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US 9,926,680 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for erosion control and environmental protection
OwnerWalter J. Boassoinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus incorporating erosion preventing mats or blankets having oyster spat are placed to prevent or reduce erosion. The method and apparatus incorporates seeding with oyster spat and/or oyster larvae onto a blanket having rough surfaces and comprising calcium. After seeding and setting natural growth of the oyster larvae can create a barrier that helps prevent erosion by breaking the kinetic energy of waves.
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A method for preventing erosion comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets, each mat or blanket comprising a plurality of interconnected blocks wherein the blocks are comprised of concrete having oyster shell as aggregate;
- (b) providing a mobile remote setting system having an interior, and at a first location placing the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets in the interior of the mobile remote setting system, wherein the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets are suspended within the mobile remote setting system;
- (c) moving the mobile remote setting system from the first location to a second location;
- (d) at the second location placing oyster larvae in the interior of the mobile remote setting system and allowing the oyster larvae to set on the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets for a predefined period of time for setting;
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- (e) wherein after step “d” the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets are removed from the interior of the mobile remote setting system and placed at a selected erosion prevention location.
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A method for preventing erosion comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets, each mat or blanket comprising a plurality of interconnected blocks wherein the blocks are comprised of concrete having oyster shell as aggregate;
- (b) providing a mobile remote setting system having an interior, and at a first location placing the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets in the interior of the mobile remote setting system;
- (c) moving the mobile remote setting system from the first location to a second location;
- (d) at the second location placing oyster larvae in the interior of the mobile remote setting system and allowing the oyster larvae to set on the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets for a predefined period of time for setting;
- (e) wherein after step “d” the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets are removed from the interior of the mobile remote setting system and placed at a selected erosion prevention location, and
- (f) removing the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets from the interior of the mobile remote setting system and placing them at the selected erosion prevention location, wherein each of the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets have an upper face and a lower face and after being removed from the interior of the mobile remote setting facility, the lower face of at least one of the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets is placed on top of the upper face of at least another one of the other of the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets.
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A method for preventing erosion comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets, each mat or blanket comprising a plurality of interconnected blocks wherein the blocks are comprised of concrete having oyster shell as aggregate;
- (b) providing a mobile remote setting system having an interior, and at a first location placing the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets in the interior of the mobile remote setting system;
- (c) moving the mobile remote setting system from the first location to a second location;
- (d) at the second location placing oyster larvae in the interior of the mobile remote setting system and allowing the oyster larvae to set on the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets for a predefined period of time for setting;
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- (e) wherein after step “d” the plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets are removed from the interior of the mobile remote setting system and placed at a selected erosion prevention location, wherein a second mobile remote setting system having an interior is provided and during step “c” and a second plurality of articulating base structure mats or blankets is being hung in the interior of the second mobile remote setting system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.