US Patent Issued to WORTHINGTON PRODUCTS on Nov. 4 for "Flanged HDPE marine boom, marine boom system, and lug plate" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,607, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to WORTHINGTON PRODUCTS Inc. (East Canton, Ohio).

"Flanged HDPE marine boom, marine boom system, and lug plate" was invented by Paul S. Meeks (East Canton, Ohio), Marc Schneider (East Canton, Ohio) and Jon Garver (East Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) marine boom includes an elongated generally cylindrical shell including inner and outer layers formed from HDPE with the same formulation. The inner layer includes at least 2% carbon black by mass and the outer layer does not include carbon black. The outer layer includes a colorant with ultraviolet stabili...