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US 2026/0117477 A1Published application
Double wall canal liner
OwnerKenneth L. Suazoinventor
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Abstract
A canal liner and method for installing a canal liner. The canal liner has a bottom portion, a first hollow sidewall and a second hollow sidewall. One or more of the sidewalls can have one or more weep holes to allow liquid to at least partially fill one or more internal voids thereof. The sidewalls can be coupled to the bottom portion via one or more hinges such that the canal liner can be transported in a substantially flat, planar shape and folded on-site and placed into the canal.
Claims27
A canal liner comprising:
- a first hollow sidewall;
- a second hollow sidewall;
- a bottom portion;
- a first hinge formed or otherwise disposed between said first hollow sidewall and said bottom;
- and
- a second hinge formed or otherwise disposed between said second hollow sidewall and said bottom.
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A method for lining a canal, the method comprising:
- transporting a plurality of canal liners in an at least substantially flat, stacked configuration, the canal liners each having a substantially planar shape when in the at least substantially flat stacked configuration;
- respectively folding each of the plurality of canal liners into a non-planar shape that at least substantially corresponds to the shape of the canal, wherein respectively folding comprises folding a first hollow sidewall with respect to a bottom portion and folding a second hollow sidewall with respect to the bottom portion;
- placing the folded canal liners into the canal;
- and
- coupling at least two of the folded canal liners together.
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A canal liner comprising:
- a first hollow sidewall comprising one or more weep holes disposed therein, and one or more vent holes disposed therein, the one or more weep holes and the one or more vent holes providing openings to one or more internal voids of the first hollow sidewall;
- a second hollow sidewall;
- and
- a hollow bottom portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.