Marine barrier and gate
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United States of America Patent
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Dec 30, 2014
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app pub date -
Aug 15, 2012
filing date -
Sep 1, 2011
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Abstract
A marine barrier has substantially vertical panels, each having a buoyant portion, and a plurality of hinges, each hinge for elastically connecting a side of a first one of the panels to a side of an adjacent second one of the panels with an included angle therebetween, to form a buoyant continuous pleated row of panels, with the hinges arranged in first and second substantially parallel rows. An impact cable is attached to opposing ends of the pleated row of panels passing through each of the hinges in the first row of hinges. When the barrier is floating in water and a moving vessel impacts the impact cable, the impact cable deflects to transfer a force of the impact to one or more of the panels, which in turn engage the water to transfer the force of the impact to the water, to arrest the motion of the vessel.
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International Classification(s)
- 2012 Application Filing Year
- F41H Class
- 232 Applications Filed
- 199 Patents Issued To-Date
- 85.78 % Issued To-Date
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Patent Citation Ranking
- 5 Citation Count
- F41H Class
- 8.11 % this patent is cited more than
- 11 Age
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