Patents by Inventor Barry L. Butterfield

Barry L. Butterfield has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reticulately reinforced earthen dams and method for providing reinforcement
    Patent number: 4288175
    Abstract: The downstream side of earthen dams is provided with relatively non-erodable reticulate reinforcement so that whenever the upstream water level has exceeded dam overtopping level, the reticulately reinforced dam will resist the forces of overtopping water flow and reduce the likelihood of dam breaching and consequent valley floods. Methods of internally reticulately reinforcing existant earthen dams with a plurality of transversely extending concrete check-walls and longitudinally extending embedded concrete spacer-walls are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Henningson, Durham & Richardson, Inc.
    Inventors: Leroy E. Baker, Barry L. Butterfield