Angled rung double wall canal liner
OwnerKenneth L. Suazoinventor
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Abstract
A canal liner having angled rungs and method for installing a canal liner having angled rungs. The canal liner has a bottom portion, a first hollow sidewall and a second hollow sidewall and one or more angled rungs disposed on the first hollow sidewall and/or the 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. Optionally, 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.
Claims20
A canal liner comprising:
- a first hollow sidewall;
- a second hollow sidewall;
- a bottom portion;
- and
- a plurality of rungs, each of said plurality of rungs having a first end disposed at an upper end portion of said first hollow sidewall and said plurality of rungs each extending to a respective second end which is lower than said first end when said first hollow sidewall is positioned such that said first end is positioned above said second end.
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 a 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 in a desired flow direction;
- and
- coupling at least two of the folded canal liners together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.