WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. The method of removing hazardous fluid waste from a body of water or dry land that includes: a) providing a flexible mesh carrier having a plurality of cells; b) providing a porous bladder filled with sor- bent material; c) spray coating of said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said bladder: d) inserting said porous bladder filled with sorbent material into each of said cells; e) introducing said bladder filled, flexible mesh carrier into contact with the hazardous waste near or at the surface of the water body or on dry land; f) allowing absorption of the hazardous waste through the flexible mesh carrier and into the sorbent material within the porous bladder within each said cell; and, g) removing said flexible mesh carrier from the body of water or dry land, for removal of said bladder from each said cell for disposition of the absorbed haz- ardous material.
2. The method of removing hazardous fluid waste material from a body of water or dry land that includes: a) providing a flexible mesh carrier having a plurality of cells accessible through a closeable opening; b) providing a porous bladder filled with sor- bent material; c) spray coating of said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said bladder: d) inserting said porous bladder filled with sorbent material into each of said cells through said closeable opening; e) closing said opening and introducing said bladder filled, flexible mesh carrier into contact with the hazardous material near or at the surface of the water body or on dry land; f) allowing absorption of the hazardous material through the flexible mesh carrier and into said sorbent material within said porous bladder within each said cell; and, g) removing said flexible mesh carrier from the body of water or dry land, for removal of said bladder from each said cell for disposition of the absorbed haz- ardous material.
3. The method of Claim 2 including the recharg- ing each of said cells with a dry bladder and re-deploying said flexible mesh carrier.
4. The method of Claim 2 wherein the bladder is fabricated of coarse mesh porous material.
5. The method of Claim 2 wherein the sorbent material use to fill the bladder is waterfowl feathers.
6. The method of Claim 5 wherein said waterfowl feathers consist of duck feathers.
7. The method of removing hazardous fluid waste material from a body of water or dry land that includes: a) providing a flexible mesh carrier having a plurality of cells accessible through a closeable opening; b) providing a porous bladder filled with sor- bent material; c) spray coating of said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said bladder: d) inserting said porous bladder filled with sorbent material into each of said cells through said closeable opening; e) closing said opening and introducing said bladder filled, flexible mesh carrier into contact with the hazardous material near or at the surface of the water body or dry land; f) allowing absorption of the hazardous material through the flexible mesh carrier and into said sorbent material within said porous bladder within each said cell; and, g) opening said cell for removal of said blad- der from each said cell for disposition of the absorbed hazardous material and refilling said cell with a fresh bladder without removing said carrier from the body of water or dry land.
8. A hazardous fluid waste removing apparatus applicable to a body of water or dry land to absorb said waste on or near the surface comprising, in combination: an elongated sheet of preselected gage mesh folded substantially longitudinally, forming two remote ends and adjacent longitudinal edges, one edge being a fold and the other edge being open; seams applied to close at least said remote ends of said folded sheet; a preselected plurality of seams applied between said remote ends to form a plurality of cells; openable/closeable means mounted on said open longitudinal edges whereby the user may open the portion of said longitudinal edge between adjacent seams to access each of said cells; an elongated sheet of preselected gage porous material folded, filled with sorbent material and closed along the open edges to form a bladder; and an adhesive coating applied to the outside sur- face of said sorbent filled bladder whereby the user may removably insert a plurality of said bladders into each of said cells.
9. The apparatus of Claim 8 wherein said sorbent material is waterfowl feathers.
10. The apparatus of Claim 9 wherein said water- fowl feathers are duck feathers.
11. The apparatus of Claim 8 further comprising edges formed in each seam near said fold to form aper- tures.
12. The apparatus of Claim 11 further compris- ing grommets mounted within said apertures.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 further compris- ing a preselected length of lead line mounted within said grommets.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the ends of said lead line are formed into loops which may be used to connect the apparatus into a preselected boom length.
15. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said blad- der is fabricated of biodegradable material.
