Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A wave barrier comprising a plurality of buoyant members, at least one of said members comprising a vessel having a closed top, an open bottom and at least one annulus secured to the exterior of the vessel, the remainder of said members being a disk or one of said vessels having at least one annulus attached to the exterior of the vessel, said members being flexibly suspended to each other and, when anchored in water having a configuration such that the members are located at different vertical levels along a common vertical axis and each vessel has its bottom at a lower water level than its top, each of said disks being of relatively great horizontal extent compared to its vertical dimention, the mass and buoyancy of said members and the distance between said members being such as to provide vertical, out of phase motion of said members to exert a compression force on water between said members to reduce a vertical wave velocity component and increase a horizontal wave velocity component in both a landward and seaward direction without substantial contact of said members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A wave barrier comprising a plurality of buoyant members, at least one of said members comprising a vessel having a closed top, an open bottom and at least one annulus secured to the exterior of the vessel, the remainder of said members being a disk or one of said vessels having at least one annulus attached to the exterior of the vessel, said members being flexibly suspended to each other and, when anchored in water having a configuration such that the members are located at different vertical levels along a common vertical axis and each vessel has its bottom at a lower water level than its top, each of said disks being of relatively great horizontal extent compared to its vertical dimention, the mass and buoyancy of said members and the distance between said members being such as to provide vertical, out of phase motion of said members to exert a compression force on water between said members to reduce a vertical wave velocity component and increase a horizontal wave velocity component in both a landward and seaward direction without substantial contact of said members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The wave barrier of claim 1 wherein the distance between the top of the top buoyant member and the bottom of the lowermost buoyant member is about one-half the wave length of normal waves in which the barrier is positioned.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
The wave barrier of claim 1 having two vessels each having at least one annulus attached to the exterior of the vessels and a disk flexibly suspended from a vessel, said disk comprising the vertically lowermost member when the barrier is placed in water.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The wave barrier of claim 2 having two vessels each having at least one annulus attached to the exterior of each vessel and a disk flexibly suspended from a vessel, said disk comprising the vertically lowermost member when the barrier is placed in water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The wave barrier of claim 1 wherein the lowermost buoyant member is attached to an anchor with a flexible line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
Apparatus for reducing or eliminating the vertical kinetic energy component of water waves on a shore line comprising a plurality of the wave barriers of claim 1 positioned generally parallel to the shore line at different distances from the shore line so that a given portion of an incident water wave contacts at least two of said barriers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
Apparatus for reducing or eliminating the vertical kinetic energy component of water waves on a shore line comprising a plurality of the wave barriers of claim 2 positioned generally parallel to the shore line at different distances from the shore line so that a given portion of an incident water wave contacts at least two of said barriers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said barriers are anchored tO a net located on and secured to the sea bottom.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said barriers are anchored to a net located on and secured to the sea bottom.