1977-07-12
1978-05-16
Gilliam, Paul R.
E02B 720
Patent
active
040891801
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a floodgate for use with an earthen levee having a cut therein. The floodgate includes a generally rectangular piece of sheet material having sufficient dimensions to cover the area of the levee defining the cut when the floodgate is in its water-passing position. The floodgate further includes an elongated relatively rigid pole having a length greater than the width of the cut in the levee. A loop is formed in the piece of sheet material along one end thereof, generally across the width thereof, and having a void area encompassed thereby at least as great as the cross-sectional area of the pole so that the pole may be received by the loop, and so that the pole may be rotated to wrap the sheet material around the pole while the pole is received by the loop. Preferably, the sheet is polyethylene having ultra-violet inhibitor, about 14 to 16 mils thick, and about 9 feet by 4 or more feet.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2674855 (1954-04-01), Taylor
patent: 2729944 (1956-01-01), Bentrup
patent: 3518833 (1970-07-01), Bogart
Corbin David H.
Gilliam Paul R.
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