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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7775743 | Erosion control device and method of use An erosion control device is provided, comprising a panel having a concrete matrix having a top surface and a bottom surface; a turf reinforcement material contained within the concrete matrix; and a geotextile material bonded to the bottom surface of the concrete m... | 08/17/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7357602 | Reinforcing device and a bifacial reinforcing unit for earthworks and a method for the production of a reinforced earthwork A reinforcing device for earthworks comprises at least one reinforcing base element (3) from which extend a front wall (9) and a containment wall (15) which are spaced from each other to delimit, in an operative configuration in which they are e... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7326000 | Block for embankment The present invention relates to an embankment block. There are provided a base frame 30 having a center with a through hole, and a plurality of connection members 32 that are downwardly extended from an outer surface of a rim of the base frame 30 | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7226240 | Devices, systems, and methods for controlling erosion Included in the disclosure are exemplary devices, systems, and methods, embodiments of some of which can be useful for controlling erosion, retaining sediment, preventing siltation, treating runoff, removing pollutants, remediating environmental damage, protecting p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213970 | Flexible storage tank A soft shell, flexible storage tank is provided, including corners of an improved configuration adapted to resist leaks. The walls of the tank and the corners are relatively more rounded and larger in radius than those of conventional flexible tanks. The walls and t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7157010 | Polymeric flocculant infused silt fence A polymeric flocculant infused silt fence assembly comprising two opposing and attached geo-textile sheets, each adapted to filter entrained non-colloidal particles and together encasing a layer of polymeric flocculant material. In a preferred embodiment the polymer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128497 | Horizontally draining artificial turf system A horizontally draining artificial turf system comprises an impervious base at proper slope, an impermeable layer or drainage blanket over the base at a corresponding slope for guiding water horizontally, an artificial turf at top of the impermeable layer, and a per... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114880 | Process for the excavation of buried waste Disclosed is a method of excavating large quantities of non-homogenous radioactive contaminated waste, desirably without releasing radioactive contaminated dust or exposing personnel to its hazards. The excavation of buried waste is performed in the presence of a su... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083358 | Aquatic weed suppressor A sub surface aquatic weed barrier consisting of a strip of plastic held to the aquatic substrate by transverse weights bonded to the plastic strip. Gas release ports are located in the plastic sheet, positioned midway between the transverse weights. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048474 | Apparatus and method for efficiently fabricating, dismantling and storing a porous tubular windblown particle control device A windblown particle control device which, when attached to the surface of the earth assumes a generally tubular cross-sectional shape, stabilizes particle cover and controls deposition and retention of windblown particles. A sheet of netting material is curved in a... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 6955500 | Method of forming a mat of erosion control blocks A method of cabling erosion control blocks of a mat together. The blocks have formed therein cable channels in a cris-cross manner, diagonally between the corners of each block. Cables are threaded through the blocks in a zig-zag manner, from the top of the mat to t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938382 | Stockade A palisade comprises visible or wall surfaces disposed on opposing sides and intermediate end faces. One of the end faces is provided with a projecting convex head, while the other end face comprises a correspondingly formed concave receptacle for the head. When for... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6866446 | Revetment block and mat A revetment block for use forming an articulating revetment mat. The revetment block has first and second ends and first and second sidewalls. The sidewalls have a first lower vertical surface, first and second upper vertical surfaces, and transition surfaces betwee... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6863472 | Revetment useful to line stream bed and assembly of said revetments A revetment made wholly or predominantly from concrete, useful to line a stream bed, having upper and lower surfaces, and having upstream and downstream edges, has, for each upstream edge, an upstream bevel, which intersects the upper surface and which intersects sa... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6848866 | 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... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6797221 | Process for the manufacture of a protecting and immobilizing element of the mattress-like type, and element so obtained A process for the manufacture of a protecting and immobilizing element of the mattress-like type consists in providing containing means (2, 20) and a layer of flexible material (3, 21) inside them, with the peripheral edges (4, 22) of the flexib... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793438 | Process and related apparatus for repairing aquatic propeller scars and blowouts Aquatic plant shoots are transplanted by positioning shoots, plants or seeds in a sediment tube or sediment bag which is in turn placed in a propeller scar or blowout. The sediment tubes and sediment bags may be preformed or they may be formed just prior to t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6746177 | Block and a riparian improvement structure inhabitable for aquatic life The riparian improvement structure for use upon riparian protection, shore and bank protection, wave control, water control, etc. of a river, lake, sea, etc. is composed of a plurality of blocks and a structural body or bodies composed of a plurality of wooden mater... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6715960 | Collapsible and re-usable flood barrier A pouch (18), made of a water absorbent polymer that expands and becomes a gel in consistency upon absorbing water and that is biodegradable, is placed in each bag (10) of lesser volume. An opening (12) in each bag (10) is unsealed to dra... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6685391 | Ground surface cover system with flexible interlocking joint for erosion control A flexible interlocking element (10) having opposing, interlocking ends (12, 14). Element end (12), features a contour, including element top surface segment (16), extending to bend (18), then defining a tongue element (34) extending downwardly along an i... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666619 | Protective wall assembly A protective wall assembly (8) for protecting an embankment (6) to prevent scouring of the embankment (6) during high water flows such as experienced in floods or tidal waves. The protective wall assembly (8) comprises a plurality of block assemblies (10)... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6607332 | Method of reinforcing slope reverse analysis technique A method for reinforcing a slope in which field ground deformation characteristics of an unstable slope can be rapidly and reliably judged and the unstable slope recovered and restored to its own natural state by introduction and application of an earth r... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6592292 | Flexible bolt and assembly of concrete revetments employing same In an assembly of concrete revetments, each having two expansive surfaces, each having a first set of comparatively larger holes extending between the expansive surfaces, and each having a second set of comparatively smaller holes extending from at least ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6543190 | Portable weight strip for adjustably holding a member in position on an uneven surface; and method A weight strip constructed from a plurality of stacked sheets of elastomeric material slackly assembled for resting upon an uneven surface.... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6508607 | Erosion control block adapted for use with cellular concrete mattresses A block having a semicircular male lobe and a semicircular female recess on opposing sides thereof. On other opposing sides of the block, there is formed a side edge shape such that when neighboring blocks are placed together, a circuitous water channel i... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6443668 | Element comprised of a plurality of strips running in a horizontal and vertical manner, and a method for producing elements by connecting closed rings The invention relates to an element (10) comprised of a plurality of strips (12 to 26) which run in a horizontal and vertical manner and which have common points of intersection. The strips (12 to 26) are respectively closed rings (28), whereby each ring ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6416253 | Abrasive resistant open cell articulated seabed mat Concrete blocks with an open cell structure extending throughout the block are assembled in substantially parallel columns and rows to from a mat structure capable of articulating over underwater structures. The blocks are assembled by flexible cables tha... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6401421 | Construction element For military as well as for civil applications there is provided a construction element comprising a disc-shaped central part (1) with at least four legs (2) extending outwards substantially radially with respect to a transversal axis (3) of the central p... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395372 | Cell confinement structure A cell confinement structure for confinement of material having a plurality of elongated plastic strips in a side by side relationship bonded together in spaced-apart, limited areas where the plurality of strips are capable of being stretched in width to ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6296924 | System perforated cell confinement A cell confinement structure for confinement of material having a plurality of elongated plastic strips in a side by side relationship bonded together in spaced-apart, limited areas where the plurality of strips are capable of being stretched in width to ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6267533 | Erosion control system An erosion control system for protecting a shoreline is provided comprising a first row of starter elements in contact with one another and fixedly attached to the shoreline; a second row of standard elements in contact with one another and matably engage... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6213687 | System for preventing erosion of soil surfaces A system for preventing erosion and release of chemicals from exposed soil, the system including a pattern of horizontally-disposed, closely-spaced tires substantially filled and surrounded by inorganic fill material for limiting efflux of the exposed soi... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6190088 | Device for forming a sand body and method for the application thereof A device for forming a siltation construction comprising a substantially rectangular cloth (1) of water-permeable material, which is anchored on all sides to a water bed by anchoring means. Floating elements (10) are arranged on cloth at a distance from o... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6186701 | Elongate flexible container An elongate flexible container, made of a textile fabric and having at least one filling opening. The container is filled with solid material, such as sand or other ground material, for the formation of a body adapted for use as a core or base of a dam, a... | 02/13/2001 |
