Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
405302600 | Erosion protection | 47 |
20080213049 | Methods for Controlling Dust and Creating Bio-Crust - Methods for controlling dust and other particulates using photosynthetic organisms to create a bio-crust. The methods include applying algae to a site under conditions suitable for forming a layer over the site that provides dust control. | 09-04-2008 |
20080213050 | Environmental barrier device - An environmental barrier device includes a first member and a second member. The first member may be constructed of a first sheet material and may have a memory retaining shape. The first member may be oriented in a generally upright position and is resiliently deflectable from the generally upright position. The second member may be secured to the first member and may be constructed of a second sheet material, which may be flexible and may define a filter media. The filter media may allow the passage of water and preclude the passage of dirt and silt. The environmental barrier device includes a lower portion for positioning below ground level and an upper portion for positioning above ground level. The environmental barrier device may be driven over or otherwise deflected from a generally upright orientation and the first member may automatically return the environmental barrier device to the generally upright orientation. | 09-04-2008 |
20080279639 | DEGRADABLE EROSION CONTROL BARRIER - An erosion control barrier for installation in a drainage path in a service environment. The erosion control barrier includes a unitary permeable sheet which is bent along a longitudinal axis to provide an upslope side, a downslope side and a longitudinally extending apex. The permeable sheet is constructed of a degradable material so that the erosion control barrier has a design service life in the service environment and a design material life in the service environment. The design material life is longer than the design service life. The permeable sheet is designed to be sufficiently transversely stiff and resilient during the design service life to enable the erosion control barrier to be self-supporting. The permeable sheet is designed to substantially disintegrate within the design material life. | 11-13-2008 |
20080298905 | Soil Stabilization System - A construction article including a compacted mixture that includes soil and a crop plant biomass microorganism-expressed enzyme composition. A method of stabilizing soil including: (i) mixing together soil, water and a crop plant biomass microorganism-expressed enzyme composition to form a mixture; (ii) causing the mixture to be shaped into a selected structure; and (iii) causing the structure to be compacted. | 12-04-2008 |
20090010718 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR SEDIMENTATION RETAINING BARRIER PACKING AND HANDLING - An erosion control log and method for packing and handling erosion control logs. In one aspect, the erosion control logs are formed, stacked, compressed and prepared for delivery while retaining maximum decompressibility. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016826 | Erosion control system - An erosion control system for reducing erosion under effluent flow conditions. The system includes an erosion control mat anchored over an erosion susceptible area. The anchoring system uses an anchor positioned below the soil, connected to the mat by a flexible strap. Due to its high shear resistance, the system may be used in high effluent flow areas, such as drainage ditches and creeks. | 01-15-2009 |
20090022552 | Silt fencing system - A transportable and reusable silt fencing system for use at a construction site to prevent sediment and soil erosion comprises tension rods, a male section, a female section, and a fencing material having sleeve supports for the rods to slide in and support the fencing material. The tension rods are collapsible. The rods collapse when a truck drives over the fence, but re-assume their original form once the truck has passed. If a fence longer than the fencing section is required, additional fencing sections may be attached by connecting a male section of one fence section with the female section of another fence section. | 01-22-2009 |
20090028649 | Silt fence removal tool - A tool used with lifting equipment for simultaneous removal from the ground of a stake and fabric of a silt fence comprising a flat plate ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090028650 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR INCREASING RESISTANCE TO EROSION - Compositions, admixtures and methods for resisting erosion such as by wind and/or water are provided. The compositions comprise an emulsion, dispersion or suspension of a hydrophilic polymer. In preferred embodiments, the polymer comprises branched anionic polyacrylamide. The composition may be combined with water and optionally a matrix material, to form an admixture that is applied to the soil or other material needing erosion resistance. The matrix material preferably comprises cellulose and/or mulch. The methods comprise providing or forming an aqueous mixture of the compositions and applying them to an area of land or material sought to be provided with erosion resistance. | 01-29-2009 |
