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Boom curtain with zipper connections and method of assembling boom
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Inventors: Dreyer, Harold B.;
Assignee: Gunderboom, Inc. (Anchorage, AK)
Primary Examiner: Shackelford; Heather
Assistant Examiner: Saldano; Lisa
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Nixon Peabody LLP
Modular boom curtain sections are disclosed, including zipper elements for connection of adjacent modular boom curtain sections. Boom curtains assembled from the boom curtain sections, boom systems containing those boom curtains, and methods of assembling the boom systems are also disclosed. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION A first aspect of the present invention relates to a boom curtain section formed of one or more sheets of flexible material that allow the flow of water therethrough, the one or more sheets of flexible material having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed lateral edges; and a first zipper element secured to the one or more sheets of flexible material adjacent a portion of the length of both lateral edges, wherein the first zipper element adjacent one or both lateral edges is disposed for mating engagement with a corresponding zipper element adjacent a lateral edge of an adjoining curtain section.
A second aspect of the present invention relates to a boom curtain including two or more curtain sections according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the zipper element adjacent a lateral edge of each curtain section is engaged with a corresponding zipper element adjacent a lateral edge of an adjoining curtain section.
A third aspect of the present invention relates to a boom system including a boom curtain according to the second aspect of the present invention.
Specifically, the boom system can include a support system which can be positioned in a body of water, wherein the upper edge of the two or more curtain sections are connected to the support system; and means, connected to the lower edge of the two or more curtain sections, for maintaining at least the lower edges thereof substantially against the floor of a body of water upon introduction of the boom system into the body of water.
A fourth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of assembling a boom system that includes: assembling a boom curtain according to the second aspect of the present invention by connecting together mating zipper elements from adjoining curtain sections; connecting the upper edge of each curtain section to a support system which can be positioned in a body of water; and connecting the lower edge of each curtain section to means for maintaining at least the lower edges thereof substantially against the floor of a body of water upon introduction of the boom system into the body of water
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