Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
405114000 | Connectable sections | 37 |
20080240861 | Prefabricated levee apparatus and system - A levee apparatus and system for impeding and controlling the flow of fluids, primarily the flow of water as experienced in a flood or storm surge consisting of a light weight concrete structure with reinforcing steel rebar depending on the application. It is constructed from prefabricated sections with the tongue and groove ends designed to fit together which, when used in conjunction with a rubber gasket, will produce a water tight seal. The structure would be hollow with an opening along the unprotected face to provide a location for the surge water to enter. The structure would have flap-gates on the protected side and on the unprotected side. This would allow flood waters from the protected side to push open the flap-gate and exit the protected side based on the pressure equalization of the flood waters. Once inside the structure any water would then drain from the structure through the flap-gate on the unprotected side when the surge water diminishes. The structure could be placed simply on top of the existing soils or anchored in place to prevent potential changes in alignment. Two main modifications to this design include utilization of a rubberized base which would allow the top portion of the structure to rise into position, and the adjustment of the flap-gate position to change the use of the structure from solely a flood protection system to a retention control system. | 10-02-2008 |
20080279634 | Gabions - The invention provides a gabion which may be used to protect military or civilian installations from weapons assault or from elemental forces, such as flood waters, lava flows, avalanches, soil instability, slope erosion and the like, the gabion comprising side walls connected together at spaced intervals by partition walls, the side walls comprising at least one substantially closed side wall element panel, which acts in use of the gabion to prevent a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall, the said action of the substantially closed side wall element panel being effective without the aid of a gabion lining material. | 11-13-2008 |
20090016821 | BARRIER PANEL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INSTALLING - A barrier panel system and a method of installing the barrier panel system is provided. The barrier panel system includes a barrier panel having a top and a bottom. The panel includes at least one channel extending from the top to the bottom of the barrier panel. A removable jet assembly unit can be connected to the panel within the channel. The removable jet assembly unit includes at least one cutter tool pipe which is connected to a jet head and at least one vacuum manifold. The jet head at the bottom of the cutter tool pipe delivers and directs the pressurized stream to transform the ground material into a form which is easily removable by a vacuum connected to the vacuum manifold. As the vacuum removes the ground matter, an opening is formed in the ground allowing the panel to sink. The barrier panel also includes interlocking features on the sides allowing them to be easily attached to one another horizontally to form an interconnected barrier wall system. | 01-15-2009 |
20090041543 | DEPLOYABLE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A modular dike assembly includes strut and corner members that may be interconnected to form a barrier or dike wall surrounding a primary container. The strut members are stackable for convenience in transporting the system and an alignment web is provided for defining the interior perimeter of the closed barrier or dike wall and to secure assembled members together. | 02-12-2009 |
20090103981 | Expansion Device For Containing Overflows - An expansion device for containing overflows of watercourses, floods and/or inundations and like phenomena, suitable for cooperating with further identical expansion devices for making barriers for containing overflows of watercourses, floods and/or inundations and like phenomena, comprises an enclosure suitable for allowing the water permeability through said enclosure and an expanding and absorbing material inside said enclosure and suitable for increasing in volume following the absorption of water. | 04-23-2009 |
20090142136 | Flood defence barrier assembly - A flood defence assembly comprises a support member ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090169306 | Retaining Wall - Retaining wall device, comprising at least one first retaining wall member ( | 07-02-2009 |
20100047019 | Shape Stabilized flood Protection Wall Segment - The flood protection wall's shape stabilized segment affords an increased level of protection and is made up of a water fillable bag whose shape, when full, is defined by the plane of the base and the dome-shaped casing with a convex surface that is attached to the base by two plane faces. It is characterized by the fact that the complex convex casing surface ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100074687 | Pipeline Protection and Levee Module System - A levee and barrier module for fluid control and containment is provided including an outer module shell and a module-to-module connection system to attach adjacent outer shells. The outer module shell is formed by opposing side walls and two opposing end walls and is configured to enclose or support filler material. The outer module shell defines a top aperture and a bottom aperture. The bottom aperture allows filler material communication with the earth below the module. The top aperture allows filler material to be added to the module, as well as visual observation of, and maintenance of, the amount of contained filler material. A presented application is directed to protecting pipelines and to allowing pipeline integration or association with levees. | 03-25-2010 |
