Patent ID: 9551124
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: E02B,Y02A

Claim:
1. An apparatus for repairing an oil containment boom having a damaged section, the apparatus comprising: a first end connector having an elongated rigid planar body having a pair of planar portions oriented at an acute angle in relation to each other, one of the planar portions of the first end connector is provided with a T-shaped slot having a first part extending from the bottom edge of the body and a second part extending transversely to the first part, the second part being formed a distance below an upper edge of the body; a second end connector having an elongated rigid planar body having a pair of planar portions oriented at an acute angle in relation to each other, one of the planar portions of the second end connector is provided with a T-shaped slot having a first part extending from the bottom edge of the body and a second part extending transversely to the first part, the second part being formed a distance below an upper edge of the body, the second end connector being a mirror image of the first end connector, the first end connector and the second end connector each being configured to engage the oil containment boom a distance from each other and on opposite sides of the damaged section when lowered onto the oil containment boom; and a liquid-impermeable curtain member extending between and engageable with the first end connector and the second end connector, the curtain member having sufficient longitudinal and vertical dimensions to cover the damaged section when stretched between the first end connector and the second end connector engaged with the boom.