US 11,668,062 B2
Flood defence
Timothy Lester Collingwood, Devon (GB); Andrew Colin Yates, Cornwall (GB); and Keith Lee Stevens, Devon (GB)
Assigned to Flood Control International Ltd., Devon (GB)
Filed by Flood Control International Ltd, Devon (GB)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,558.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/116,408, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0162821 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. E02B 3/10 (2006.01); E02B 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 3/102 (2013.01) [E02B 3/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stowable flood barrier system comprising: first and second barrier modules each comprising a frame and a barrier panel pivotable with respect to the frame between a stowed position and a deployed position, in which deployed position a base of the barrier panel is sealed against the frame and a free edge of the barrier panel extends clear of the frame to present a barrier segment between lateral edges of the barrier panel, wherein the first and second barrier modules are sealable together in the deployed position along the lateral edges of their respective barrier panels to form a linked flood barrier, wherein the first and second barrier modules comprise differing sealing interfaces that are co-operable in the deployed position to seal together the first and second barrier modules, and wherein the first barrier module comprises an inflatable sealing interface and the second barrier module comprises a non-inflatable sealing interface.