Artificial surfing reef
OwnerGary Rossinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is an artificial surfing reef for modifying near shore ocean floor bottom to create surfing waves. The artificial surfing reef is a generally Y-shaped structure made of many large sized polyvinyl chloride pipes and having a leading leg and two main legs joined at a joint, where the leading leg extends from the joint toward the offshore direction. As a swell moves toward the shore, its bottom is resisted by the leading leg of the artificial surfing reef, and its top topples over the joint and is tapered by the two main legs of the artificial surfing reef to thereby form perfect surfing waves.
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An artificial surfing reef for modifying a near shore ocean floor bottom to create surfing waves, comprising:
- a. a generally Y-shaped structure having a leading leg and two main legs joined at a hub, where the leading leg extends away from the shore, and the two main legs extend toward the shore;
- b. said leading leg and said two main legs each being a pipe structure assembled by a multiplicity of pipes made of light, rigid and environmentally inert material and each pipe having an elongated body with a hollow chamber;
- c. said two main legs being substantially longer than said leading leg;
- d. said multiplicity of pipes of each said pipe structure being arranged in a multiplicity of stacked layers each having respective number of identical pipes placed side by side;
- `e. means for bonding said multiplicity of pipes of each said pipe structure together;
- f. means for sealing said hollow chambers of said multiplicity of pipes of each said pipe structure;
- g. means for interconnecting said hollow chambers of said multiplicity of pipes of each said pipe structure, such that said leading leg and said two main legs each has an integrated hollow chamber;
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- h. means for valving said integrated hollow chambers of said leading leg and said two main legs, such that when they are filled with air, said artificial surfing reef can float and be towed on the water, and when they are filled with water, said artificial surfing reef can sink on the ocean floor bottom;
- i. whereby as a swell moves toward the shore, the bottom of the swell is resisted by said leading leg, and the top of the swell topples over said hub and is tapered by said two main legs to thereby form surfing waves.
An artificial surfing reef for modifying a near shore ocean floor bottom to create surfing waves, comprising:
- a. a generally Y-shaped structure having a leading leg and two main legs joined at a joint, where the leading leg extends away from the shore, and the two main legs extend toward the shore, the two main legs being substantially longer than the leading leg;
- b. said leading leg and said two main legs each being assembled by a respective group of elongated pipes made of light, rigid and environmentally inert material;
- c. means for bonding said elongated pipes;
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- d. means for sealing and valving said elongated pipes, such that when they are filled with air, said artificial surfing reef can float and be towed on the water, and when they are filled with water, said artificial surfing reef can sink on the ocean floor bottom;
- e. whereby as a swell moves toward the shore, its bottom is resisted by said leading leg, and its top topples over said joint and is tapered by said two main legs to thereby form surfing waves.
An artificial surfing reef for modifying a near shore ocean floor bottom to create surfing waves, comprising:
- a. a generally Y-shaped structure having a leading leg and two main legs joined at a joint, where the leading leg extends away from the shore, and the two main legs extend toward the shore;
- b. said leading leg and said two main legs each being assembled by a respective group of elongated pipes made of light, rigid and environmentally inert material, and each further comprising an end plate, where the end plates are mounted together to form a generally triangular prism shaped hub;
- c. means for bonding said elongated pipes;
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- d. means for sealing and valving said elongated pipes, such that when they ar filled with air, said artificial surfing reef can float and be towed on the water, and when they are filled with water, said artificial surfing reef can sink on the ocean floor bottom;
- e. whereby as a swell moves toward the shore, its bottom is resisted by said leading leg, and its top topples over said joint and is tapered by said two main legs to thereby form surfing waves.
An articifical surfing reef for modifying a near shore coean flor bottom to create surfing waves, comprising:
- a. a generally Y-shaped structure having a leading leg and two main legs joined at a joint and interconnected by a generally triangular prism shaped hub where the leading leg extends away from the shore, and the two main legs extend toward the shore;
- b. said leading leg and said two main legs each being assembled by a respective group of elongated pipes made of light, rigid and environmentally inert material;
- c. means for bonding said elongated pipes;
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- d. means for sealing and valving said elongated pipes, such that whey they are filled with air, said aritificial surfing reef can float and be towed on the water, and when they are filled with water, said artificial surfing reef can sink on the ocean floor bottom;
- e. whereby as a swell moves toward the shore, its bottom is resisted by said leading leg, and its top topples over said joint and is tapered by sid two main legs to thereby form surfing waves.
An artificial surfing reef for modifying a near shore ocean floor bottom to create surfing waves comprising a generally Y-shaped structure having a leading leg and two main legs joined at a joint, where the leading leg extends from the joint away from the shore direction, and the two main legs being substantially longer than the leading leg, whereby as a swell moves toward the shore, the bottom of the swell is resisted by the leading leg, and the top of the swell topples over the joint and is tapered by the two main legs to thereby form surfing waves.
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