Apparatus for artificial reef
OwnerJohn W. Hallinventor
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Abstract
The present invention disclosed an artificial reef system having a plurality of tire casings tethered onto a cable-like line which reef system is supported in an upright position by a flotation device and which artificial reef system is anchored to the bottom of the ocean by another tire casing filled with concrete having an anchoring device disposed on its underside. The cable-like line may be monofilament. The reef system of tire casings is disposed upwardly due to the buoyancy of the flotation device and is free to move with the current in a natural manner to the extent that the cable-like allows. The flotation device may have a rigid wall so that it maintains its surface displacement when subjected to underwater pressure.
Claims12
An apparatus for forming an underwater artificial reef system for suspension on the floor of a water body, comprising:
- a) a plurality of tire casings, said casings having a pair of sidewalls connected by a treadwall, said treadwalls having a first side and a second side, wherein said first side of said casing is disposed substantially opposite said second side of said casings;
- b) a line which connects said plurality of casings, said line having a first end and a second end, wherein said line passes through a first side of each said casing and then a second side of each said casing;
- c) a floatation device disposed on said first end of said line to permit the suspension of said line having said tire casings disposed thereon;
- d) means for anchoring said second end of said line to the floor of a water body to permit the apparatus to be secured thereto, wherein said means for anchoring comprises a tire casing, said tire casing having an interior defined by a pair of sidewalls, a treadwall and a center opening of said casing said opening being normally occupied by a steel rim when the tire casing is normally used on a vehicle, concrete, said concrete being cured, said concrete being disposed in said interior area of said tire casing, a shaft disposed in said concrete, said shaft being disposed in a plane perpendicular to said pair of sidewalls, said shaft having a first end and a second end, said first end of said shaft being connected to said line and, an anchor disposed on said second end of said shaft for disposition in the floor of a water body;
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- e) means for connecting said first end of said line to said flotation device and said second end of said line to said means for anchoring.
An apparatus for forming an underwater artificial reef system for suspension on the floor of a water body, comprising:
- a) a plurality of tire casings, said casings having a pair of sidewalls connected by a treadwall, said treadwalls having a first side and a second side;
- b) wherein said plurality of tire casings alternatively comprise a group of a plurality of vertically disposed tires separated by a horizontally disposed tire, wherein said plurality of tire casings are tied together;
- c) a line which connects said plurality of casings, said line having a first end and a second end;
- d) a flotation device disposed on said first end of said line to permit the suspension of said line having said tire casings disposed thereon wherein said flotation device comprises plastic pipe having a rigid wall, wherein said pipe maintains its surface displacement when subjected to underwater pressure;
- e) an anchor for anchoring said second end of said line to the floor of a water body to permit the apparatus to be secured thereto;
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- f) wherein said first end of said line is connected to said flotation device and said second end of said line is connected to said anchor.
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