Patent ID: 8678358

Claim:
A buoyant aerator, the aerator being adapted for buoyant placement upon the surface of a body of water, the body of water having a floor and being adjacent to a land mass, the aerator comprising: a toroidal float having a periphery; a plurality of support legs, each of the support legs being of fixed length and having an upper attachment end rigidly affixed to the periphery of the float and an opposite lower end; a flexible anchor cable extending from the upper attachment end of each of the support legs; a footpad disposed upon the lower end of each of the support legs; an air delivery column disposed substantially vertically and concentrically through the float, the air delivery column having an upper end and an opposite lower end disposed below the float and above the footpads of the support legs; and an aeration outlet immovably affixed to the lower end of the air delivery column.