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US 10,378,225 B1Granted
Artificial surfing reef for affecting surface waves
OwnerWalter Judson Bennettinventor
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The present invention is an artificial surfing reef for modifying a body of water's bathymetry to create surfing waves. The artificial surfing reef is a shaped structure made up of many sized and shaped Expanded Polystyrene Geo Foam blocks. As swell moves toward the shore, its bottom is resisted by the leading edge of the Expanded Polystyrene Geo Foam artificial surfing reef. As the swell transverses over the Expanded Polystyrene Geo Foam Artificial reef, the wave topples over and forms a plunging surfing wave. An earth anchor, connected to a cable, linked to a round shaped anchor disc, is attached to each Expanded Polystyrene Geo Foam block for maintaining the foam artificial reef at a desired location submersed underwater. A plurality of Expanded Polystyrene Geo Foam blocks may be attached to one another and configured so as to define a surf reef, which enhances the suitability of waves for surfing.
An artificial reef system comprising a plurality of artificial reefs, each one of the artificial reefs is made of a plurality of expanded polystyrene geo foam blocks, each one of the plurality of expanded polystyrene geo foam blocks is attachable to an earth anchor, each earth anchor is attached to a galvanized cable, each galvanized cable is attached to a round anchor disc, each round anchor disc is in a recess in the top of each expanded polystyrene geo foam block for maintaining the block at a desired location substantially under water, and wherein at least two expanded polystyrene geo foam blocks are configured to facilitate attachment to one another, and
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