16. A hazardous fluid waste removing apparatus applicable to a body of water to absorb said waste float- ing near the surface of the water comprising, in combina- tion: an elongated sheet of preselected gage mesh; an elongated sheet of non-porous material joined by the longitudinal edges to said sheet of mesh material to form a circular body with remote ends; a curtain fabricated of a sheet of non-porous material attached to one of said joined longitudinal edges of said body; openable seams applied to close at least said remote ends of said body; a preselected plurality of openable seams ap- plied between said remote ends to form a plurality of cells whereby the user may open a seam to access each of said cells; an elongated sheet of preselected gage porous material which is folded, filled with sorbent material and closed along the open edges to form a bladder; and, an adhesive coating applied to the outside sur- face of said sorbent filled bladder whereby the user may removably insert a plurality of.said bladders into each of said cells.
17. The apparatus of Claim 16 further compris- ing: a preselected length of lead line mounted on the edge of said curtain remote from said body.
18. The apparatus of Claim 16 further compris- ing: a preselected length of lead line mounted on the mesh of said body thereby increasing the amount of mesh exposed to the surface of said body of water containing hazardous fluid waste material.
19. A hazardous fluid waste removing apparatus applicable to a body of water to absorb said waste float- ing near the surface of the water comprising, in combina- tion: an elongated sheet of preselected gage, rigid mesh forming a back plane; a plurality of pairs of panels having a back edge and a front edge, mounted at a preselected angle by said back edge on said back plane to form cells whereby said front edges are spaced apart a preselected distance; an elongated sheet of preselected gage porous material folded, filled with sorbent material and closed along the open edges to form a bladder; an adhesive coating applied to the outside sur- face of said sorbent filled bladder whereby the user may removably insert a plurality of said bladders into each of said cells; and, floats mounted on said back plane to provide neutral buoyancy to the apparatus full of bladders whereby the apparatus will float in a vertical position with a preselected portion of the apparatus above the surface of the water.
20. The apparatus of Claim 19 wherein said sor- bent material is waterfowl feathers.
21. The apparatus of Claim 20 wherein said waterfowl feathers are duck feathers.
22. The apparatus of Claim 19 further compris- ing: a plurality of catches mounted on one vertical edge of said back plane and a corresponding plurality of latches mounted on the other vertical edge of said back 1 plane whereby the user may fasten a plurality of the ap-
2 paratus units together to form a boom to contain the haz-
3 ardous waste. 4
5
6 23. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein said
7 bladder is fabricated of biodegradable material. 8
9
10 24. The method of removing hazardous fluid
11 waste from a body of water or dry land that includes:
12 a) providing a flexible mesh carrier having a
13 plurality of cells;
14 b) providing a bladder formed as a porous brick
15 of sorbent material spray coating said bladder with an
16 adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said
17 porous brick;
18 c) inserting said bladder filled with sorbent
19 material into each of said cells;
20 d) introducing said bladder filled, flexible
21 mesh carrier into contact with the hazardous waste near or
22 at the surface of the water body, or dry land;
23 e) allowing absorption of the hazardous waste
24 through the flexible mesh carrier and into the sorbent
25 material within the porous bladder within each said cell;
26 and,
27 f) removing said flexible mesh carrier from the
28 body of water or dry land, for removal of said bladder
29 from each said cell for disposition of the absorbed haz-
30 ardous material. 31
32
33 25. The method of removing hazardous fluid
34 waste material from a body of water or dry land that in-
35 eludes:
36. a) providing a flexible mesh carrier having a
37 plurality of cells accessible through a closeable opening;
38 b) providing a bladder formed as a porous brick 39 of sorbent material spray coating said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said porous brick; c) inserting said porous bladder filled with sorbent material into each of said cells through said closeable opening; d) closing said opening and introducing said bladder filled, flexible mesh carrier into contact with the hazardous material near or at the surface of the water body or dry land; e) allowing absorption of the hazardous material through the flexible mesh carrier and into said sorbent material within said porous bladder within each said cell; and, f) removing said flexible mesh carrier from the body of water or dry land, for removal of said bladder from each said cell for disposition of the absorbed haz- ardous material.
