Tracy B Vermeyen
Engineers in Denver, CO
License number
Colorado 27735
Issued Date
Jul 11, 1991
Renew Date
Nov 1, 2015
Expiration Date
Oct 31, 2017
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225
Professional information
Concrete Step Embankment Protection
US Patent:
5544973, Aug 13, 1996
Filed:
Mar 14, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/403606
Inventors:
Kathleen H. Frizell - Arvada CO
Brent W. Mefford - Lakewood CO
Tracy B. Vermeyen - Denver CO
Douglas I. Morris - Woodside CA
Brent W. Mefford - Lakewood CO
Tracy B. Vermeyen - Denver CO
Douglas I. Morris - Woodside CA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
Interior - Washington DC
Interior - Washington DC
International Classification:
E02B 312
US Classification:
405 16
Abstract:
A dam spillway system for embankment dam overtopping protection comprising a layer of free-draining, angular, gravel filter material, a plurality of rows of overlapping, tapered, concrete blocks assembled over the filter material in shingle-fashion, from the toe of the dam, up the slope to the top of the dam, and a plurality of fixed concrete toe blocks located at the toe of the dam, usually beneath the tailwater, and supporting each of the rows of concrete blocks.