Marine block

Claim 2

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like, the marine block comprising, two, massive, rigid, end cylinders disposed with their longitudinal axes at about 90* to each other, a center cylinder having its ends integrally joined to the end cylinders intermediate the opposite ends of each cylinder thereby holding the end cylinders spaced and fixed relative to each other, the center cylinder having a diameter smaller than the diameter of each end cylinder in the areas of juncture to the end cylinders, and said center cylinder having less mass than either of the end cylinders.

Claim 3

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like according to claim 1, in which the end cylinders each comprise two frustums of cones with the bases of the frustums joined together, and in which each of the end cylinders has a circular cross section.

Claim 4

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like according to claim 1, in which each cylinder has a circular cross section.

Claim 5

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like according to claim 1, in which the center cylinder has a longitudinal axis intersecting each of the end cylinders in the areas of juncture centrally between the opposite ends of said end cylinders.

Claim 6

A marine structure comprising, a plurality of marine blocks, each marine block comprising two massive, rigid end cylinders disposed spaced from each other in fixed relative positions, a rigid center cylinder integrally connecting the two end cylinders rigidly to each other holding the end cylinders in fixed relative positions disposed on opposite ends of the center cylinder and with the longitudinal axes of the two end cylinders disposed in plane normal to each other, the center cylinder having a lesser cross section dimension along the axial length thereof than either end cylinder, the center cylinder having less mass than either end cylinder, and the blocks being arranged so that the structure is pervious to water.

Claim 7

A marine structure comprising, a plurality of marine blocks, each marine block comprising two massive, rigid end cylinders disposed spaced from each other in fixed relative positions, a rigid center cylinder integrally connecting the two end cylinders rigidly to each other holding the end cylinders in fixed relative positions disposed on opposite ends of the center cylinder and with the longitudinal axes of the two end cylinders disposed in plane normal to each other, the center cylinder having a lesser cross section dimension along the axial length thereof than either end cylinder, the center cylinder having less mass than either end cylinder, and the blocks being arranged so that the structure is pervious to water.

Claim 8

A marine structure according to claim 5, in which each marine cylinder is alike in configuration.

Claim 9

A marine structure according to claim 5, in which the marine blocks each have one of said two end cylinders disposed substantially upstanding.

Claim 10

A marine structure according to claim 5, in which the marine blocks each have one of said two end cylinders disposed at an angle relative to a horizontal plane.

Claim 11

A marine structure according to claim 5, in which said blocks are arranged superposed on each other at random.

Claim 12

A marine structure according to claim 5, in which said blocks are arranged with one cylinder thereof upstanding and the upstanding end cylinders in a row.

Claim 13

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like, the marine block comprising, two massive, rigid end cylinders disposed with their longitudinal axes at about 90* to each other, a center cylinder having its ends integrally joined to the end cylinders intermediate the opposite ends of each cylinder thereby holding the end cylinders spaced and fixed relative to each other, the center cylinder having a longitudinal axis intersecting one of the end cylinders in an area closer to one end of said end cylinders than the opposite end thereof, the center cylinder having a diameter smaller than the diameter of each end cylinder in the areas of juncture to the end cylinders, and said center cylinder having less mass than either of the end cylinders.

Claim 14

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like, the marine block comprising, two massive, rigid end cylinders disposed with their longitudinal axes at about 90* to each other, a center cylinder having its ends integrally joined to the end cylinders intermediate the opposite ends of each cylinder thereby holding the end cylinders spaced and fixed relative to each other, the center cylinder having a longitudinal axis intersecting one of the end cylinders in an area closer to one end of said end cylinders than the opposite end thereof, the center cylinder having a diameter smaller than the diameter of each end cylinder in the areas of juncture to the end cylinders, and said center cylinder having less mass than either of the end cylinders.

Claim 15

A marine block useable with other similar marine blocks in constructing marine structures such as groins, breakwaters, seawall armor and the like according to claim 11, in which the end cylinders each comprise two frustums of cones with the bases of the frustums integrally joined together, and in which each of the end cylinders has a circular cross section.