Patent
Asymmetric seaweeds (US Patent 4439058)
University of Miami · Granted Mar 27, 1984 · Filed Feb 8, 1982
Patent number: 4439058 Granted: 1984-03-27 Filed: 1982-02-08 Inventors: Bernard J. Le Mehaute (Miami, FL, US) Assignees: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, US)
Abstract
An artificial seaweed, or "asymmetric seaweed", system for preventing shoreline erosion and/or causing sand accretion on beaches under wave action.
Claims
- A device which, once implanted in the water adjacent to a surf zone of a beach, channelizes wave energy to inhibit coastal erosion and enhance accretion comprising: (a) an anchoring means; (b) a base; (c) a
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