Hydraulic and earth engineering – Bank – shore – or bed protection
Patent
1987-03-10
1987-12-01
Stodola, Nancy J.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Bank, shore, or bed protection
405 32, 405 34, E02B 304, E02B 306
Patent
active
047100567
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for restoring a beach by raising the level of the beach between the high tide line and the low tide line of the beach in which an elongated rectangular net of nylon cord is suspended from a temporary supporting structure generally perpendicular to the high tide line of the beach and extending from the high tide line to at least the low tide line, said net having a uniform mesh sized to prohibit passage through said net of the larger rocks, coral and shells present on the sea floor and having a weighted bottom edge resting upon the sea floor and a top edge suspended above the high tide level of the sea, wherein said net remains suspended between the high tide line and the low tide line for a period of at least twelve hours, and then said net and its supporting structure are removed from the beach.
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Johnson Merrill N.
Stodola Nancy J.
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