The check tube may have a cape, a flap and/or a hood attached to the check tube to, among other things, anchor the check tube and/or to prevent water flow, and thus erosion, between adjacent chec... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7674071 | Method of beach renourishment using sand-entrapping wattles A method of using beach wattles formed of straw or like material to replenish and renourish a beach area or to create or replace sand dunes removed by storm erosion or the like, the method comprising the steps of placing wattles to entrap sand to build up a replenis... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7670082 | Contaminant-reactive gabion and method of manufacture and use Reactive gabion/geocomposite articles, and their methods of manufacture, for controlling contaminants in soil, sediment or water that allow the passage of essentially non-contaminated water therethrough. The articles and methods described herein utilize gabions, whi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7632039 | Methods for compensating beach erosion In accordance with at least one methodology of the present disclosure, an excavating machine (e.g., excavator, backhoe, bulldozer, etc.) moves an excavating apparatus (e.g., a bucket, blade, etc.) such that the excavating apparatus skims the underwater surface of a ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7530763 | Apparatus for the creation of outer surfaces for structures The present invention provides an apparatus for creating an outer surface effect of a structure wherein at least one wall of the structure defines a support surface, the apparatus comprising means defining a covering surface which overlies the support surface but is... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7435034 | Fascines A fascine comprises a plurality of elongate hollow inflatable pipes (10). The pipes (10) can be surmounted by a trackway (11) formed by track sections (28) that are also inflatable. The pipes (10) in the track sections (28) ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419330 | Apparatus for the creation of outer surfaces for structures The invention concerns an apparatus for creating an outer surface effect of a structure wherein at least one wall of the structure defines a support surface, the apparatus comprising means defining a covering surface which overlies the support surface but is movable... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7384217 | System and method for soil stabilization of sloping surface A system and method are provided for promoting vegetation growth on a steeply sloping surface. The system of the present invention includes anchors that are secured to the sloping surface, an inner mesh layer in contact with the slope, a geosynthetic layer placed ov... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7357598 | Apparatus and method for deploying geotextile tubes A geotextile container and system for constructing a water barrier or dam is disclosed. A system for maintaining fill material solids in position to form a barrier comprises an elongated sheet of geotextile material capable of coiling upon itself to form a helical s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351016 | Apparatus for securing an erosion control blanket to the ground In a preferred embodiment an apparatus for securing an erosion control blanket to the ground, the erosion control blanket is placed on the ground by an erosion blanket installation device. The apparatus includes a support member secured to the erosion blanket instal... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353113 | System, method and computer program product for aquatic environment assessment A system, method and computer program product are provided for assessing aquatic environments. Initially, the user measures biological, geomorphological and physiological parameters, quantitatively, semi-quantitatively and qualitatively in the field, guided by the c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344336 | Method of providing clear water for beaches A method of providing clear ocean water near a shoreline comprising providing a pump with inlet and outlet piping, locating the inlet to said inlet piping at a distal location from said shoreline where the ocean water is clear, locating one or more outlets on said o... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7249912 | Temporary platform or roadway and method of assembling same A temporary platform or roadway is created using one or a plurality of optionally connected support components to form a top surface upon which panels are placed. The support components are comprised of gabion containers having one or a plurality of compartments int... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7214005 | Sectionalized flood control barrier A sectionalized flood control barrier (10) for mounting on top of a levee or a river bank to prevent flooding. The barrier (10) consists of a footing (20) with a series of support channels (24) that are butted end to end attached to the f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7207293 | Protective cat scratching post The present invention is constructed to specifically protect furniture and building corners from the scratching of cats and to be free standing. The vertical members can be fastened rigidly or hinged. Joining the vertical members with hinges allows for increased ver... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188825 | Catchment net, especially for rockfall blocking A catchment net (1), especially for rockfall blocking, includes a net (2) consisting of elements that engage with each other, and whose two longitudinal sides are each moveably held by a holding rope (3, 4) extending between at least two support... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7160058 | Methods and module for an underground assembly for storm water retention or detention Methods and modules for use in a modular assembly are disclosed for retaining or detaining storm water beneath a ground surface. A module comprises a substantially horizontally disposed deck portion and at least one substantially vertically disposed side portion ext... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137758 | Construction built from waste tires and its constructing method A constructing method by using waste tires includes cutting sidewalls from waste tires; connecting multiple waste tires in series together by the sidewalls to form a layer of waste tires; filling the waste tires with ballast; and stacking another layer of waste tire... