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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul Preus, Toms River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405 66 ; 210D / ; 405 70 ; 405 72 ;
Abstract
A barrier for water carried pollutants comprises a series of end to end connectable boom sections containing a flotable material; fluid impervious connectors for the ends of the boom sections; flexible draft members and associated connectors for maintaining the integrity of the boom if it becomes necessary to replace one or more of the boom sections, wherein the flotable material comprises a plurality of closed-cell foam, hollow, cylindrical blocks and end closure members for each end of each block.