Patent ID: 9645067
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B03D,G01N

Claim:
1. A wedge floatation device, comprising: a bottom section; and a sidewall positioned around a perimeter of the bottom section to contain a liquid within the wedge floatation device, wherein the bottom section comprises: an outer portion; a plateau portion centrally positioned in the bottom section, wherein the plateau portion is raised to a height above the outer portion and below a top edge of the sidewall, wherein the plateau portion includes a groove that is substantially concentric with an outer perimeter of the plateau portion, and wherein the groove is designed to dampen the velocity of a liquid directed from the outer perimeter of the plateau portion to a center of the plateau portion; and a transition portion extending between the outer portion and the plateau portion, wherein the transition portion surrounds the outer perimeter of the plateau portion, wherein the outer portion surrounds a perimeter of the transition portion, wherein the outer perimeter of the plateau portion extends horizontally inward at the height below the top edge of the sidewall, and wherein the transition portion is slanted at an angle relative to a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the outer portion, the angle ranging between 10 degrees and 85 degrees.