Y-panel anchoring system for boom installation
AssigneeGunderboom, Inc.
InventorHarold B. Dreyer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an anchoring system for a containment/exclusion boom, the anchoring system including: a Y-panel member which is adapted to be connected to a curtain of a containment/exclusion boom, said Y-panel member comprising a first skirt panel and a second skirt panel each having their proximal ends joined together and each having a distal end; and means for maintaining the distal ends of the first and second skirt panels substantially against the floor of a body of water upon introduction of the anchoring system into the body of water. Also disclosed are a containment/exclusion boom which includes an anchoring system of the present invention and a method of containing/excluding contaminants from passage from one side to another side of a boom through the use thereof.
Claims20
An anchoring system for a containment/exclusion boom, the anchoring system comprising:
- a Y-panel member which is adapted to be connected to a curtain of a containment/exclusion boom, said Y-panel member comprising a first skirt panel and a second skirt panel each having their proximal ends joined together and each having a distal end;
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- means for maintaining the distal end of the first and second skirt panels substantially against the floor of a body of water upon introduction of the anchoring system into the body of water.
A containment/exclusion boom comprising:
- a support system which can be positioned in a body of water;
- an upper curtain member made of a flexible fabric that allows movement of water therethrough, said upper curtain member being connected to the lower edge of said support system;
- a Y-panel member integral with or connected to said upper curtain member, said Y-panel member comprising a first skirt panel and a second skirt panel each having a proximal end adjacent the upper curtain member and each having a distal end;
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- means for maintaining the distal end of the first and second skirt panels substantially against the floor of a body of water upon introduction of the containment/exclusion boom into the body of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.