Patent ID: 7097385

Claim:
A method of controlling deposition, accumulation and retention of windblown particles within a protected area on the earth surface to reduce substantially the number of windblown particles carried by wind within a critical area which is adjacent to and downwind of the protected area on the earth surface, comprising: utilizing a multi-pod windblown particle control device comprising a plurality of legs which intersect one another at a crossing area which is separated from ends of the legs; supporting the particle control device from the earth surface with the crossing area spaced above the earth surface by contacting ends of some of the legs with the earth surface and extending the ends of other ones of the legs outward from the crossing area in three dimensions above the earth surface and within the wind; interacting the supported particle control device with wind carrying the particles to deposit, accumulate and retain a substantial majority of the particles in the protected area; and positioning the supported particle control device to locate the protected area at a predetermined position on the earth surface.