Patent ID: 8506205

Claim:
A positively buoyant wave-attenuating panel comprising a plurality of horizontally disposed pipe members fixedly coupled to each other such that the members share a common plane extending through the panel, wherein the panel is movably coupled to a seabed in a body of water with the common plane in a vertical orientation, the panel being configured to rise and fall along the common plane in response to changes in tide or water level elevation, and wherein the pipe members are pre-loaded in compression in a direction perpendicular to the length of the pipe members, wherein the pipe members having hollow interiors having respective central longitudinal axes extending lengthwise of the pipe members, the panel further comprising a plurality of tensioning rods extending through the interiors of the pipe members in the direction perpendicular to the length of the pipe members, the tensioning rods being placed in tension to place the pipe members in compression, wherein the tensioning rods intersect the central longitudinal axes of the interiors of the pipe members.