Patents by Inventor Daniel C. E. Fish

Daniel C. E. Fish 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).

  • Fillable structure
    Patent number: 4373462
    Abstract: A floating flexible structure which can be filled with liquid is defined by pieces fixed by side seams. The seams are rendered buoyant by trapped balls. A vent in the upper part of the container has under it a net bag filled with balls to maintain gas passage. A transverse tube of netting rendered buoyant by balls maintains liquid flow for discharge through a hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Assignee: Leigh Flexible Structures Limited
    Inventor: Daniel C. E. Fish
  • Flood barrier
    Patent number: 4321774
    Abstract: A flood barrier comprises a flexible membrane 5 the end and base parts terminating in a beading 7 of polypropylene rope. The side parts of the barrier are located in vertical channel 3 in the side walls and the base in a horizontally extending channel 4 in the floor. In normal conditions the barrier is stowed in the recesses and erected in the event of a flood warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: Leigh Flexible Structures Limited
    Inventor: Daniel C. E. Fish
  • Portable dams
    Patent number: 4136995
    Abstract: In a dam comprising a plurality of support posts, said posts being substantially uniformly spaced with respect to one another and having a predetermined pitch spacing, a flexible web having a central body portion and upper and lower marginal edge portions, the improvement wherein said marginal edge portions are uniformly shortened along the length thereof to a length which is less than the unshortened length of the central body portion by a factor of 2/.pi..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Inventor: Daniel C. E. Fish