20090047076 | Water Filtration and erosion control system and method - An erosion control system and method wherein a fabric filter bag is embedded with and/or filled with a flocculating polymer and is positioned on a sloping soil surface to dam and pond water flowing thereacross for settling of the particles in the water, and as the ponding water seeps into the bag the colloidal particles will be filtered or agglomerated for settling. The water then passes through and out of the bag and is further subjected to agglomeration and filtering by a skirt of filter material also impregnated with flocculating polymer, said skirt being anchored to the bag or stacked to maintain the position adjacent and downslope from the bag. | 02-19-2009 |
20090110492 | HAND OPERATED EROSION BLANKET INSTALLATION TOOL - A manual tool for installation of erosion blankets useable by two persons, each holding a handle while pulling the device over a surface to unwind an erosion blanket. The erosion blanket is supported by a set of prong end shafts that are inserted into each end of the erosion blanket. These prongs are embedded inside bearings which allow the prongs to rotate with the blanket as it is rolled across a surface. Also located on the prongs are blanket guides that aid in steering and keep the blanket from binding where the prongs meet with the support arms. The telescoping tubes that contain the telescope lock give support to the blanket end prongs and keep the blanket from sliding off the prongs while unrolling to the end. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110493 | Silt Fence Installation System And Method - An assembly for installation of a silt fence. The assembly comprises a cutting member, a silt fence guide, and a spool of silt fence material. The cutting member may be a plow blade, a trenching assembly, or another cutting means. A vibrator may be utilized to enhance the effectiveness of a plow blade. The silt fence guide may be a grab wheel adapted to place the silt fence material into an opened trench or other means. The spool of silt fence material is preferably adjustable to change a position at which the silt fence material contacts the silt fence guide. Preferably, a roller or similar means is used to compact the soil proximate installed fence. Alternatively, a second cutting member and a second silt fence guide may be utilized to cut another trench. A second spool of silt fence material allows simultaneous installation of two fences. The assembly may be adapted to cut a curved path behind a work vehicle traveling in a generally straight direction. An alternative embodiment includes a stake driving apparatus. | 04-30-2009 |
20090148243 | Controlling Sediment - Sediment control devices (SCDs) include an apertured threshold member and an apertured outflow member, and optionally a filter member between the threshold and outflow members. In some SCDs the outflow member has a smaller aperture size than the threshold member, or vice versa. In some SCDs, a filter is placed in front of the threshold member. In some SCDs, there is a substantially hollow sediment control chamber (SCC) between the threshold and outflow members; in others, there is little or no hollow space between the threshold and outflow members. The SCDs can be constructed so that they are resistant to damage by wheeled traffic. The SCDs can be used to control sediment in run-off from a construction site, as drain covers, or as retaining members for lawns or planting areas. A number of SCDs can be joined together to form assemblies which are useful for stabilizing a land mass, for example a gully or river bank. | 06-11-2009 |
20090155003 | 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 embodiment, a retaining wall is provided with a plurality of generally horizontal passageways, which, under normal circumstances, resist passage of the flowable granular material positioned therebehind and, under modified circumstances, can serve as relief valves to avoid pressure on the wall which might cause the wall to move in an undesirable manner. In a third embodiment, a plurality of valving units is provided for beach retention of sand through efficient separation of sand from incoming waves. | 06-18-2009 |
20090169311 | Containment structure - A particulate material containment structure and a method of manufacturing such a structure are provided herein. The structure may comprise an open-cell matrix and an intermediary composite comprising particulate material retained in a support matrix, wherein the intermediary composite is retained within the open-cell matrix. In various embodiments, the structure may comprise at least one textile layer, such as a geotextile layer. The present invention has particular application in preventing the phenomenon known as pumping erosion. | 07-02-2009 |
20100040420 | SOIL STABILIZATION AND IRRIGATION ARRANGEMENT - A soil stabilisation and irrigation arrangement is proposed, comprising a useable area ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100104379 | ARTICULATED STRUCTURE FOR SOIL PROTECTION AND REINFORCEMENT - Disclosed is a structure as a ‘blanket’ constituted by blocks preferably of concrete linked (in orthogonal directions) through chords, wires, strings made of materials resistant to strengths, and the chemical environment wherein it is placed, all in order to resist hydraulic actions. The blocks basically constitute a body formed by two truncated-conic linked by their bases and located (bonded) one beside the other in a same plane, allowing the blanket to intimately adapt to the shape of the underlying surface. This layout allows the blankets to pile up one upon the other, since the block hemi-bodies fit in the empty spaces of the blankets. This geometrical advantage allows the distribution of hydraulic forces in the three directions of space, where de layers behave as a sole flexible structure. This latter aspect is the fundamental innovation (vertical fitting), like the block geometry, with disposition thereof upon a resistant mesh (articulations). | 04-29-2010 |
