Patent ID: 8033250
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A01K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A marine habitat, especially for tidal shoreline areas and of the type which comprises (a) A hollow flotation element formed of plastic material, (b) a plurality of habitat tier units positioned in layers below the flotation unit, (c) an uppermost one of said habitat tier units being spaced a predetermined distance below said flotation unit, and (d) respective lower habitat tier units each being spaced a predetermined distance below a tier unit next above it, characterized by (e) each of said habitat tier units comprising a frame structure formed of spaced apart, horizontally disposed upper and lower frame sections formed with multiple openings for the free flow of water, (f) side walls formed on at least one of said upper and lower frame sections and extending peripherally around edges of said frame structure to define, together with said upper and lower frame sections, a confined internal space, (g) an open mesh matrix material comprised of plastic fibers, formed generally in a configuration corresponding to a configuration of said frame structure, confined in and substantially filling said confined internal space defined by said frame structure, (h) said mesh matrix material having a surface-area-to-volume ratio in a range of from 10 to 1 to 26 to 1.