US 12,441,444 B2
Protecting surfaces from biofouling species
James Hamet, Riverside, CT (US)
Filed by James Hamet, Riverside, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,120.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,635, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085870 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B63B 59/04 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 59/04 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for configuring an anti-biofouling layer, comprising:
placing a porous layer upon an adhesive layer; and
binding a first layer, the first layer comprising a first plurality of wire strands, between the porous layer and a second layer, the second layer comprising a second plurality of wire strands, wherein binding comprises:
(i) applying a replaceable staple (“staple”) upon a portion of the second layer the applied staple passing through one or more opening portions amongst the second plurality of wire strands of the second layer prior to passing through one or more opening portions amongst the first plurality of wire strands of the first layer; and
(ii) attaching the staple to one or more portions of the porous layer; and
generating an extent of surface tension at the bound first and second layers due to presence of one or more air gaps between the porous layer and the bound first and second layers, each of the one or more air gaps corresponding to (a) respective pores in the porous layer and (b) the one or more opening portions of at least one of the first and the second plurality of wire strands of the bound layers.