A water containment structure that includes at least one flexible sleeve formed from a strong flexible material that will resist puncturing and is formed to contain at least one bladder formed to retain water, and which said sleeve includes center notches formed in the opposite sleeve ends that sepa
A water containment structure that includes at least one flexible sleeve formed from a strong flexible material that will resist puncturing and is formed to contain at least one bladder formed to retain water, and which said sleeve includes center notches formed in the opposite sleeve ends that separate like closed end parallel fingers, which bladder fills the sleeve to the sleeve finger ends so that the bladder ends fit into and against the finger ends, and at least one water fill and drain tube fitted through said sleeve intro said bladder to pass, respectively, water into, and drain water from which bladder, and said bladder includes an air drain to provide for evacuating air from the sleeve during bladder filling. Which sleeve finger ends can be fastened together around a support, and which sleeve finger ends and notches can be secured to one another for connecting a number of sleeves, end to end, into a water containing structure.
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1. A water containment structure comprising: a sleeve that is formed from a lightweight puncture resistant flexible material that is closed at opposite ends, and each of said sleeve opposite ends includes a U-shaped notch between a pair of fingers that extend outwardly from opposite sides of each U-
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A water containment structure comprising: a sleeve that is formed from a lightweight puncture resistant flexible material that is closed at opposite ends, and each of said sleeve opposite ends includes a U-shaped notch between a pair of fingers that extend outwardly from opposite sides of each U-shaped notch that are parallel to one another, and each of said fingers has a closed end; a flexible bladder that is strong enough to resist punctures is formed to fit within said sleeve and said sleeve fingers; a fill tube with a nozzle end fitted through said sleeve and sealed through said flexible bladder to pass water into and drain water out from said flexible bladder; bladder air drains arranged through a top surface of said flexible bladder that are to vent air out from beneath said top surface of said flexible bladder during filling with water, and to close when a level of water in said flexible bladder reaches said bladder air drains; and each of said sleeve fingers have air vents fitted through said fingers closed ends for venting air during filling of said flexible bladder with water; and lace means for joining said sleeve with a plurality of additional sleeves together in end to end relationship, connecting said sleeve opposite ends, said fingers and said notches of said sleeve with another sleeve of the plurality of additional sleeves together thereby forming a continuous water containment structure, the lace means consists of a flexible lace that is threaded through aligned holes formed through aligned edges of said sleeves fingers and notches and provides for connecting the ends of said flexible lace together. 2. The water containment structure as recited in claim 1, wherein the flexible bladder consists of first and second flexible bladder tubes that are arranged alongside one another within the flexible sleeve and are formed to be filled with water, where each of said first and second flexible bladder tubes extend from an outer end of one flexible sleeve finger to an end of an opposite flexible sleeve outer end. 3. The water containment structure as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said fingers is sloped from the horizontal adjacent to a junction with a notch end to an outer end of said finger end at an angle that is from horizontal to vertical. 4. The water containment structure as recited in claim 1, wherein the flexible sleeve is formed from flat upper and lower sections of the lightweight puncture resistant flexible material that are secured together along their edges. 5. The water containment structure as recited in claim 1, wherein the flexible bladder is formed from a flexible polyethylene plastic, to be strong enough to resist punctures and has a range of wall thicknesses of from five (5) to twelve (12) millimeters. 6. The water containment structure as recited in claim 2, wherein, the flexible bladder air drains are mounted through the top surface of each of the first and second flexible bladder tube that are positioned in side by side relationship in the flexible sleeve and are each arranged to close when contacted by a level of water, and the air vents that are fitted into each said sleeve finger end are arranged to vent air from between each said first and second flexible bladder end and said sleeve finger end during water filling of said first and second flexible bladders. 7. A water containment structure comprising: a plurality of water containment structures that each include first and second flexible sleeves that are each formed from a lightweight, puncture resistant flexible material and each said first and second flexible sleeve is closed at opposite ends, and each said first and second flexible sleeves opposite ends include a U-shaped notch with sleeve fingers formed between ends of said U-shaped notch that extend at right angles outwardly from the ends of said U-shaped notch and said sleeve fingers are in parallel relationship to one another, and each sleeve finger is closed at an outer end thereof; a flexible bladder consisting of a pair of bladder tubes that are formed to fit within and fill each of said first and second flexible sleeves and the flexible sleeve fingers; a fill tube with a nozzle end for filling and draining water into and from each of said pair of bladder tubes, and each said fill tube fitted through a top surface of each said bladder tube and through a top surface of each of said pair of first and second flexible sleeves and which said fill tube also provide for venting air from within each of the flexible bladder tubes during their filling with water and an end of the sleeve fingers of each of said first and second flexible sleeves includes an air vent; and means for releasably connecting the fingers and the notches of each of said first and second flexible sleeves together, in end to end relationship, forming a continuous water containment structure consisting of a flexible lace means that is threaded through aligned holes formed through aligned edges of the fingers and the notches of each of said first and second flexible sleeves and ends of said flexible lace means are formed for connection together. 8. The water containment structure as recited in claim 7, wherein the ends of each of the fingers and notches of the first and second sleeves each include the holes formed; at equal spaced intervals; through inner and outer edges of said ends of the fingers and notches of the first and second flexible sleeves, and said holes are to align to receive the lace means, laced through said aligned holes, and ends of said lace include capped ends to facilitate their passage through said aligned holes and are connected together as by forming a bow therein or by knotting them together so as to prohibit said lace means from being drawn out from said aligned holes. 9. The water containment structure as recited in claim 8, further including fitting each of the holes with a metallic eyelet forming grommets. 10. The water containing structure as recited in claim 7, wherein the first and second flexible sleeves are each formed from upper and lower sections of a light weight puncture resistant flexible material that are secured together along edges of said upper and lower sections.
Eagles, Dana; Jordan, Roland E.; Barish, Jonathan S.; Farrell, John J.; Kornett, Glenn; Thornley, Stoney, End portions for a flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same.
Wagner David R. (c/o George Spector ; 3615 Woolworth Bldg. ; 233 Broadway New York NY 10007) Spector George (3615 Woolworth Bldg. ; 233 Broadway New York NY 10007), Flood disaster control bag.
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