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US 12,246,804 B2Granted
Removable containment boom anchor
OwnerElliott Chewins, Aaron William Millerinventors
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Abstract
A removable containment boom anchor includes: an anchor support having a flexible body fabricated of at least one resilient material, and a containment boom connector fastened to the anchor support. The flexible body has a base and a tab extending from the base. The flexible body encapsulates a plurality of permanent magnets.
Claims17
A removable containment boom anchor, comprising:
- an anchor support comprising a flexible body fabricated of at least one resilient material, the flexible body having a base and a tab extending upwards from the base, the flexible body encapsulating a plurality of permanent magnets;
- and
- a containment boom connector fastened to the anchor support,
- wherein the permanent magnets are disposed within the base, and
- first and second reinforcement sheets encapsulated within the flexible body, the first reinforcement sheet being disposed between the plurality of permanent magnets and a first face of the base, the second reinforcement sheet being disposed between the plurality of permanent magnets and a second face of the base, the second reinforcement sheet extending from the base into the tab,
- wherein the second reinforcement sheet comprises a partial loop that extends upwards within the height of the tab,
- wherein the containment boom is configured to float and contain a spill of floating pollutant.
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A removable containment boom anchor, comprising:
- an anchor support comprising a flexible body fabricated of at least one resilient material, the flexible body having a base and a tab extending upwards from the base, the flexible body encapsulating a plurality of permanent magnets;
- and
- a containment boom connector fastened to the anchor support,
- wherein the permanent magnets are disposed within the base, and
- first and second reinforcement sheets encapsulated within the flexible body, the first reinforcement sheet being disposed between the plurality of permanent magnets and a first face of the base, the second reinforcement sheet being disposed between the plurality of permanent magnets and a second face of the base, the second reinforcement sheet extending from the base into the tab,
- wherein the second reinforcement sheet comprises a partial loop that extends upwards within the height of the tab,
- wherein one or both of the first and second reinforcement sheets are selected from the group consisting of fiberglass cloth, Kevlar cloth, Kevlar mesh, and a resilient fabric or a resilient mesh fabricated of one or more other materials, wherein the containment boom is configured to float and contain a spill of floating pollutant.
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A removable containment boom anchor, comprising:
- an anchor support comprising a flexible body fabricated of at least one resilient material, the flexible body having a base and a tab extending upwards from the base, the flexible body encapsulating a plurality of permanent magnets;
- and
- a containment boom connector fastened to the anchor support,
- wherein the permanent magnets are disposed within the base;
- first and second reinforcement sheets encapsulated within the flexible body, the first reinforcement sheet being disposed between the plurality of permanent magnets and a first face of the base, the second reinforcement sheet being disposed between the plurality of permanent magnets and a second face of the base, the second reinforcement sheet extending from the base into the tab;
- wherein the second reinforcement sheet comprises a partial loop that extends upwards within the height of the tab, and
- at least one reinforcement grid encapsulated within the flexible body, wherein the at least one reinforcement grid comprises a wire mesh, wherein the containment boom is configured to float and contain a spill of floating pollutant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.