Wave Energy Reduction System
OwnerPhilip Olous Melby, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating moderately quiescent water in which salt marsh wetland grasses can endure and eventually establish without the need for the total elimination of the energy of occurring waves or the restriction of sediment passage
Claims13
A wave energy reduction system comprising a geotextile mat, said geotextile mat being rolled into a roughly cylindrical shape and secured to the ground in the water near a shoreline.
The wave energy reduction system as in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising multiple cable ties, said cable ties being wrapped and tied around the circumference of the rolled geotextile mat to maintain the cylindrical shape thereof.
The wave energy reduction system as in any one of the preceding claims, further comprising multiple anchors, said anchors being attached to the ground along the rolled geotextile mat.
A wave energy reduction apparatus comprising:
- (a) a geotextile mat that is rolled into a roughly cylindrical shape;
- (b) a multiplicity of cable ties that are wrapped and tied around the circumference of the rolled geotextile mat to maintain the cylindrical shape thereof;
- (c) a multiplicity of anchors that are attached to the ground along the rolled geotextile mat;
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- (d) a number of pieces of rope equal to the number of anchors used, each piece of rope being wrapped around the roll, inserted through the eyelets of the anchors, and securely tied at the top of the roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.