Patent ID: 7165912
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: E02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for rebuilding a sand beach along a shoreline floor comprising: a form to be filled with ballast material, defining a shore erosion control wall with flow through passages, said form having an interior cavity disposed therein, said form further having water impermeable outer peripheral walls, and having an essentially trapezoidal configuration, said outer peripheral walls including a bottom wall, a top wall, a pair of sidewalls, an inclined front wall and an inclined rear wall, said front and rear walls converging to the top wall, said form having a plurality of open-ended tubular members extending through the interior cavity of the form and connected to the front wall at one end and connected to the rear wall at an opposite end, defining the flow through passages, wherein said passages are isolated from the interior cavity wherein the plurality of tublar members taper from the front wall to the rear wall for reducing the velocity of inflowing water.