20100158617 | EROSION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An erosion control wall system is provided and methods of making it that protect a bank, beach or bluff from soil/sand erosion. The erosion control system includes a plurality of wall members, each formed to have a front face that dissipates and deflects the energy from oncoming waves and a rear face with a stabilizing member extending therefrom for securing the wall member in position along a bank or bluff, or in the water adjacent to a bank, bluff or beach for example. The wall sections are self-stabilizing by action of sand, gravel and/or stone flowing over the wall section and anchoring the stabilizing member. The erosion control wall sections may be constructed on-site using slip form construction methods. | 06-24-2010 |
20100239376 | HERMETIC LOAD DISTRIBUTOR MAT - Technical Sector: Field of the construction and more specifically in reference to natural land or prepared with earthmoving machinery land cover. | 09-23-2010 |
20100278595 | SOIL FORMULATION FOR RESISTING EROSION - This disclosure relates to soil erosion and the establishment of an appropriate seed bed. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a composition applied to exposed soil wherein the composition comprises organic material produced when the methane is burned from green manure and dried. This organic material combines seed and a liquid carrier, such that the substance can be hydraulically applied to the desired area. Fertilizer or other nutrients are often added to the mixture to further enhance the product and to encourage growth. | 11-04-2010 |
20100296877 | PRODUCT INCLUDING CELLS FORMED BY BAND STAPLING AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A CELLULAR PRODUCT - The cellular structure product in honeycomb form is made by assembling superposed bands of the same width. Two adjacent bands are attached to one another by a plurality of first series and second series of staples. Each of the cells of the product breaks down into two opposite portions belonging to two adjacent bands, these two portions being connected together at the edges of the cell by a first series and a second series of staples aligned according to the band width. The alignment of staples of each of the series can be done across the band width by a stapler fitted with an anvil holder offset laterally, after positioning of the anvil of the stapler under two adjacent bands. | 11-25-2010 |
20110002747 | Turf Reinforcement Mat Having Multi-Dimensional Fibers and Method for Erosion Control - A turf reinforcement mat ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110158753 | METHOD FOR PLANARIZING UNEVENNESS OF THE SEABED - At a location where unevenness | 06-30-2011 |
20110217128 | Controlling sediment - Sediment control devices include a planar apertured threshold member, a planar apertured outflow member, and a planar filter member between the threshold and outflow members. The members lie in parallel planes, and there is substantially no hollow space between the threshold member and the outflow member. | 09-08-2011 |
20110229275 | Erosion prevention log - An erosion control device is placeable on a ground surface for serving as a barrier to the passage of soil past the control device. The control device includes a bag member that includes an upper member and a lower member that define a hollow pocket between the upper member and the lower member. A filler material is placed within the pocket member to impart a pillow-like shape to the bag member. The filler material is includes filler elements derived from shredded tires. | 09-22-2011 |
20120034039 | Landscape Erosion Control Fabric with Mulch Blocking Members - Disclosed is a landscape erosion control unit for retaining landscaping materials that includes a base structure and a plurality of retention structures attached to the base structure. Each retention structure of the plurality of retention structures includes a strip and a plurality of protruding members extending outwardly from the strip. Each protruding member of the plurality of protruding members is configured to hold the landscaping materials. Each protruding member of the plurality of protruding members has a bottom portion extending from the strip, a top portion away from the strip, and an intermediate portion between the top portion and the bottom portion. Each retention structure is configured as an integral unit from a material by at least one of cutting and patterning the material. Further, disclosed are a retention structure and a method for fabricating the landscape erosion control unit. | 02-09-2012 |
