Patents by Inventor Bert E. Bailey

Bert E. Bailey 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).

  • System for erosion control
    Patent number: 5348419
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for ascertaining and implementing the permeability effective for preventing and repairing scour or erosion in a control zone associated with a river or shoreline having a bank and a bed associated with a moving fluid. The method provides for preventing and repairing scour or erosion in a control zone associated with a river or shoreline having a bank and a bed associated with a moving fluid. Associated therewith, a variably permeable jetty system (Palisade.TM. system) is provided for preventing and repairing scour or erosion in a control zone associated with a river or shoreline having a bank and a bed associated with a moving fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Ercon Development Co.
    Inventors: Bert E. Bailey, W. Al Pollock, W. Les Thompson
  • Method for erosion control
    Patent number: 5255997
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for ascertaining and implementing the permeability effective for preventing and repairing scour or erosion in a control zone associated with a river or shoreline having a bank and a bed associated with a moving fluid. The method provides for preventing and repairing scour or erosion in a control zone associated with a river or shoreline having a bank and a bed associated with a moving fluid. Associated therewith, a variably permeable jetty system (Palisade.TM. system) is provided for preventing and repairing scour or erosion in a control zone associated with a river or shoreline having a bank and a bed associated with a moving fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Ercon Development Co.
    Inventors: Bert E. Bailey, W. Al Pollock, W. Les Thompson
  • Stabilization against water erosion
    Patent number: 4486121
    Abstract: A structure for protecting a bank against erosion, the structure including a plurality of sacks of cementitious material which are positioned in side-by-side relationship to form a protective skirt; and a plurality of staples having arms which are impaled into adjacent sacks to connect them together, the staples being resiliently deformable for the protective skirt to be capable of articulation for accommodating ground movement and scouring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Ercon Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne L. Thompson, Bert E. Bailey