US 12,031,284 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for removing waste from bodies of water
Charles Gregory, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Miles A. Forman, II, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); John T. Loos, III, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Shane Lafreniere, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); John Milledge, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); and Michael Lambrechts, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Assigned to Clean Waterways, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by Clean Waterways, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,525.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,651, filed on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/161,413, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290393 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. E02B 15/04 (2006.01); C02F 1/24 (2023.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01)
CPC E02B 15/045 (2013.01) [C02F 1/24 (2013.01); E02B 15/046 (2013.01); C02F 2103/007 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for removing waste materials from a body of water, the method comprising:
positioning a floating base vessel within the body of water, the floating base vessel supporting at least one foam fractionation device on a surface of the floating base vessel such that an entirety of the at least one foam fractionation device is not in direct contact with the body of water;
intaking water from the body of water into the at least one foam fractionation device through an intake unit, the at least one foam fractionation device removing waste materials from the water, at least a portion of the intake unit floating on a surface of the body of water and the intake unit being located a distance from the at least one foam fractionation device;
opening a closure device of a floating waste containment unit;
discharging the waste materials from the at least one foam fractionation device into the floating waste containment unit, at least a portion of the floating waste containment unit floating on the surface of the body of water; and
closing the closure device of the floating waste containment unit to retain the waste materials therein without leakage.