20120063854 | SYNTHETIC GROUND COVER SYSTEM FOR EROSION PROTECTION FOR USE WITH OR WITHOUT A SAND/SOIL BALLAST - A system for covering various types of ground where water and wind erosion protection are needed comprises a composite of at least one geotextile tufted or knitted with synthetic yarns (forming a synthetic turf), an open grid mesh, and a geo-filter (filter fabric). The filter fabric is positioned in direct contact with the ground surface, the open grid mesh is positioned over the filter fabric, and the synthetic turf is positioned over the open grid mesh. The system provides a beneficial erosion protection that does not require maintenance and can be used to cover slopes without requiring vegetative support and/or a topsoil layer. An optional sand layer can be placed atop the synthetic turf as desired as infill to ballast the material and protect the system against wind uplift. | 03-15-2012 |
20120128436 | ANTI-SCOUR DISK AND METHOD - The present disclosure provides a disk for reducing scour around a pile, such as a monopole, installed in the seabed. The disk has a pile opening through which the pile protrudes. The disk includes a peripheral skirt for embedding into the seabed below the portion of the disk installed above the seabed. The disk can include partitions for segmenting chambers of the disk. The disk can include mesh on the top, bottom, or both surfaces with one or more fill bags installed in the chambers. The disk can include chambers that can be filled with fluidized fill material, such as grout or concrete. The fill material can be inserted into the fill bags through conduits with valves that can be remotely operated with an ROV. The fill material can also be injected below the disk using the conduits for support on the seabed. | 05-24-2012 |
20120155972 | Compressed Straw Material - Bedding material for livestock or Hydromulch for soil treatment is produced by extruding straw mixed with bio-char through a conventional cubing system. The cubing process generates friction in turn changing the properties of the straw making the straw particles highly absorbent while binding the bio-char and any dust into the mixture. The mixture can be used for bedding where the bio-char acts as an absorbent. The mixture can also be used in soil remediation by spreading over the soil in dry or Hydromulch where the bio-char acts to filter contaminants and can act as a binder for an fertilizer admixed into the mixture for seeding. | 06-21-2012 |
20120170982 | SILT BARRIER - A silt barrier comprises a plurality of filter elements, each filter element, in use, having a height direction, a width direction and a length direction and being adapted to allow the passage of water therethrough in the width direction and to resist the passage of silt therethrough in the width direction. In an embodiment the filter medium comprises a single type of material which combines: (a) filtration characteristics adequate to provide an effective silt barrier and; (b) deformation/resilience characteristics adequate to allow said filter element to return substantially to its original height after being compressed in its height direction by a vehicle passing thereover. | 07-05-2012 |
20120308311 | Embankment System - An embankment system comprises a source of pressurized sand/concrete slurry and a delivery conduit in fluid communication with the pressurized sand/concrete slurry source. The embankment system further comprises an elongate nozzle having an inlet and an outlet, with the inlet operatively associated with a distal end of the delivery conduit. A tube formed of a sheet material having an open end and a closed end is operatively associated with the nozzle outlet to receive the pressurized sand/concrete slurry through the open end, such that the tube is continuously filled with the pressurized sand/concrete slurry between the closed end and the open end. | 12-06-2012 |
20130149048 | Production and application of biodegradable sediment control device - An elongated web of flexible material having a covering of excelsior across a portion thereof has an elongated edge portion uncovered. The elongated covered portion is folded over upon itself a number of times, and the elongated uncovered side portion (a tail) are wound upon a roll for utilization after unrolling, as a sediment barrier, properly staked into the ground. | 06-13-2013 |
20130336729 | Methods for Controlling Weeds and Water Using a Bag Filled with Landscaping Material - A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building. | 12-19-2013 |
20140105693 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTHEN EMBANKMENT USING SEMI-EXTENSIBLE STEEL SOIL REINFORCEMENTS - A method for constructing a mechanically stabilized earthen embankment has the steps of constructing a wall facing element, and determining a plane of maximum force and a zone of maximum force in the earthen embankment to be formed. A plurality of elongate soil reinforcement elements are bent to form semi-extensible bent segments, but such that proximal and distal portions remain substantially straight and inextensible. The elongate soil reinforcement elements are positioned such that the semi-extensible region is within the zone of maximum force, and the proximal ends are connected to the wall facing element. Fill soil is added to build the earthen embankment, and the process is repeated until the earthen embankment is formed. | 04-17-2014 |
20140140776 | Biomass construct for erosion control and structures - In one aspect there is provided a construct, mound, layer or brick which offers utility as an erosion control medium formed primarily from a blend of biomass, cementitious binder and water. In another aspect there is provided a construct, mound, layer or brick, which offers utility as a construction medium. Also provided are processes by which an aggregate of woody biomass (a blend of chips, particles and pieces), and a cementitious binder slurry can be applied by manual methods or spray applied by mechanical means. Upon drying the biomass construct conforms and binds to a ground surface providing a hard porous medium capable of adhering to a large variety of ground surfaces and to terrain of varied slope, pitch and constitution. | 05-22-2014 |
