US 9,004,815 B2Granted

Water containment barriers, systems, and methods of using the same

OwnerJaren Taylorinventor

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Abstract

In an embodiment, a water containment barrier may include a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion, a bottom portion, a first end, and a second end. An external support system may be connected to the front wall of the hollow body. The external support system may include an upper cross member, a lower cross member, a first side member generally extending between the upper and lower cross members, and a second side member generally opposite the first side member. The external support system may be configured to at least partially reinforce the front wall against internal forces and/or external forces exerted on the front wall. The barrier may also include an elongated foot member attached to the bottom portion.

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Dependent claims

A water containment barrier comprising:

a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion extending between said front wall and said back wall, a bottom portion generally opposite said top portion, a first end extending between said top portion and said bottom portion, and a second end extending between said top portion and said bottom portion;
said hollow body exhibiting a height generally defined between said top portion and said bottom portion, wherein said hollow body is configured to receive one or more materials to at least partially fill said hollow body, and
an elongated connection member connected to said first end and generally extending between said top portion and said bottom portion;
a connection recess formed in said second end, said connection recess being sized and configured to generally correspond to at least a portion of said connection member;
an external support system connected to said front wall, said external support system including an upper cross member, a lower cross member, a first side member generally extending between said upper cross member and said lower cross member, a second side member generally opposite said first side member, and one or more cross bars extending between said first side member and said second side member, said external support system being configured to at least partially reinforce front wall against internal forces and/or external forces exerted on said front wall;
and
an elongated foot member attached to said bottom portion.

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A method of connecting water containment barriers, the method comprising:

providing a first water containment barrier and a second water containment barrier, each of said first water con ent barrier and second water containment barrier including:
a hollow body at least partially defined by a front wall, a back wall, a top portion extending between said front wall and said back wall, a bottom po on generally opposite said top portion, a first end extending between said top portion and said bottom portion, and a second end extending between said top portion and said bottom portion;
an elongated connection member connected to said first end and generally extending between said top portion and said bottom portion;
a connection recess formed in said second end, said connection recess being sized and configured to generally correspond to at least a portion of said connection member;
and
an elongated foot member attached to said bottom portion;
inserting said connection member of said first water containment barrier in said connection recess of said second water containment barrier such that said first water containment barrier and said second water containment barrier are connected together;
attaching a first external support system having a first plurality of connecting members to said front wall of said first water containment barrier, said first external support system including a first side member, a second side member, and one or more cross bars extending between said first side member and said second side member;
and
attaching a second external support system having a second plurality of connecting members to said front wall of said second water management barrier, wherein said second external support system is positioned such that at least a portion of said first plurality of connecting members intermesh with at least a portion of said second plurality of connecting members.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/674,819Filed 12 Nov 2012 · continuation in part
Priority: 24 Nov 2008
Published: US 2013/0071188 A121 Mar 2013
Granted: 14 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

E02B 3/108
Temporary dykes: with a filling, e.g. filled by water or sand
E02B 3/106
Dams; Dykes; Sluice ways or other structures for dykes, dams, or the like: temporary dykes
E02B 7/20
Barrages or weirs; Layout, construction, methods of, or devices for, making same: movable barrages; Lock or dry-dock gates
E02B
Hydraulic engineering

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Application61/117,523Us provisional application · filed 24 Nov 2008
Application12/623,172Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 20 Nov 2009
Application13/485,071Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 May 2012
Application29/423,388Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 31 May 2012
US 8,313,265 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 20 Nov 2012
US 2013/0071188 A1Pre-grant publication · published 21 Mar 2013
US D696,791 S1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2010/0129156 A1Published application
US 2012/0315093 A1Published application
US 8,864,411 B2Related patent
US 9,004,815 B2This patent

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