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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828493 | Artificial reef structure An artificial reef device comprising an axle rod supporting a plurality of buoyant reef bodies rotatably mounted on the axle rod. The axle rod and buoyant sections are suspended at a desired level above a water bottom by anchors attached to anchor lines further atta... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7303670 | Compositions, devices, and methods for use in environment remediation What is disclosed are compositions, devices, and methods for use in environmental remediation. The compositions are for use in a variety of environmental remediation barriers including fiber rolls, blankets, and berms. Applications for the use of the compositions, d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7144196 | Biologically-dominated artificial reef An apparatus and method of reducing the effects of hydrodynamic forces of waves and water currents in coastal environments (e.g., oceans, and coastal, river, lake, and reservoir banks). The apparatus is an oysterbreak having two basic designs adapted to allow for th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7080478 | Technology for cultivation of and other seaweeds in land-based sea water ponds The present invention provides unique technology, systems and methods of cultivating different types of seaweeds, including, but not limited to, Porphyra (Nori), Laminaria, Undaria, Eucheuma, Gracillaria, Ulva, Sargassum, Codium, Cladophora, Ascophyllum, P... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978735 | Artificial fish habitat An artificial fish habitat (10) comprises an open framework (12) including a plurality of layers (14). The layers (14) each include an open portion (20) and are generally aligned so that the open portions (20) cooperate to d... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973752 | Aquatic planting process and related plant and seed holders A process for planting aquatic plants and seeds underwater on the bottom and edges of an estuary, where an aquatic plant or seed which is ready for planting is positioned in a holder having a means for retaining the plant or seed. The holder further has a bottom gri... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6665981 | Aquatic planting process and related plant holders A process for planting aquatic plants underwater on the bottom and edges of estuary's where an aquatic plant which is ready for transplanting is positioned in a holder having a means for retaining the transplantable plant. The holder may be weighted with ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6554534 | Flexible structure and method for controlling the quality of liquids A flexible structure assembled of impermeable modules surrounds a constant volume of liquid so as to control its quality. The modules may join together so that they can adjust to changing water levels. They may have a single layer or an impermeable membra... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6517282 | Erosion control mats An erosion control mat having buoyant fronds is deployed in a body of water to enhance the accumulation of sediments. The mat includes a plurality of frond lines arranged in a fanfold pattern. Each frond line include a continuous elongate strip and a plur... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6467993 | Fish attractive device An artificial reef comprising a string of open bodies, a floatation device and an anchoring device.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6464429 | Artificial reef module for coral reef remediation The artificial reef module for coral reef remediation of the present invention includes a central body having an upper settling plate, a middle settling plate, and a lower settling plate. Extending from the central body is a plurality of primary tines whi... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6382874 | Riparian improvement structure unit The riparian improvement structure unit for use in construction work for water control and protection is composed of the first tubular member and a plurality of stick-and-twig members tied in a bundle with a bundling member, the first tubular member being... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6325569 | Cultivating kelp and mussels together An artificial marine habitat made of seaweed affixed near-off bottom on buoyant ropes (10) and shellfish affixed near-off bottom on racks (26) whereby the symbiosis of seaweed and shellfish produces a synergic effect resulting in increased diversification... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6244218 | Aquatic structure and method A structure is provided for promoting growth of aquatic species for aquaculture operations and other purposes. The aquatic structure may have a buoyant member, a flexible sheet, and flexible strips (such as fronds, ribbons or filaments). The flexible mate... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6171686 | Synthetic aquatic structure A synthetic structure is used to simultaneously provide food, shelter and reproductive support for many aquatic species. Synthetic seagrass may be produced in the form of flexible mats with a plurality of ribbons. The lower ends of the ribbons are anchore... | 01/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5871303 | Viscous drag and non-laminar flow component of underwater erosion control system An underwater erosion control system (10, 110) has an array of panels of material (12, 112). Each generally rectangular panel of material has a retaining portion (20, 120) and at least one sheet (16, 116). Each sheet contains a plurality of slits, (22, 12... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5678954 | Ecological coir roll element and shoreline protected thereby An ecological fiber roll element for use in protecting a shoreline to prevent erosion and to the protected shoreline. The roll element comprises a generally cylindrical roll, with or without aquatic plants therein, the roll element consisting essentially ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5639657 | Process for formation of artificial seaweed bed A process for the formation of an artificial seaweed bed comprises depositing a structure as an artificial fish reef in the sea. According to the present invention, the structure is made of a glassy material having a specific composition, or a surface of ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5620279 | Artificial water plant system for controlling sediment transport on a water bed An artificial water plant system for trapping bottom sediments in water to protect sand beach against erosion in which the water plant comprises a rod-shaped or tubular molding product having a circular or non-circular cross sectional shape and comprising... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5575584 | Underwater soil erosion prevention system An underwater soil erosion prevention system has a generally rectangular length of material folded at regularly spaced intervals at an angle generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rectangular length of material, thereby forming sheets. Ea... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5454665 | Artificial reef An artificial reef is formed for use in a body of water to provide a habitat for aquatic life. The reef is formed by providing an anchoring structure which is submerged in the body of water. The anchoring structure has a weight sufficient to anchor the ar... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5443326 | Method and device for providing an aquatic passage in running water A device for creating a specific but temporary aquatic passage in an artificial or natural river. The device includes bases which rest on the bottom of a river and elements which extend upwardly from the bases. The bases have holes formed therein which re... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5425597 | Arrangement for shoreline construction, maintenance, and protection, and methods for making and using the same A plant riprap material for use in a shoreline to prevent erosion, which plant riprap material comprises a felt material, a substrate within the felt material, a plurality of aquatic plants in the substrate, a geotextile material over the top of the felt ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5338131 | Arrangement for shoreline construction, maintenance, and protection, and methods for making and using the same An arrangement for the construction, maintenance and protection of a shoreline having a variable level of water is disclosed. The arrangement utilizes a plurality of ecological-botanical elements (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 26, and 30 implanted among constructio... | 08/16/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5176469 | Underwater soil retention structures An underwater soil retention and reinforcement structure comprises a sequence of synthetic buoyant fronds (11) arranged side-by-side to form a frond line. The frond line is folded back and forth to form an array of fronds, and the successive folded sectio... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5116655 | Preventive method against apposition of a marine organism and a preventive sheet against apposition of a marine organism A preventive method against apposition of a marine organism according to which a preventive sheet having white or green fur-like fibers provided to be thick thereon, for example such as a boa cloth obtained by napping the front surface of a polyester clot... | 05/26/1992 |
| 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 |
| 4993870 | Anchoring means for benthic barrier A fixation device for securing articles such as benthic barriers to the earth comprising an elongated subteraneanly pivotable plastic body having a strap affixed centrally to one side thereof, and a benthic barrier clamping element with an aperture theret... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4950104 | 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, flotation, and using buried anchors and inertia weights. The artificial su... | 08/21/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4854774 | Process for implantation of aquatic artificial substrates, structures for the implantation, and device for operating the process Immersing, excavating, and mooring means for implantation of aquacultural artificial substrates on sedimentary bottoms. The artificial substrate structure is a single unit which comprises a support-surface and a mooring organ provided with anti-extraction devi... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4722639 | Controlling erosion of river or sea beds A frond line (10) for filtering particulate material from currents flowing over a river or sea bed comprises a substantially continuous curtain of randomly overlapping elongate buoyant elements (15) extending transversely in a common direction from a long... | 02/02/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4657432 | Installation for ground stabilization in hydraulic engineering A device for ground stabilizing in hydraulic engineering comprises a structural steel mat to the bars of which are clipped grass support elements which have an upwardly open trough-shape in which grass-like ribbon elements are held by a further bar fitted... | 04/14/1987 |
