Patents by Inventor A. Yates Christian

A. Yates Christian 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).

  • Adjustable porous structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation
    Patent number: 6481926
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for land reclamation which includes utilizing groyne-like structures including spaced stanchions to which are mounted porous screens and wherein the screens are vertically adjustable as material is deposited during the reclamation process. In some embodiments the screens are carried by sleeves slidable on spaced stanchions and in other embodiments the screens may be sectional and carried by multiple sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Beach Reclamation, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Benedict, James R. Dobbs, A. Yates Christian, Perry L. Ponder
  • Adjustable porous structures and method for shoreline and land mass reclamation
    Publication number: 20020021940
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for land reclamation which includes utilizing groyne-like structures including spaced stanchions to which are mounted porous screens and wherein the screens are vertically adjustable as material is deposited during the reclamation process. In some embodiments the screens are carried by sleeves slidable on spaced stanchions and in other embodiments the screens may be sectional and carried by multiple sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Charles E. Benedict, James R. Dobbs, A. Yates Christian, Perry L. Ponder