Patent ID: 9683345
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B01D,B65H,C02F,E02B

Claim:
1. A method of deploying a containment boom, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a roll of an elongated material in a package, wherein the material has a head end located at an interior of the roll and a tail end located at an exterior of the roll, the roll having a front side and a rear side; (b) providing a pull rope in the package, adjacent the rear side of the roll, the pull rope having a first end extending through the interior of the roll and attached to the head end of the material and the pull rope having a second end opposite the first end; (c) providing a guide in the package having an orifice aligned perpendicular to an axis of the roll, adjacent the front side of the roll; and (d) drawing the head end of the material and first end of the pull rope from the interior of the roll, through the orifice and out of the package to deploy the containment boom, whereby the material deploys to form a helical structure, which is wound around the pull rope.