Marine barrier
A marine barrier includes a flexible plate, a plurality of studs mounted on the flexible plate, and a plurality of buoyancy members attached below the flexible plate. The plurality of buoyancy members provides buoyancy for the flexible plate, allowing the plurality of studs above a water surface, while the plurality of buoyancy members below the water surface.
1 . A marine barrier comprising:
a flexible plate;
a plurality of studs mounted on the flexible plate, the plurality of studs including one or more capture studs having high-friction polymer surface and one or more joint studs having a threaded body configured for joining the flexible plate with another flexible plate; and
a plurality of buoyancy members attached below the flexible plate;
wherein the plurality of buoyancy members provides buoyancy for the flexible plate allowing the plurality of studs above a water surface, while the plurality of buoyancy members below the water surface.
2 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible plate is provided with a plurality of holes thereon, and the plurality of studs are seated on the flexible plate through the plurality of holes and anchored into the plurality of buoyancy members beneath the flexible plate.
3 . The marine barrier according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of studs includes one or more anchoring studs, each of the one or more anchoring studs being cylindrically shaped and having a cylindrical core allowing an anchoring element to passthrough, each of the one or more anchoring studs is configured to pass one of the plurality of holes in the flexible plate and held in position.
4 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more capture studs are cylindrically shaped.
5 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the threaded body of the one or more joint studs is configured to pass through overlapped flexible plates when the flexible plate is joined with the other flexible plate.
6 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of buoyancy members is interconnected to form a parallel row.
7 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of deadmen is attached to the plurality of buoyancy members by a plurality of chain links.
8 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible plate is a steel reinforced EPDM (Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer) sheet.
9 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of buoyancy members is rowed parallelly and traverses the flexible plate to support the flexible plate.
10 . The marine barrier according to claim 9 , wherein both ends of each of the traverse-arranged buoyancy members are provided with a cap having a ramp facing outwardly.
11 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of studs extends vertically along a length of the flexible plate or horizontally across a width of the flexible plate, and wherein the plurality of studs extends through an edge of a flexible edge.
12 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more capture studs are provided with a high-friction rubber for gripping boat hulls.
13 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of buoyancy members is configured to counter and support a vessel above the water surface.
14 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of buoyancy members provides buoyancy for the flexible plate to maintain a flat profile of the marine barrier with minimal protrusions above the water surface.
15 . The marine barrier according to claim 1 , wherein the marine barrier is capable of stopping one or more vessels simultaneously and is equipped with a built-in detection grid capable of pinpointing a location of the one or more vessels captured upon the marine barrier.