Patent ID: 7552565
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flood barrier system for sealing an opening in a permanent wall structure of a building against the inflow of flood waters into said building, which comprises (a) a plurality of portable elongated barrier elements of a length greater than a width of the opening, (b) said barrier elements being oriented horizontally and stacked vertically one upon the other against an outer face of said wall structure, (c) said barrier elements being positioned with opposite end portions thereof overlapping outer surfaces of said wall structure laterally adjacent opposite sides of said opening, (d) a horizontal support surface for a lowermost one of said barrier elements extending for the width of said opening, (e) horizontally acting clamping elements engaging the end portions of said barrier elements for retaining said end portions in sealing relationship with said outer surfaces of said wall structure overlapped thereby, and (f) vertically acting adjustable pressure clamps mounted on said wall structure and positioned above opposite end portions of an uppermost one of said barrier elements, (g) said vertically acting pressure clamps being operable to bear downwardly upon said uppermost barrier element and thereby being operative to vertically compress the entire plurality of stacked barrier elements to provide a water tight seal between each of the vertically adjacent barrier elements and between said lowermost barrier element and said support surface to form a water tight barrier at said opening.