Ecological coir roll element and shoreline protected thereby
OwnerLothar Bestmanninventor
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Abstract
An ecological fiber roll element for use in protecting a shoreline to prevent erosion and to the protected shoreline. The roll element comprises a generally cylindrical roll, with or without aquatic plants therein, the roll element consisting essentially of coir material. The roll element includes a netting material about the exterior surface of the roll. A plurality of the roll elements are arranged on a shoreline and secured usually by stakes to the shoreline.
Claims27
An ecological fiber roll element adapted for use in the protection of a shoreline characterized by a high and low water line and to prevent erosion, which element comprises:
- a) an elongated, cylindrical fiber roll having a first and second end, and consisting essentially of slowly decaying, biodegradable, fibrous coir material;
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- b) a mesh netting material extending about the exterior peripheral cylindrical surface of said fiber roll and to hold within the said fiber roll of coir material.
An ecological fiber roll element adapted for use in the protection of a shoreline characterized by a high and low water line, which element comprises:
- a) a generally solid cylindrical roll having a first and second end and an elongated, longitudinal body, consisting essentially of biodegradable, slowly decaying fibrous coir material;
- b) a plurality of precultivated emergent aquatic plants having roots which are planted within the coir material;
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- c) mesh means to secure and hold the coir material in roll form.
A shoreline characterized by a low and a high water line and subject to water erosion, which shoreline includes:
- a) a plurality of ecological fiber roll elements arranged and adapted on the shoreline to prevent erosion;
- b) the fiber roll elements comprising an elongated, generally cylindrical, solid fiber roll having an exterior peripheral surface, the fiber rolls consisting essentially of slowly decaying vegetative, biodegradable, fibrous coir material;
- c) the fiber roll elements having a netting material about the exterior peripheral surface to hold the coir material in roll form;
- d) one or more precultivated aquatic, emergent aquatic plants rooted generally longitudinally along the fiber roll element;
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- e) means to secure the fiber roll elements in position on the shoreline between the high and low water line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.