20100129156 | WATER MANAGEMENT BARRIER AND SYSTEM - A barrier for managing and/or controlling water is disclosed that includes a set-up configuration and an in-use configuration. While in the set-up configuration the barrier can be moved and positioned, and while in the in-use configuration the barrier is made to weigh a substantial amount more than in the set-up configuration and to resist the force of flood or other waters. In one embodiment the barrier includes a front wall, a back wall, a top portion, and a bottom portion forming a rigid hollow body with a first end and a second end. A connection member is formed or otherwise placed on the first end, and a connection recess formed or otherwise placed on the second end. The barrier can further include a fill port and a drain port such that the barrier can be filled with, and drained of, a pourable material. | 05-27-2010 |
20100284747 | WATER-FILLED BUILDING BLOCK FOR TEMPORARY LEVEE - A hollow block in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped when filled with water, is joined with a plurality of similar water-filled blocks to form a flood barrier. Two opposite sides of each block have connection features that connect with features on the first and third sides of adjacent blocks to form a wall of connected blocks. Top and bottom walls of each block each have an inter-tier connection feature that mates with a block in each adjacent top or bottom wall. Each block includes on each of its top and bottom walls, inter-tier connection features structured to mate with an inter-tier connection feature of a similar block in the adjacent tier. | 11-11-2010 |
20110052323 | Flood barrier - A flood barrier comprises a plurality of panels attached together. A gasket runs continuously around the exterior periphery of each panel. When a panel is attached to an adjacent panel, the said gasket is compressed and the panels together form a watertight joint. Elongated members are attached to each panel to provide support. The bottom surface of the panel, together with the said gasket, is pressed against the ground from the weight of the floodwater and that of the panel itself. Sandbags and/or weights may be used to assist in pressing the said gasket against the ground as needed. This forms a watertight joint between the bottom surface of the panels and the ground. The attachment of a plurality of said panels together form a flood barrier. Most panels are flat panels and some are angled panels. The flat panels and angled panels can be assembled on site to surround a house or a building to form a barrier against flooding. | 03-03-2011 |
20110123271 | Sealing system for a water flow control gate - A sealing system for a water flow control gate is provided. Each of a plurality of panels has an upper edge extending the length of the panel with a flat surface rounded upward to a wall at the rear side of the panel. The lower edge of each panel has a central perpendicular foot extending the length of the panel with side flanges and a neck between the central perpendicular foot and the rest of the panel. At each end of each panel is a vertical channel extending across the end of the panel. A horizontal sealing strip on each panel surrounds the central perpendicular foot and extending the length of the panel and a vertical sealing strip is positioned within each vertical channel, so that water flow through the water flow control gate is prevented by the horizontal sealing strips between adjacent stacked panels and by the vertical sealing strips between the ends of each panel and the frame. | 05-26-2011 |
20120009019 | Spillway liner and method - A liner is formed in an excavated spillway by providing a plurality of rectangular flexible liner sections with each liner section having a parallel series of elongated continuous and adjacent tubular pockets pre-filled with a dry cementitious material or a fine granular material. The liner sections are provided with a surrounding generally flat perimeter boarder. The liner sections are laid into the spillway with their boarders overlapping and the boarders are secured together with the tubular pockets aligned in the same direction to form a continuous liner blanketing the spillway. The tubular pockets are arranged in the spillway with their elongated sides presented to the expected direction of water flow in the spillway. The liner sections may be anchored to the spillway with anchor pins. | 01-12-2012 |
20120087734 | Storm water diversion device - The invention is a diversionary device for storm water runoff that will divert water from the center of the street to the sides of the street where filters are in place by others. The diversion device for diverting storm water consists of a length member having a length and a width, the length extending a selected distance, the length having formed a multiplicity of baffles along the selected distance, the width having a selected profile, the profile being selected to divert storm water, the length member having formed on at least one its ends at least one interlocking means. | 04-12-2012 |
