ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,185, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to P.V. Flood Control Corp. (Calgary, Canada).
"Containment dike" was invented by Paul Vickers (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flexible containment tubes form sections of a dike for fluid containment. For example, multiple vinyl-coated polyester tubes with a 19-inch diameter may be filled with water and stacked on top of each other to create a temporary diversion dike. Multiple sections of dike may be abutted together to form longer sections of dike. A vapor barrier or plastic membrane may wrap over dike sections and/or weaved through the flexible containment tubes as they are plac...