James E. Laier
Engineering at Blue Heron Rdg, Mobile, AL
License number
Louisiana PE.0020174
Issued Date
Jul 27, 1982
Expiration Date
Sep 30, 2017
Category
Civil Engineer
Type
Civil Engineer
Address
Address
4187 Blue Heron Rdg, Mobile, AL 36693
Professional information
Chief Executive Officer At Southern Earth Sciences, Inc.
Location:
Mobile, Alabama Area
Industry:
Civil Engineering
Experience:
Southern Earth Sciences, Inc. (Civil Engineering industry): Chief Executive Officer, (-)
Method And Apparatus For Building Up Beaches And Protecting Shorelines
US Patent:
4710057, Dec 1, 1987
Filed:
Oct 3, 1986
Appl. No.:
6/915186
Inventors:
James E. Laier - Mobile AL
International Classification:
E02B 304
US Classification:
405 30
Abstract:
Apparatus and a method for protecting beaches and shorelands from erosion caused by wave action. The apparatus consists of a system of plural interconnected compartments disposed under the water on the seabed in an array which extends generally parallel to the shoreline of the beach. Each compartment is formed by plural flexible wall portions comprising an open mesh, buoyant material. The wall portions are anchored to the seabed so that they extend in a generally vertical orientation. Anchoring means are provided to enable the wall portions to move towards the beach with incoming waves while precluding those wall portions from moving backwards substantially beyond the vertical orientation with backwash waves, whereupon sand or other particulate material suspended in the water is enabled to drop out of suspension within the compartments during the backwash waves. The compartments are formed by two groups of wall sections, one group comprising plural webs extending parallel to one another and generally parallel to the direction of the principle waves over the seabed and another group being formed of plural webs extending across and intersecting the other webs. The webs are joined together at their intersections.
Artificial Reef System
US Patent:
4947791, Aug 14, 1990
Filed:
May 12, 1989
Appl. No.:
7/351245
Inventors:
James E. Laier - Mobile AL
Joe W. Ruffer - Mobile AL
William H. Brenner - Mobile AL
Joe W. Ruffer - Mobile AL
William H. Brenner - Mobile AL
International Classification:
A01K 6100
US Classification:
119 3
Abstract:
An artificial reef for marine life consisting of a system of flexible, buoyant geometric bodies. The bodies are each walled members formed of a plastics material and having a large plurality of holes or openings therein. Each of the bodies is buoyant and is anchored on the sea floor via respective variable length cable so that the bodies float within the water at various elevations. The bodies may be formed of the same size and shape or different sizes and shapes, with the openings therein also being of the same shape or different shapes and sizes. In certain embodiments the bodies are telescoped within each other, and in other embodiments the bodies are interconnected together in a manner such that their axes are in a nonparallel relationship to each other.