Hydraulic and earth engineering – Fluid control – treatment – or containment – Floatable matter containment
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-14
2006-11-14
Lagman, Frederick L. (Department: 3673)
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Fluid control, treatment, or containment
Floatable matter containment
C405S068000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07134807
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.
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Gunderboom, Inc.
Lagman Frederick L.
Nixon & Peabody LLP
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