Patent ID: 8517631
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: E02B

Abstract:
1. A shoreline erosion mitigation device placed in a body of water, comprising: a. a multiplicity of HDPE (high density polyethylene) pipes each of a given length and diameter with each pipe being generally cylindrical in shape and having a hollow interior, the multiplicity of HDPE pipes arranged in approximately parallel rows with adjacent pipes connected together by a system comprising clamps and flexible links, which leaves a space between adjacent HDPE pipes so that by increasing or decreasing at least one of the number of HDPE pipes, the length of the HDPE pipes, the diameter of the HDPE pipes and the number of clamps, a design of the device is adjusted to accommodate differing shoreline conditions; and b. the device formed into three sections with a leading leg section having a leading edge and extending at its portion remote from the leading edge to a pair of divergent leg sections, the leading leg section and divergent leg sections each formed into an arcuate shape through connection of the clamps and flexible links, the device anchored to a floor of the body of the water at a given distance from a shoreline so that the device rests below a surface of the body of water, the leading edge of the device facing away from the shoreline; c. whereby, upon an occurrence of a wave having a given force traveling from the body of water towards the shoreline encounters the device, the force of the wave is reduced when the wave breaks with the effect or redirection of the wave in a direction of the divergent leg section on the device so that the energy of the wave is dissipated with the breaking of the wave and the wave energy is significantly reduced by the time the wave reaches the shoreline.