Marine habitat support module
OwnerJoseph Edward Farrell, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A marine habitat support module including a body having a concrete exterior. The concrete exterior of body defined a plurality of habitat support features. The concrete also has a pH selected to promote biocompatibility. The marine habitat support module also includes an interior chamber defined within the body. A selectively sealable passage is provided between the interior chamber and the exterior of the body. The selectively sealable passage may controllably vary the buoyancy of the marine habitat support module.
Claims22
A marine habitat support module comprising:
- a body including a concrete exterior defining a plurality of habitat support features, the concrete having a pH selected to promote biocompatibility;
- an interior chamber defined within the body;
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- a selectively sealable passage between the interior chamber and the exterior of the body for controllably varying the buoyancy of the marine habitat support module.
A marine habitat support module comprising:
- a concrete body having a pH selected to promote biocompatibility with marine biota for a selected deployment site;
- a buoyancy control chamber for controllably varying the buoyancy of the concrete body;
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- a plurality of habitat support features defined in an exterior of the concrete body, the habitat support features including one or more of voids, crevasses, fissures, tunnels, holes, defined in an exterior of the concrete body.
A marine habitat support module comprising:
- a concrete body;
- a buoyancy control chamber for controllably varying the buoyancy of the concrete body;
- a first fluid passage extending between an exterior of the concrete body and a first interior portion of the buoyancy control chamber;
- a second fluid passage extending between the exterior of the concrete body and a second interior portion of the buoyancy control chamber, the second interior portion of the buoyancy control chamber being at a height within the buoyancy control chamber lower than a height of the first interior portion of the buoyancy control chamber;
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- a bio-habitat feature associated with at least a portion of a top surface of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.