Arrangement in flexible fences for enclosing impurities floating on water

Claim 2

A slick confining boom comprising: A. a separate body means, said body means being flexible and including: i. a depending skirt adapted to extend below the surface of a body of water and ii. an upwardly extending portion adapted to extend above the surface of a body of water; B. tension means adapted to carry tension loads on the boom and laterally spaced from said body; and C. tether means extending laterally away from said body to said tension means, so as to connect said body means to said tension means.

Claim 3

A slick confining boom comprising an elongated body means of flexible material having an upwardly extending portion adapted to extend above the surface of a body of water and a downwardly extending portion adapted to extend below said water surface, floats connected to and positioned along said upwardly extending portion of said body means, weights connected to and positioned along said downwardly extending portion of said body means, a stress relieving rope spaced laterally from said body means and adapted to relieve the stress on said body means when in a body of water, and a plurality of connecting means extending laterally from said body means and connecting only spaced apart portions of said body means to similarly spaced apart portions of said rope.

Claim 4

A slick confining boom comprising an elongated body means of flexible material having an upwardly extending portion adapted to extend above the surface of a body of water and a downwardly extending portion adapted to extend below said water surface, floats connected to and positioned along said upwardly extending portion of said body means, weights connected to and positioned along said downwardly extending portion of said body means, a stress relieving rope spaced laterally from said body means and adapted to relieve the stress on said body means when in a body of water, and a plurality of connecting means extending laterally from said body means and connecting only spaced apart portions of said body means to similarly spaced apart portions of said rope.

Claim 5

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 2 wherein said connecting means consists of wires.

Claim 6

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 3 wherein said wires are detachably connected to said body means and each wire has its portion between said body means and said rope adjustable as to its length.

Claim 7

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 2 wherein said body means consists of a plurality of detachably connected sections.

Claim 8

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 5 including rigid connecting members each having an H-shaped cross-sectional configuration with the parallel legs of the H at their ends being enlarged in a direction towards the opposing ends thereof and said sections having enlarged ends each inserted in the space between said connecting member legs.

Claim 9

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 6 including locking means detachably mounted on said connecting members on each side of said section enlarged ends to prevent said sections from slipping longitudinally from said connecting members.

Claim 10

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 6 wherein said rope is connected to the connecting members at opposite ends of said body means.

Claim 11

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 6 wherein said connecting members extend vertically of said body means.

Claim 12

A slick confining boom as claimed in claim 6 wherein the portion of said rope which lies between adjacent connecting members is shorter than the corresponding section of said body means.