Retention tank storage cover
OwnerMichael Whitenerinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The disclosure teaches a polyurea coated water storage floatation cover comprising a layer of buoyant closed cell foam coated with polyurea, a upper layer of polyurea coated textile attached to the buoyant closed cell foam coated with polyurea, and attachment components affixed to the upper layer of the polyurea coated textile. The cover can be rolled up for storage and transportation. The cover can be reused. The cover can be made in sections that can be attached together to cover a large area of water surface such as in a retention pond or open top tank.
Claims17
A polyurea coated water storage floatation cover comprising:
- a) at least a single layer section of non buoyant water impervious comprising coated fibers, fabric or geotextile having a first upper side and a second underside;
- b) floatation sections which are selectively and separately attached to the non buoyant water impervious cover wherein a combination of the plurality of attached floatation sections to the non buoyant water impervious cover section forms a buoyant substantially flat panel;
- c) each of the plurality of selectively dimensioned floatation sections are sprayed with water imperious coating and attached to the second underside of the non buoyant water impervious continuous liner;
- d) a plurality of positioned and dimensioned floatation sections attached to the non buoyant water impervious cover wherein neither the dimensioned floatation sections nor the non buoyant impervious cover comprise a metal or rigid frame nor are the floatation sections and non buoyant impervious cover anchored or tethered;
- e) the plurality of positioned and dimensioned floatation sections attached to the non buoyant water impervious cover in a selected pattern wherein the positioned and dimensioned floatation sections are configured to achieve a combined buoyancy with the water impervious cover to maintain the water impervious covering substantially at a fluid surface level;
- and
- f) one or more complementary detachable fasteners attaching one buoyant substantially flat panel to one or more other buoyant substantially flat panel.
A polyurea coated storage floatation cover section comprising:
- a) at least a layer of buoyant floatation section coated with a fluid impervious layer of polyurea;
- b) a textile coated with a water impervious layer of polyurea having a first top surface and a second bottom surface wherein a plurality of separated buoyant floatation sections are selectively positioned by attachment to a surface of the textile to form a buoyant substantially flat panel;
- c) the buoyant flat panel has a selected buoyancy by dimension and position of the buoyant floatation sections to suspend the buoyant flat panel substantially at a fluid surface;
- and
- d) one or more detachable fasteners attached to one or more buoyant flat panels and complementary fastener attached to one or more separate buoyant flat panel creating a buoyant covering structure comprised of a plurality of buoyant substantially flat panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.