Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
405026000 |
Floating
| 25 |
405030000 |
Openwork or concave face
| 22 |
405025000 |
Bed supported subsurface dissipator
| 14 |
405029000 |
Polypod | 3 |
20080286045 | Element Used to Form Breakwaters - The invention relates to an armor unit to construct armor layers of mound breakwaters, revetments and groins for shore protection or hydraulic and maritime structures featuring a cubic or parallelepiped shape ( | 11-20-2008 |
20100104368 | EROSION PROTECTION DEVICE - An erosion protection device is described which is made of two or more components. Each component has an edge, surfaces on respective sides of the edge and at least one joining portion (a joining portion of a component comprises a recess in the edge and receiving portions on respective sides of the edge). Each recess has a base which is indented relative to the edge, and sidewalls which diverge as they extend from the base out to the edge. The receiving portions diverge relative to each other with the same slope as the sidewalls as they extend from adjacent the base of the recess away from the edge towards the respective surfaces. When joining two components together, a bonding medium is applied to the joining portion on one or both components. The joining portions are then brought together such that the space between the sidewalls and receiving portions of one component and the receiving portions and sidewalls respectively of the other component diminishes thereby squeezing the bonding medium therebetween as the components come together. | 04-29-2010 |
20160122963 | STRUCTURE FOR PROTECTING SEA AND/OR RIVER CONSTRUCTION WORK, AND PROTECTIVE BLOCK USED - The invention relates to a structure for protecting sea and/or river construction work, which uses blocks ( | 05-05-2016 |
405024000 |
Artificial seaweed | 2 |
20100086355 | Hardened material for creating seaweed bed - To provide a hardened material for creating a seaweed bed that can efficiently supply ferrous ions to organisms. Cement, steel and iron slag crushed to 40 mm or less, decomposed hardwood chips on the order of 20 to 80 mm, and water are mixed, and the obtained mixture is cast into a formwork. The mixture is then cured within the formwork until it hardens. Next, the concrete obtained by being hardened within the formwork is crushed so as to have a mass per unit volume of 2 to 3 tons/m | 04-08-2010 |
20150139733 | Artificial reef structure - An artificial reef structure is provided with units each including an intermediate artificial kelp; an upper buoyant body including a buoyant drum at one side and having snap members, and a first pressing plate at an other side and having first and second holes wherein the snap members are inserted through the artificial kelp and the second holes to fasten the buoyant drum, the artificial kelp, and the first pressing plate together; and a lower support including a second pressing plate at one side and having second snap members and a bottom hook, and a third pressing plate at an other side and having third and fourth holes wherein the second snap members are inserted through the intermediate artificial kelp and the fourth holes to fasten the second pressing plate, the artificial kelp, and the third pressing plate together; and an anchor including rings each secured to the hook. | 05-21-2015 |
405023000 |
Floatable dissipator submerged at site | 1 |
20120315090 | COASTAL RECOVERY UTILIZING REPOSITIONABLE BEACH MODULE - A method of restoring a beach includes positioning a recovery module at a first location in a region of a beach to sea interface. A longitudinal axis of the recovery module is oriented generally perpendicular to a longshore current in the region of the beach to sea interface. The recovery module is removed from the first location upon achieving a desired level of accretion adjacent to the recovery module. | 12-13-2012 |
Entries |
Document | Title | Date |
20080279631 | Wave attenuator and security barrier system - connector - A connector for a wave attenuation system formed by connecting a plurality of panels in a structure positioned in a body of water; the system causes the dissipation of wave energy. Different configurations of panel, having different flow characteristics, used in the structure, and different types of connector used to connect panels, create different patterns of water flow within the structure, and contribute to wave energy dissipation. Units deployed in harbors, rivers, marinas and the like, help to prevent beach erosion and can facilitate beach nourishment. Embodiments can be utilized as a security barrier, preventing intrusion by trespassers, divers or various sized boats. A variety of sensors can be mounted to the structures, enabling detection of movement, chemical and biological agents, explosives or radiation. A submersible gate, comprising panels and a buoyancy control mechanism, allows for passage of boats and can be controlled remotely. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279632 | Wave attenuator and security barrier system - adjusting - An externally-adjustable module for a wave attenuation system formed by connecting a plurality of panels in a structure positioned in a body of water, causes the dissipation of wave energy. Different configurations of panel, having different flow characteristics, used in the structure, and different types of connector used to connect panels, create different patterns of water flow within the structure, and contribute to wave energy dissipation. Units deployed in harbors, rivers, marinas and the like, help to prevent beach erosion and can facilitate beach nourishment. Embodiments can be utilized as a security barrier, preventing intrusion by trespassers, divers or various sized boats. A variety of sensors can be mounted to the structures, enabling detection of movement, chemical and biological agents, explosives or radiation. A submersible gate, comprising panels and a buoyancy control mechanism, allows for passage of boats and can be controlled remotely. | 11-13-2008 |
20080298894 | Wave Protection Structure, Method For Producing A Toe Element For A Wave Protection Structure, And Method For Producing A Wave Protection Structure - A wave protection structure is intended for a slope, such as the slope of a breakwater or a bank, which slope merges into a bed at the location of a toe. The wave protection structure comprises wave protection elements and toe elements. The wave protection elements are each provided with a plurality of projections for engaging in one another and are provided on the slope in a substantially regular imaginary grid, with a horizontal grid spacing between the centres of gravity of the wave protection elements. The toe elements extend along the toe and their shape differs from the shape of the wave protection elements. The centres of gravity of the toe elements are provided at substantially the horizontal grid spacing from one another. As a result of the toe elements being provided at the grid spacing of the wave protection elements, it is easier to position the toe elements. This also allows the use of larger blocks and means that it is no longer necessary to stack the wave protection elements. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310919 | Breakwater - Provided is a breakwater formed of a frame on the front surface of which a number of bent breakwater members stack to thereby prevent the waves or billows from being be flowed into the inner side of a seashore, seawall, harbor, or dock, and induce saving of an installation cost through a simple configuration. The breakwater includes: a frame body having a plurality of supporting frames in which a number of coupling holes arc bored; a number of breakwater members in which combining holes are bored, and the coupling holes and the combining holes arc combined with each other by coupling elements; and front and rear supporters having respective fixing wires, connection linkages and heavy bodies. | 12-18-2008 |
20090035066 | Shore guard.TM. - shoreline erosion control system - ShoreGuard™ is a flow and erosion control system that is a prefabricated breakwater structure with a series of Louvers that is placed off shore to have a slowing effect on the velocity of the current both incoming and outgoing. The slowing of the current allows sand and sediment to accumulate on the shoreline side of the structure, therefore, building a beach or adding to the existing shoreline. The structure can be very aggressive in this effort the closer to the shore that it is installed. However, it is recommended to be installed in 14 feet of water at low tide for safety. | 02-05-2009 |
20090052989 | Covering Element for Protecting Structures Against Scouring and Drag Force | 02-26-2009 |
20090220301 | Tide apparatus and tide structure - It is an object to provide a tide apparatus comprising a storage tank connected to a underground pit for normally storing water of a constant amount, a connecting pipe for connecting between the underground pit and the storage tank, and a seismograph releasing apparatus formed on the connecting pipe for sensing a shake in an earthquake and for releasing the water stored in the storage tank into the underground pit, wherein the tide plate can protrude upward from the soil foundation face by operating the seismograph releasing apparatus in an earthquake to make the water stored in the storage tank flow into the underground pit via the connecting pipe. | 09-03-2009 |
20090238645 | Water Movement Damper Device - The present invention relates to a water movement device comprising a flexible wall ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090257827 | Sediment barrier - An apparatus and method for controlling water flow, soil erosion, and/or sediment flow in and around a construction site. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional, water-permeable polypropylene filled geotextile pocket that is secured to the ground with a supporting structure. The apparatus includes a tail portion that is placed flat against the ground, facing upstream against the direction of water flow. The tail portion can be secured with pins that provide protection against movement of the tail portion and reduce an amount of sediment passing under the apparatus. | 10-15-2009 |