20120121336 | Barriers and Methods Thereof - A shell shaped barrier and methods thereof. A shell shaped barrier may be configured to increase the stabilizing force between the shell shaped barrier and the ground in an effective amount to prevent substantial movement of the shell shaped barrier by distributing at least a portion of a groundward force of a contact body on the receiving side of the shell shaped barrier. A shell shaped barrier may be configured to connect with one or more other shell shaped barriers. A shell shaped barrier may include one or more discontinuities between two or more shell shaped barriers. A shell shaped barrier may include a support member. A shell shaped barrier may include one or more stabilization enhancers. A shell shaped barrier may include one or more energy absorbers. A shell shaped barrier may contain, block and/or impede bulk material, flood material, mechanical objects. | 05-17-2012 |
20120163917 | SUPER ELEVATION SURFACE SELF-ACTUATING FLOOD BARRIER - Method and apparatus for preventing water from flooding along the length of a super elevation surface having a slope from an upper end to a lower end transverse to a longitudinal direction of the surface. A chain of rigid buoyant gate units of increasing heights is flexibly sealingly laterally linked together side by side for pivotable movement of the gate units about at least one pivotation axis, and if more than one axis, then about coplanar pivotation axes. The gate units are situated in a recess in and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the surface between a pair of walls lining the surface parallel to the longitudinal direction to which the pivot axis or axes is/are transverse. One of the walls is at a lower end of the slope and the other wall is at the upper end of the slope. The chain of panels rotates upward serially beginning with a gate unit closest to the lower wall and ending with a gate unit closer to the upper wall under the influence of water buoyancy and hydrostatic pressure, blocking water to one side of the upwardly rotated gate units. | 06-28-2012 |
20120195687 | FLOOD WALL PROTECTION SYSTEM - A flood wall system and method of constructing same, including providing a first main panel section; attaching sleeves to each side of a main panel prior to configuring the final chamber; providing two sleeves of fabric at the upper opening of each chamber for supporting the chambers while the chambers are being filled with materials such as sane; providing a series of chambers sewn together to define a continuous cellular wall; the final chamber having a horizontal height two feet longer (0.61 meters) than the vertical height further having a front toe portion one foot (0.30 meters) min height; filling each chamber with a quantity of material, such as sand; on each end of a completed chain of chambers, further comprising a set of loops or ties so that a chain of chambers is capable of being tied to other chains of chambers to define the continuous flood wall system. | 08-02-2012 |
20120207545 | Rapid Deployment, Self-Inflating, Interlocking, Modular Flood-Water Barrier Wall System - The water barrier is comprised of a number of interconnected modules, that contain expansive material (such as polymer powder). Each module has inlets that allow rising water to enter the interior volume of the module so that it inflates from a flattened configuration to a four sided shape. The shape is wedge shaped and the modules are alternated so that the narrow end of the module is toward the rising water on one module and the wide end is next to the rising water on the adjacent module, so that pressure from the rising water is transferred to adjacent modules from module to module and ultimately to an anchoring system. | 08-16-2012 |
20120230768 | Water Containment System - A temporary dam system for containing a body of water is provided. The temporary dam system is constructed with a number of dam sections. Each dam section has three or more supports and a back brace for supporting a resistant membrane backed by a plate. The supports comprise an end support, a middle support, and a top support in an A-frame structure. A membrane backing plate is attached to the front of the assembled support structure. The overall containment dam system is constructed by connecting dam sections together to form a continuous wall of rigid plates facing a body of water. A flexible liquid-impervious membrane is then placed over the rigid plates to contain the water. | 09-13-2012 |
20120257928 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF A BARRAGE UNIT AND A BARRAGE UNIT MANUFACTURED BY SUCH A METHOD - A method of manufacture of a barrage unit comprising providing a chamber having an outer wall having at least one aperture therein; providing a liner layer proximate to the aperture; blowing the fibres of a fibrous material into the chamber whilst providing an absorbent crystalline material to said chamber such that the two mix and exit the aperture onto the liner forming a pad; and, providing a further liner layer on the pad. | 10-11-2012 |
