Patent ID: 9739023
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: E02B,Y02A

Claim:
1. A method for limiting the spread of a spill of floating substances spilled into water, comprising: a) providing at least one sleeve which comprises compartments comprising gas-filled flotation compartments and water containing compartments; b) inflating said boom by at least partially filling said water containing compartments by contacting openings in said compartments with water so that mutual pressures exerted between said flotation compartments and said water containing compartments maintains at least some of said flotation compartments and at least some of said water compartments in a fixed geometrical position relative to each other; wherein in said fixed geometrical position at least some portions of said flotation-compartments extend away from a vertical centerline of said boom, said portions comprising edges angled downwards; and c) deploying said boom in water around at least a portion of said spill to limit spread of said spill.