Patent ID: 6491474
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
A walking sand snare for renourishment of a sand beach by depositing sand suspended in water near said beach upon said beach, comprising:a. a line of spaced posts extending into said water in a direction approximately perpendicular to said beach, wherein each of said posts has an upper end and a lower end, and wherein said lower end is embedded into said sand a said upper end opens into a first vertical slot facing said beach and a second vertical slot facing away from said beach, b. at least one mesh panel, lying generally in one plane, having a bottom edge, a top edge, a first side proximate said beach, and a second side distal to said beach; c. a first clamping assembly affixed to said first side of said at least one mesh panel; d. a second clamping assembly affixed to said second side of said at least one mesh panel; e. wherein said first clamping assembly is configured to slide within sad second vertical slot of the landward most post of said line of so posts, and said second clamping assembly is configured to slide within said first vertical slot of the next landward most post of said line of spaced posts, thereby suspending said at least one mesh panel between said posts in a manner which a allows a tensile load placed upon said at least one mesh panel to be transmitted to said posts; and f. wherein said first and second clamping assemblies are constructed of planar material so as to minimize surface contact between said first and second clamping assemblies and said first and second vertical slots, thereby inhibiting sand deposition and corrosion therebetween.