20100215435 | BREAKWATER - A breakwater, in which the surface thereof facing the sea (H) is a curved surface rendering the cross section of the breakwater a trapezoid with curved side (ABCDEFG) which comprises a shorter top side (EF), a longer bottom side (AG), and a curved side (ABCDE) facing the sea (H). The curve profile is similar to a recumbent concaved-up parabola. | 08-26-2010 |
20120237297 | RAISED STATE HOLDING MECHANISM OF FLAP GATE FOR BREAKWATER - To make it possible to hold a door body in an immobilized state without oscillating when the raising operation has been completed. A raised state holding mechanism | 09-20-2012 |
20130011197 | WAVE ATTENUATION SYSTEMS - Wave attenuation systems are disclosed. For example, a wave-attenuating panel can define a plane, a center-of buoyancy and a center-of-mass spaced from the center-of-buoyancy such that the panel is stably buoyant in a liquid with the plane oriented vertically. Wave attenuators are also disclosed. Such a wave attenuator can comprise a first row of support members extending vertically relative to a seabed and a second row of support members spaced from the first row. A vertically oriented, movable panel can be positioned between the first row and the second row, such that the panel is configured to rise and fall in a substantially vertical plane. Such wave attenuators can also comprise a second, fixed panel that remains submerged. | 01-10-2013 |
20130058720 | APPARATUS TO REVERSE WAVE MOMENTUM - An apparatus to reverse the momentum of large waves. The apparatus includes a primary body having an upper surface, a first face and a second face. The first face and the second face are spaced from one another by a hollow space located below the upper surface. The first face includes an array of ports arranged to receive and transmit water into and out of the hollow space. The first face is curvilinear to deflect and divert water of incoming waves and, with water exiting the hollow space, reverse the momentum of following water. The apparatus is configured to minimizes or eliminate the harm to humans and the destruction of property experienced as a result of tsunami waves. | 03-07-2013 |
20130272790 | Wave Energy Reduction System - A method and apparatus for creating moderately quiescent water in which transplanted emergent salt marsh wetlands grasses can endure and eventually establish without the need for eliminating the energy of occurring waves. | 10-17-2013 |
20130309012 | SELF-ANCHORING TURF REINFORCEMENT MAT AND REUSABLE SEDIMENT FILTRATION MAT - A three dimensional high strength tightly woven turf reinforcement mat (TRM) or reusable sediment filtration mat designed to trap soil particles in water flow and provide a shear plane to prevent soil wash-out from within and beneath the mat. The mat includes a corrugated body structure integrally extruded or interwoven with a bottom layer that together form a plurality of parabolic sediment entrapment chambers. As sediment bed load moves with water flow into the woven structure, water flow forces sediment through openings in the woven surface of the corrugated body structure and into the chambers where the captured sediment serves as ballast to self-anchor the mat. The mat may also be incorporated during manufacture and/or during/after installation with polyacrylamides, chitosans or other soil flocculating/aggregating chemicals for increased sediment aggregation and capturing. | 11-21-2013 |
20130322966 | System and Method for Shoreline Preservation - Disclosed is a removable erosion-control and fencing (“REAF”) system for shoreline preservation along a line defined by a plurality of posts. An exemplary REAF system comprises first and second post clamp pairs mounted to adjacent posts. Each post clamp pair “sandwiches” a post and is fixedly attached to the post by virtue of fasteners that lock one half of the post clamp pair to its other half. In this way, the post clamp pair “hugs” the post and is secured thereon without having to be permanently fixed to the post or damaging the structural rigidity of the post. Each post clamp pair includes a substantially vertical wall slot such that one or more cross-members may be received into the walls slots to form a wall section in a space defined between the adjacent posts. | 12-05-2013 |
20140133912 | Tsunami Breakwater Wall of Multilayered Steel Pipe Pile Structure And Its Construction Method - A tsunami breakwater wall of a multilayered steel pipe pile structure | 05-15-2014 |