20120315093 | WATER MANAGEMENT BARRIERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - In an embodiment, a water management barrier may include a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion, a bottom portion, a first end, and a second end. The front wall may include a plurality of raised portions spaced from each other and extending substantially between the top portion and the bottom portion. The raised portions may at least partially define a plurality of channels extending substantially between said top portion and said bottom portion. The raised portions and/or the channels may be configured to help the front wall resist deformation due to one or more forces being exerted on the front wall. The barrier may also include an elongated connection member connection to the first end and a connection recess formed in the second end. The barrier may also include an elongated foot member attached to the bottom portion. | 12-13-2012 |
20130017018 | Liquid Containment SystemAANM Allen; BruceAACI ManitobaAACO CAAAGP Allen; Bruce Manitoba CAAANM Mascarenhas; JohnAACI ManitobaAACO CAAAGP Mascarenhas; John Manitoba CAAANM Fell; MichaelAACI ManitobaAACO CAAAGP Fell; Michael Manitoba CA - A liquid containment barrier is formed by corrugated panels connected end to end and supported by upstanding brackets at spaced positions around the peripheral wall and a liner attached to the wall. Each panel has the top edge as a raw edge with a plurality of elongate extruded plastics spring channel members engaged over the top edge. A plurality of additional clamp collars are arranged to surround a part cylindrical portion of the channel members to bridge between panels and to form a local clamping force on the channel member. Each bracket has an inner vertical edge engaging the panels and a rod member hooked to the brace at the lower end and engaging over the channel members at the upper end. The bracket also includes an upwardly extending flange parallel to the inner edge to form a channel for the bottom edge of the panel. | 01-17-2013 |
20130071188 | WATER CONTAINMENT BARRIERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - In an embodiment, a water containment barrier may include a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion, a bottom portion, a first end, and a second end. An external support system may be connected to the front wall of the hollow body. The external support system may include an upper cross member, a lower cross member, a first side member generally extending between the upper and lower cross members, and a second side member generally opposite the first side member. The external support system may be configured to at least partially reinforce the front wall against internal forces and/or external forces exerted on the front wall. The barrier may also include an elongated foot member attached to the bottom portion. | 03-21-2013 |
20130094905 | FLOOD WALL PROTECTION SYSTEM - A system and method for constructing any desired length of height linear cellular chain for use as a protective wall system, including a chain of fabric bulk bags, each having an open upper end, and interconnected along their sidewalls to define the cellular chain; and a fabric channel formed on the upper ends of each of the adjoining bags sidewalls for engaging a bag support and filling system, which includes a first metal frame member having a pair of arm members for threading through two adjacent fabric channels; the frame supported by a base member resting on the ground; a second metal frame member for receiving the distal ends of each of the arm members of the first metal frame member, at a level so that the bulk bag is supported by the arm members; bulk material to be poured into the supported bulk bag, to a level that the bag is substantially filled and no longer requires the support of the frame, so that the frame can be removed and positioned onto the next pair of fabric channels to fill the next empty bag. | 04-18-2013 |
20130108371 | CONTAINMENT SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130121768 | BERMS FOR PROTECTIVE LINERS - Berms for use with protective liners are disclosed. The berms may be configured to allow vehicular traffic to pass over the berms without causing damage. Such drive-over berms may be rigid and shaped to allow vehicle tires to pass over them, or may be resilient and collapsible such that they collapse when subjected to the weight of a vehicle tire, and then spring back to shape after the vehicle passes. Also disclosed are berms that may be stacked for storage and transportation purposes, and berms that include connectors for connecting multiple sections of the berms end-to-end. | 05-16-2013 |
20130309013 | REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM FOR INCREASED LATERAL STABILITY OF FLOOD WALL - Reinforcement system for concrete panel wall, such as I-type flood wall, includes high tensile strength textile attached to wall by adhesive and reinforced by mechanical fasteners. Most preferred embodiment comprises a strip of fiber reinforced plastic spanning multiple panels, with the grain of the textile material extending horizontally. Alternative embodiment includes vertical FRP with bias-grain textile. Fasteners are preferably ductile fiber anchors. | 11-21-2013 |
