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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank A March, Reston, VA (US);
Louis S Brown, Jr, Stevens City, VA (US);
Assignee:
Seaward International, Inc., Falls Church, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405 63 ; 405 72 ;
Abstract
A flexible, fence-type, water-borne pollutant containment boom is disclosed having a flexible, permanently attached tension reinforcing belt of continuous, substantially parallel, high modulus, aramid fibers adhesively secured to the boom proximate its bottom edge and having a plurality of handles spaced along the top edge of the boom, the handles being molded on both sides of the boom and overlapping the top edge and surrounding openings cut in the boom proximate the top edge leaving flaps of boom material to selectively close the openings.