20140270962 | Multi-Stage Suspended Wave Screen And Coastal Protection System - A shoreline protection system comprising a first barrier assembly, which comprises a first pile extending into a bottom of a body of water, a second pile extending into the bottom of the body of water, wherein the first pile and the second pile are spaced apart and essentially parallel relative to each other, and a first screen having an upper edge, a lower edge, and a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein the first screen extends between the first pile and the second pile, wherein the lower edge of the first screen is spaced from the bottom of the body of water. | 09-18-2014 |
20140321913 | TIRE ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF BUILDING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT USING TIRES - A tire assembly for use in reclaiming land from a marine environment. An anchor having at least one cable connected thereto acts as a base to which tires are connected by threading them down the cable to form a cylindrical tower of tires which can be filled with concrete or filler if desired. A plurality of the tire assemblies can be positioned adjacent to one another and further interconnected for stability purposes and can form the basis for further structural elements. | 10-30-2014 |
20150050086 | METHODS OF AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING WATER FLOW, BREAKING WATER WAVES AND REDUCING SURFACE EROSION ALONG RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERWAYS AND COASTAL REGIONS - Improved breakwater construction blocks and interlocking shear key blocks for use in constructing diverse systems and works, in broad fields of use including, but not limited to, coastal engineering: river, stream and torrent control, bulkhead designed projects, scour control, check dams, permeable and impermeable groins-both river and ocean structures and other hydraulic works including marinas. | 02-19-2015 |
20150063910 | MOORING DEVICE - The invention relates to a mooring device that is suitable for use in water. The mooring device includes a pile configured to be embedded in a floor supporting the body of water, at least one arm configured to engage at least one entity; a joint configured to couple the pile and the at least one arm and permit rotation of the at least one arm relative to the pile, and joint locking means configured to lock the joint. The invention may further relate to a method of mounting the mooring device in water, a mooring system including multiple mooring devices and a system including the mooring devices. | 03-05-2015 |
20150098762 | Wave Energy Reduction System - A method and apparatus for creating moderately quiescent water in which emergent salt marsh wetlands grasses can endure and eventually establish without the need for eliminating the energy of occurring waves. | 04-09-2015 |
20150292172 | Shoreline Stabilization System and Method - A shoreline stabilization system and method are provided, comprising one or more base layers of a non-woven plastic matrix positioned on a shoreline, wherein the base layer is at least partially submerged in the water. A second layer of non-woven plastic matrix positioned on top of the base layer, wherein the second layer is at least partially submerged in the water, and wherein the second layer is pre-planted with one or more selected plants such as smooth cord grass ( | 10-15-2015 |
20160047100 | FLOATING-TYPE SANDY BEACH GROWING DEVICE - A floating-type sandy beach growing device includes wave absorbing bodies arranged in parallel at appropriate intervals, each of them including a floating body having an offing side end oriented toward offing side and a land side end having a larger buoyancy and oriented toward land side, rocking following a wave vertical movement, offing side end being pivotally supported, and a stand erected in a relatively shallow shore for pivotally supporting offing side end, floating body being level-adjusted so as to be horizontal during low tide in neap tide, and installed angled with respect to wave progress direction in a horizontal plane. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047101 | Self-Ballasted Wood Structure for Shoreline Protection and Aquatic Habitat Enhancement and Method of Manufacture - The present invention is a self-ballasted wood timber to be used for shoreline protection and aquatic habitat enhancement. It is made by installing a dense ballast material within an interior cavity of a wood timber. The material is retained within the timber by plugging the open end(s). Two or more self-ballasted timbers may be assembled to form larger structures. Structures composed of the present invention have the advantage of being composed of organic materials ballasted internally by a dense material with specific gravity relative to fresh or salt water greater than one. Thus they can provide all of the aquatic habitat enhancement benefits of natural organic materials without the buoyant instability associated with organic materials in dynamic aquatic environments. Additionally, they can provide stability for shoreline protection without the negative impacts to aquatic habitat, water quality, and natural water body aesthetics associated with inorganic shoreline stabilization structures. | 02-18-2016 |