US 12,247,364 B2
Self-expanding spill containment boom
Arnon Shany, Moshav Neve Yarak (IL); Boaz Ur, Tel-Aviv (IL); and Haim Greenberg, Ramat-Gan (IL)
Assigned to HARBO Technologies Ltd., Bnel-Brak (IL)
Appl. No. 18/015,103
Filed by HARBO Technologies Ltd., Bnei-Brak (IL)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050832
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/009205, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,695, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313478 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E02B 15/06 (2006.01); E02B 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 15/0807 (2013.01) [E02B 15/06 (2013.01); E02B 15/0814 (2013.01); E02B 15/0864 (2013.01); E02B 15/0871 (2013.01); E02B 15/0885 (2013.01); E02B 15/0892 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boom for containing floating material spilled in water comprising:
an elongate sheet comprising a plurality of spaced apart units, each unit configured to self-expand from a folded state upon deployment; each unit comprising:
a plurality of plates forming an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper and lower portions defined along a vertical axis of the boom unit;
wherein said lower portion includes a plurality of stiffening elongate rods positioned within at least some of said plates forming said lower portion, each of said elongate rods interconnecting at least two plates.