20130343821 | Water Control Apparatus - The invention relates to improved water control gates and related inflatable actuators, and associated sealing, manufacture and operation apparatus and methods. Advancements in technologies related to air fitting design, inflated bladder stress relief, inflatable bladder strength enhancement, water gate related slide friction mitigation, abutment and other impounded water seals, gate panel fabrication, traffic accommodating water impoundment structures, and water gate panel system operation efficiency, as well as nappe aeration, hinges, and bladder manufacture technology are disclosed herein. | 12-26-2013 |
20140212220 | FLOOD BARRIER AND METHOD OF FLOOD PROTECTION - This invention relates to a flood barrier and method of flood protection. According to the invention there is provided a flood barrier comprising a plurality of pillars adapted to be secured adjacent to a doorway of a building. Each pillar has a first sealing member for its bottom surface, and a second sealing member for its longitudinal surface. The pillars can be separable, or they can be interconnected to form a unitary structure by a flexible and resilient securing beam. | 07-31-2014 |
20140369760 | FLOOD BARRIERS - A flood barrier includes glass panels ( | 12-18-2014 |
20150056018 | DRIVE-OVER BERM FOR A CONTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION - A drive-over berm for use with a protective liner. The berm is constructed of an elongate border sheet strip of a liquid-impermeable material having a berm sleeve along an outside elongate edge and an apron along an elongate inside edge for sealed securement to an underlying liquid-impermeable protective liner. A series of unconnected elongate resilient berm log segments are slidably received in the sleeve and exposed outer surfaces of the sleeve are provided with a high visibility color. | 02-26-2015 |
20150308064 | WATER CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE WITH FINGER ENDS - A water containment structure with finger ends that includes at least one sleeve formed from a strong flexible material that will resist puncturing that is formed to receive at least one bladder formed to retain water, and which said sleeve includes center notches formed in the opposite sleeve ends that separate like closed end fingers, with which bladder fills the sleeve such that the ends fit against the finger ends, and at least one water fill tube and an air drain are fitted through said sleeve to pass, respectively, water into which bladder to fill same, with the air drain to provide for evacuating air from the sleeve during bladder filling. Which sleeve finger ends sloped, as needed, and can be fastened together around a support or can be secured to one another for connecting a number of sleeves, end to end, into a damming structure. | 10-29-2015 |
20160017557 | FLOOD WALL PROTECTION SYSTEM - A flood wall system and method of constructing same, including providing a first main panel section; attaching sleeves to each side of a main panel prior to configuring the final chamber; providing two sleeves of fabric at the upper opening of each chamber for supporting the chambers while the chambers are being filled with materials such as sane; providing a series of chambers sewn together to define a continuous cellular wall; the final chamber having a horizontal height which is two feet (0.6 m) longer than the vertical height further having a front toe portion one feet (0.3 m) in height; filling each chamber with a quantity of the material, such as sand, to fill each chamber; on each end of a completed chain of chambers, further comprising a set of loops or ties so that a chain of chambers is capable of being tied to other chains of chambers to define the continuous flood wall system. | 01-21-2016 |
20160024734 | AUGMENTING A FLOODWALL WITH A COLLAR - A system, method and collar for augmenting a floodwall are disclosed herein. The collar includes metal shell conformed in the shape of bollard, and is slideable over the bollard. The collar is capable of being locked to the bollard by a bolt. The collar is welded or attached to a post of the floodwall. The floodwall may be a removable floodwall installation. | 01-28-2016 |
20160090705 | BLOCK, FLOOD PROTECTION BARRIER AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BARRIER OF THIS TYPE - The invention relates to a stone, in particular a dam stone for a flood dam. In order to be able to build a stable flood dam in an easy way, according to the invention a cover surface is provided with at least two ribs and an opposing base surface is provided with at least two grooves corresponding to the ribs so as to create an indirect connection between two stones by means of a third stone that can be detached by applying a tensile force perpendicular to the base surface. The invention further relates to the use of such a stone. In addition, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a mass retention structure, in particular a flood dam. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090706 | Fluid Diversion Assembly - A fluid diversion assembly for diverting the fluid in a selected direction includes a rail structured to have an upright portion extending upwardly from a horizontal portion. The rail may be positioned on a support surface such that the horizontal portion of the rail abuts the support surface. The horizontal portion of the rail is sloped such that the horizontal portion may divert a fluid in a selected direction. A plurality of fasteners is extended through the horizontal portion of the rail and engages the support surface such that the rail is retained on the support surface. | 03-31-2016 |