Class 405/23 - Floatable dissipator submerged at site

Subclass of Class 405 - Hydraulic and earth engineering
Definition: Method or apparatus in which a wave or flow dissipating
No. of patents: 31
Last issue date: 06/24/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7390141	Wave-attenuating system A wave-attenuating system. The wave-attenuating system includes a flexible, resilient barrier member that is disposed in a body of water and oriented to interrupt and dissipate the wave action of oncoming waves. The barrier member desirably is constructed from a sub...	06/24/2008
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
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
7214003	Segmental floating bulkhead assembly The present invention is directed to the structure of a floatable caisson member and to a segmental floatable bulkhead assembly, formed by assembling a plurality of the floatable caisson members. The present invention also includes a method of fabrication of the flo...	05/08/2007
7052205	Method of forming an artificial reef for shaping waves and a method for removing an artificial reef A method of forming artificial reefs in which a set of blocks having internal cavities full of air are interconnected in the desired shape of the artificial reef. The blocks of the set float when full of air and the thus defined reef is towed to the location of use,...	05/30/2006
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
6659686	Precast modular intermodal concrete shapes and methods of installation to form shoreline stabilization, marine and terrestrial structures Novel precast concrete boxes are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,697,736 to form waterfront structures such as seawalls, boathouses and the like. The boxes can be sized and proportioned ...	12/09/2003
6491473	Precast modular concrete shapes and methods of installation to form shoreline stabilization, marine and terrestrial structures Novel precast concrete boxes are disclosed which can be assembled together and/or with structural shapes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,697,736 to form waterfront structures such as seawalls, boathouses and the like. The boxes can be sized and proportioned ...	12/10/2002
6102616	Wave break A break intercepts waves moving in an anticipated direction along a water surface. Modular elongated floats are aligned end-to-end and extend generally perpendicular to the anticipated direction of the waves. Modular elongated ballast containers aligned e...	08/15/2000
6056476	Near off-bottom cultivation of kelp forests A combination of old and new features to cultivate seaweed on the sea bottom comprising the steps of cultivating in a laboratory sporophytes and fixing them on lines, setting anchors on various water bottoms, installing near off-bottom artificial substrat...	05/02/2000
5961251	Artificial seaweed device An artificial seaweed device for submersion in a volume of water along a coastline for inhibiting coastal erosion and enhancing accretion of waterborne particulate matter. The artificial seaweed device includes elongate and flexible first and second ancho...	10/05/1999
5836265	Reef ball The method and apparatus for producing artificial reef modules which can be deposited on the ocean floor for permitting growth of coral and other marine growth thereon. The reef balls can be left permanently at a particular location to develop an artifici...	11/17/1998
5564369	Reef ball The method and apparatus for producing artificial reef modules which can be deposited on the ocean floor for permitting growth of coral and other marine growth thereon. The reef balls can be left permanently at a particular location to develop an artifici...	10/15/1996
5370476	Self anchoring tire-made artificial reef A low relief artificial reef made of one or more threads of automobile tires partially buried in a sedimentary bottom and partially protruding above it. The artificial reef can be built on land and conveyed floating to the site of installment. It can also...	12/06/1994
5309672	Submerged platform structure for open ocean macroalgal farm systems Disclosed is an open ocean farm structure for attachment of macroalgal plants. The farm structure is made up of linear elements connected with nodes to form a three dimensional truss. The linear elements are composed of tubes containing solid rods which a...	05/10/1994
5242243	Floating breakwater device A floating breakwater device for attenuating waves includes an elongated frame extending vertically between an upper end and a lower end. A buoyant member is attached to the frame to support the top end of the frame above the water surface. A barrier is a...	09/07/1993
5207531	Artificial surfing reef The present invention is an artificial surfing reef for modifying near shore ocean floor bottom to create surfing waves. The artificial surfing reef is a generally Y-shaped structure made of many large sized polyvinyl chloride pipes and having a leading l...	05/04/1993
5176468	Shoreline erosion control and refurbishing means This invention is an erosion control device in the form of a plurality of nestled, triangular-in-cross-section modules forming units. These units can be interconnected to form erosion control device of any desired length. These erosion control and refurbi...	01/05/1993
5129756	Apparatus for and method of coastal erosion control using massive sea block system An erosion control system that uses massive hollow reinforced concrete blocks that can contain bulky fill material such as sand, mud, shell or concrete rip rap. The blocks can be arranged in desired geometric patterns at coastal areas subject to erosion c...	07/14/1992
4958956	Submerged flexible wave restraining structure and a method of constructing it A resilient wave reducing structure which reduces waves propagating on liquid surface from propagating over the reducing structure and a method of constructing the wave reducing structure. The wave reducing structure of the present invention may be used t...	09/25/1990
4954012	Method of coastal erosion control using massive sea block system An erosion control system that uses massive hollow reinforced concrete blocks that can contain bulky fill material such as sand, mud, shell or concrete rip rap. The blocks can be arranged in desired geometric patterns at coastal areas subject to erosion c...	09/04/1990
4872782	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, and flotation. They are associated with affixed sessile algae and shellfish. Th...	10/10/1989
4820079	Method of coastal erosion control using massive sea block system An erosion control system that uses massive hollow reinforced concrete blocks that can contain bulky fill material such as sand, mud, shell or concrete rip rap. The blocks can be arranged in desired geometric patterns at coastal areas subject to erosion c...	04/11/1989
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
4334499	Artificial reef construction An artificial reef construction is provided, having a base portion formed by a discarded inflatable rubber vehicle tire which is adapted to lie on one side wall thereof with one of the rim openings facing upwardly. The vehicle tire is at least partially f...	06/15/1982
4252460	Retaining wall and method of forming said wall A wall is formed by stringing on cables a plurality of similar buoyant panel elements lying flat on water. Each panel element has an inner end, an outer end and two side edges. A first chain extends laterally through the panel elements adjacent the inner ...	02/24/1981
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
3969900	Breakwater construction A breakwater construction comprising hollow tank like modules of nearly neutral buoyancy and connected to the sea bed by means of pile like members. The buoyancy distribution of the modules is established such that they tend to tilt against the direction ...	07/20/1976
3958426	Offshore harbor tank and installation An offshore harbor and tank installation for oil and gas, comprising a number of steel or concrete caissons floated separately to selected position and interconnected axially and in floating vertical position interconnected radially to desired configurati...	05/25/1976
3942031	High voltage flexible cable supported by a continuous rigid bridge for floating platforms This invention carries a power cable from a floating power plant to a fixed connection from which the power cable can transmit to a distributing system on shore. The cable support distributes the bending of the cable over a length of cable so that no dete...	03/02/1976
3933124	Artificial habitats Artificial habitats for rearing aquatic fauna and the like. The habitats comprise a plurality of structures deposited on the bed of a body of water. Each structure comprises longitudinal members of thermoplastic material characterized by a helicoidal shap...	01/20/1976

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