US 12,228,017 B2
Containment unit, containment system and method for containing fluid leaks
Robert Holloway, Katy, TX (US); and Ronald Cook, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Marquix, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/017,603
Filed by MARQUIX, INC., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/042667
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/020536, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,645, filed on Jul. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0265744 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E02B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/0122 (2013.01) [E02B 2015/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A containment unit for containing a fluid leak in an ambient fluid, the containment unit comprising:
a weighted base for being disposed around the fluid leak;
a curtain unit coupled to the weighted base, wherein the curtain unit comprises a helical spring and facilitates containing the fluid leak in the containment unit;
a flotation unit coupled to the curtain unit; and
an upper thrust roller bearing mounted on the flotation unit and a lower thrust roller bearing mounted on the weighted base, wherein the upper and lower thrust roller bearings facilitate rotation of the curtain unit with respect to the flotation unit and the weighted base.