20140147218 | Method for forming a ground-covering layer, and thus formed ground-covering layer - Method for forming a ground-covering layer ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140219731 | Methods for Controlling Weeds and Water Using a Bag Filled with Landscaping Material - A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building. | 08-07-2014 |
20140270992 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING SYNTHETIC GROUND COVER WITH INFILL - A synthetic ground cover method includes placing a synthetic grass atop the ground, the synthetic grass including a composite of one or more geo-textiles tufted with synthetic yarns. The synthetic ground cover method also includes applying an infill ballast to the synthetic grass by spreading the infill ballast over and onto the synthetic grass from a moving vehicle. The infill ballast can be sand, soil, or a binding infill (such as cementitious materials). | 09-18-2014 |
20150071716 | Erosion Control Sediment Barrier - An erosion control sediment barrier is disclosed. Specifically, erosion control sediment barriers are provided comprised of a filter component shaped to fit over a pipeline in a trench that is tacked or held in place through the use of an adhesive foam, such as urethane foam. the pr having a filter component for use as trench breakers. | 03-12-2015 |
20150117964 | Engineered Roughness Elements, Arrays Thereof, and Their Method of Use - In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an engineered roughness element. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides an array of engineered roughness elements. The engineered roughness elements are configured to reduce sand movement and accompanying dust generation. | 04-30-2015 |
20150299975 | PREVENTION OF TOPSOIL EROSION WITH HYDROGELS - Methods for reducing or preventing topsoil erosion with hydrogels are described. Upon treatment, a plot of soil may exhibit improved water retention capacity, reduced topsoil erosion and improved aeration properties for plant growth. | 10-22-2015 |
20160010299 | Production and application of biodegradable sediment control device | 01-14-2016 |
20160040385 | GROUND ANCHOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A ground anchor system configured for introducing into a borehole, and comprising a plurality of straps each having a length dimension extending along a central longitudinal axis of the ground anchor system. Each of said straps has a width dimension taken along a major axis and a thickness dimension taken along a minor axis. The major axis and the minor axis are disposed at a transverse plane of the ground anchor system and intersect at a middle point. The middle point of each of said straps is intersected by an imaginary line extending through the longitudinal axis at the transverse plane. The imaginary line forms an angle smaller than 90° with the major axis of the respective strap. | 02-11-2016 |
20160047104 | Stake Driver Apparatus - A Stake Driver Apparatus. The apparatus provides the user with the ability to rapidly drive stakes into a straw wattle. There is a slot within the apparatus for inserting a stake and then guiding the stake as the stake is being driven through the wattle and into the ground. A slide hammer shuttle can slide up and down an elongate barrel member to drive a slide hammer into the top of a stake being held within the barrel member. A footrest assembly having adjustable height is incorporated so that the stake and barrel will be spaced above the top surface of the wattle while each stake is being driven into the wattle and ground. | 02-18-2016 |
20160069034 | CORRUGATED RETENTION AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR SEDIMENTATION CONTROL - This patent is directed to corrugated retention and filtration systems which are designed and installed to control sediment runoff. The corrugated systems creates a multiple of adjacent retention and filtration wedges with acute angles at their downstream vertexes for increased surface area and an increased number of structural support elements throughout the system. The corrugated retention and filtration system provides structural, hydrodynamic, and filtration features not available from a conventional linear systems used for sedimentation control applications. | 03-10-2016 |
20160186394 | IMPACT-ABSORBING LEVEE-SHAPED STRUCTURE - An impact-absorbing levee-shaped structure consisting essentially of a resistant structure formed of reinforced embankment, the impact-absorbing levee-shaped structure includes: a continuous buffer wall of a flexible structure disposed on an impact-receiving surface of the resistant structure; and an anchor unit configured to support the continuous buffer wall, in such a manner that the continuous buffer wall cannot be separated from the resistant structure, thereby capable of preventing the continuous buffer wall from floating from the impact-receiving surface of the resistant structure upon application of impact. | 06-30-2016 |
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