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131787 | Drain inlet cover A drain inlet cover for a drain in a road which is bordered by a sidewalk and separated from the sidewalk by a curb, with access to the drain through an opening in the curb. The cover includes a horizontal section which lies on the road and a vertical section which ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097385 | Tetrapod control device and method for stabilizing, depositing and retaining windblown particles A three-dimensional multi-pod windblown particle control device is used to control the deposition, accumulation and retention of windblown particles. The multi-pod device is formed by connecting beams to create legs which intersect one another at a crossing area. Th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085625 | Control system for baling machine A control system for a bulk material baler embodied in a machine readable data structure and including an instruction to a moveable guide track to move from a removed position to a closed position to create a guide track loop around a volume of bulk material to be b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083364 | Retaining wall system with interlocked wall-building units A retaining wall structure built of wall-building units such as sand/soil bags or hardenable building units such as clay bricks has interconnecting members placed between adjacent courses of units to attach the adjacent courses to one another. The interconnecting me... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082355 | Wake wash severity monitor for high speed vessels Onboard a marine vessel in transit a speedometer, a fathometer and a computer run in conjunction to track the Froude depth number (which is a function of vessel speed and water depth). A warning (e.g., display, signal and/or alarm) appears and/or sounds when the ves... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074326 | Curb-and-grate inlet filter A curb-and-grate inlet filter is provided for temporarily covering, during nearby construction activities, the curb-and-grate inlet of a storm drainage system so as to filter from storm water runoff silt and debris attendant such construction. The curb-and-grate inl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7056069 | Method and apparatus for installing barrier material A farm implement for guiding a barrier material into a layered material comprises a turntable for holding the barrier material, a guide apparatus for guiding the barrier material into the layered material, and a crossbar to which is attached the turntable and a hitc... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056057 | Fluid flows control apparatus and method of use A fluid flows control apparatus includes an elongate stocking having a flexible cylindrical sidewall. The sidewall has plural apertures of a shape and placement in the sidewall as to cover a majority of the surface area and to enable the sidewall to expand radially ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048469 | Flexible grid and predominantly concrete mat employing same A flexible, molded, polymeric grid is embedded in a predominantly concrete mat comprising a concrete slab having relatively thicker portions defining blocks connected by relatively thinner portions, along which the concrete slab is breakable. The flexible grid has t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7029208 | Biodegradable sediment barrier The present application relates to systems and methods for making and using sediment barrier. More specifically the present application relates to systems and methods for using sediment barriers to reduce pollution of rivers and streams from sediment resulting from ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029200 | Shoreline erosion barrier A barrier for reducing erosion along shorelines includes a barrier body formed as a unitary, molded plastic structure. In one embodiment, the barrier body has at least one elongate passage extending through it, between oppositely disposed first and second sides, and... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021869 | Sediment control device and system A Sediment control devices and systems generally includes a core made up of granular material encased within a puncture resistant fabric, a compressible layer enwrapping the core and a geotextile fabric outer casing. A plurality of such devices provide a system for ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008144 | Sediment control A sediment control roll includes a threshold member having large apertures therethrough, a hollow sediment collection chamber, and an outflow filter having small apertures therethrough. The sediment control roll can be used to collect sediment in runoff from a const... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008143 | Modified angled silt fence A silt fence includes a support comprising having a rear strut pivotally joined with an articulated front support. A geo-textile sheet attaches to the support forming a filtration barrier having compound slope. A lower section is sloped at the first angle sufficient... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001101 | Interlocking paver/tile Interlocking paver system for the use of constructing sidewalks, pathways and decks being formed from a light weight material for easy handling. Joined together by a plastic spline with gripping teeth, which when placed in spline receiver slots on sides of paver, wh... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001111 | Landscape/erosion control product An improved erosion control system has a field of spines disposed on a support structure. The spines capture landscaping material that is placed on top of the erosion control system, hiding the landscape/erosion control system. The spines are arranged in relation to... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997649 | Underwater riprap foundation and consolidation smoothing method therefor An underwater riprap foundation which can be constructed efficiently using a reduced amount of ripraps and a consolidation smoothing method for efficient construction of the same are disclosed. The underwater riprap foundation includes a first region for supporting ... | 02/14/2006 |
