Artificial reef
OwnerMichael Scott Bartkowskiinventor
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Abstract
An artificial reef that will adequately promote marine growth, marine life, and prevent erosion by providing a unique designed and configuration. The artificial reef is a vertical structure having an enclosed top wall, an opened bottom, and at least three side walls for forming an overall geometrical shape. An opening extends through the enclosed top wall and at least one opening extends through each side wall. This design and configuration will provide an optimum means for water flow and provide adequate and efficient stability of the final structure. This will ultimately prevent damage, roll overs, or the like, even during turbulent weather conditions.
Claims17
An artificial reef comprising:
- a lower portion and an upper portion;
- said lower portion is larger in size than said upper portion to provide for an gradual decrease in surface area from said lower portion to said upper portion;
- at least one wall extends from said lower portion to said upper portion forming an enclosure and said wall is solid;
- an enclosed top wall is located at said upper portion;
- said at least one wall is fabricated from a water impervious material and said at least one wall is substantially textured and is free from obstructions;
- said at least one wall forms an artificial reef having an integral structure and including a substantial weight for maintaining said at least one wall in an upright and balanced position when in a body of water;
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- a reinforcing frame is embedded in each of said at least one wall for structural stability.
An artificial reef comprising:
- a lower portion and an upper portion;
- said lower portion is larger in size than said upper portion to provide for an gradual decrease in surface area from said lower portion to said upper portion;
- at least three walls extend from said lower portion to said upper portion forming an enclosure;
- said enclosure is hollow;
- an enclosed top wall is located at said upper portion;
- at least one opening extends through said top wall;
- a carrying device is embedded within said at least three walls and extends outwardly from said upper portion for enabling transportation even if said enclosure is submerged in water;
- said at least three walls are fabricated from a water impervious material and said at least three walls are substantially textured and are free from obstructions;
- said at least three walls form an artificial reef having an integral structure.
An artificial reef comprising:
- a first structure having a hollow interior area;
- said first structure includes a lower portion and an upper portion and said lower portion is larger in size than said upper portion to provide for an gradual decrease in surface area from said lower portion to said upper portion;
- said first structure being fabricated from a water impervious material and having at least one wall and said at least one wall extends from said lower portion to said upper portion forming an enclosure;
- said first structure includes an opened lower end;
- a second structure;
- said second structure being smaller in size than said first structure;
- said second structure is located within said hollow interior area of said first structure;
- said second structure is received within said hollow interior area via said opened lower end;
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- a reinforcing metallic frame is embedded in said at least one wall of said first structure for structural stability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.