Patent ID: 9151008
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: E02B

Abstract:
1. A device for diffusing wave energy in a body of water with a shore and horizon, said device affixed in said body of water in proximity to said shore and substantially perpendicular to said horizon, said device comprising: an enclosed elongate member having a central axis; major edges parallel to and offset from said central axis, said major edges extending from a top to a bottom of said device, major surfaces cooperating to enclose said elongate member and located between adjacent major edges being formed by the intersection of adjacent major surfaces, said major surfaces defined by a series of adjacent scallops, each scallop having parallel adjacent lateral edges defining the width of said scallop and a scallop surface between said adjacent lateral edges, said scallop surface curved inwardly so that points intermediate to said adjacent lateral edges are nearer said central axis than said lateral edges, and said lateral edges curved inwardly so that points on said lateral edges intermediate to said major edges are nearer said central axis than points on said lateral edges nearest said major edges, said scallops being concave when viewed from the outside of said device, said major surfaces being concave when viewed from the outside of the device, said device adapted to be affixed in said body of water.