Tire assembly and a method of building a support structure in a marine environment using tires
OwnerDouglas Goeiinventor
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Abstract
A tire assembly for use in reclaiming land from a marine environment. An anchor having at least one cable connected thereto acts as a base to which tires are connected by threading them down the cable to form a cylindrical tower of tires which can be filled with concrete or filler if desired. A plurality of the tire assemblies can be positioned adjacent to one another and further interconnected for stability purposes and can form the basis for further structural elements.
Claims14
A method for reclaiming land from a marine environment comprising:
- connecting a first end of a cable to a to surface of an anchor, said to surface forming a platform;
- lowering said anchor by said cable to a bottom of a body of water;
- threading a plurality of tires down the cable to the anchor to form a cylindrical stack of tires seated on said to surface of said anchor, said to surface corresponding in size to the diameter of said tires.
A method for reclaiming land from a marine environment comprising:
- lowering an anchor having at least one cable having a first end connected thereto to a bottom of a body of water;
- threading a plurality of tires down the cable to the anchor to form a cylindrical stack of tires seated on said anchor, each of said plurality of tires wrapped in a wire mesh:
- connecting a float to a second, opposite end of said at least one cable;
- and
- wherein a solar panel is positioned atop said float and provides a current to said wire mesh.
A method for reclaiming land from a marine environment comprising:
- lowering an anchor having an anchor cable having a first end connected thereto to a bottom of a body of water;
- threading a plurality of tires down the cable to the anchor to form a cylindrical stack of tires on said anchor, said stack of tires defining an inner column;
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- infilling said inner column defined by said cylindrical stack of tires with concrete.
A tire assembly for use in reclaiming land from a marine environment comprising:
- an anchor having at least one connector on a top surface thereof;
- an anchor cable connected at one end to said connector;
- four guiding cables connected to said anchor;
- at least one tire threaded onto said anchor cable and seated on said anchor;
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- wherein said at least one tire has a wire mesh wrapped about it, said wire mesh sealed with a connecting wire to which four clips are connected, and wherein each of said four guiding cables is threaded through a respective one of said four clips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.