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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Applicant:
Harold B. Dreyer, Anchorage, AK (US);
Inventor:
Harold B. Dreyer, Anchorage, AK (US);
Assignee:
Gunderboom, Inc., Anchorage, AK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A submersible boom that includes: a support system containing a substantially horizontal support member; a boom curtain formed of a flexible fabric material, the boom curtain being suspended from the substantially horizontal member; and means for raising and lowering the substantially horizontal support member between first (with the substantially horizontal support member at least partially above the surface of a body of water) and second (submerged) positions. Use of the boom in accordance with a method of allowing boat traffic ingress into and egress from a region within a body of water is also disclosed.