26. The method of Claim 25 including the recharging each of said cells with a dry bladder and re- deploying said flexible mesh carrier.
27. The method of Claim 25 wherein the sorbent material use to fill the bladder is waterfowl feathers.
28. The method of Claim 27 wherein said water- fowl feathers consist of duck feathers.
29. The method of removing hazardous fluid waste material from a body of water or dry land that in- eludes: a) providing a flexible mesh carrier having a plurality of cells accessible through a closeable opening; b) providing a bladder formed as a porous brick of sorbent material spray coating said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said porous brick; c) inserting said bladder filled with sorbent material into each of said cells through said closeable opening; d) closing said opening and introducing said bladder filled, flexible mesh carrier into contact with the hazardous material near or at the surface of the water body or dry land; e) allowing absorption of the hazardous material through the flexible mesh carrier and into said sorbent material within said porous bladder within each said cell; and, f) opening said cell for removal of said blad- der from each said cell for disposition of the absorbed hazardous material and refilling said cell with a fresh bladder without removing said carrier from the body of water or surface of the dry land.
30. A hazardous fluid waste removing apparatus applicable to a body of water to absorb said waste float- ing near the surface of the water comprising, in combina- tion: an elongated sheet of preselected gage mesh folded substantially longitudinally, forming two remote ends and adjacent longitudinal edges, one edge being a fold and the other edge being open; seams applied to close at least said remote ends of said folded sheet; a preselected plurality of seams applied between said remote ends to form a plurality of cells; openable/closeable means mounted on said open longitudinal edges whereby the user may open the portion of said longitudinal edge between adjacent seams to access each of said cells; a bladder formed as a porous brick of sorbent material spray coating said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said porous brick whereby the user may removably insert a plurality of said bladders into each of said cells.
31. The apparatus of Claim 30 wherein said sor- bent material is waterfowl feathers.
32. The apparatus of Claim 31 wherein said waterfowl feathers are duck feathers.
33. A hazardous fluid waste removing apparatus applicable to a body of water to absorb said waste float- ing near the surface of the water comprising, in combina- tion: an elongated sheet of preselected gage mesh; an elongated sheet of non-porous material joined by the longitudinal edges to said sheet of mesh material to form a circular body with remote ends; a curtain fabricated of a sheet of non-porous material attached to one of said joined longitudinal edges of said body; openable seams applied to. close at least said remote ends of said body; a preselected plurality of openable seams ap- plied between said remote ends to form a plurality of cells whereby the user may open a seam to access each of said cells; a bladder formed as a porous brick of sorbent material spray coating said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said porous brick whereby the user may removably insert a plurality of said bladders into each of said cells.
34. The apparatus of Claim 33 further compris- ing: a preselected length of lead line mounted on the edge of said curtain remote from said body.
35. The apparatus of Claim 33 further compris- ing: a preselected length of lead line mounted on the mesh of said body thereby increasing the amount of mesh exposed to the surface of said body of water containing hazardous fluid waste material.
36. A hazardous fluid waste removing apparatus applicable to a body of water to absorb said waste float- ing near the surface of the water comprising, in combina- tion: an elongated sheet of preselected gage, rigid mesh forming a back plane; a plurality of pairs of panels having a back edge and a front edge, mounted at a preselected angle by said back edge on said back plane to form cells whereby said front edges are spaced apart a preselected distance; a bladder formed as a porous brick of sorbent material spraying said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said porous brick whereby the user may removably insert a plurality of said bladders into each of said cells; and, floats mounted on said back plane to provide neutral buoyancy to the apparatus full of bladders whereby the apparatus will float in a vertical position with a preselected portion of the apparatus above the surface of the water.
37. The apparatus of Claim 36 wherein said sor- bent material is waterfowl feathers.
38. The apparatus of Claim 37 wherein said waterfowl feathers are duck feathers.
39. The apparatus of Claim 36 further compris- ing: a plurality of catches mounted on one vertical edge of said back plane and a corresponding plurality of latches mounted on the other vertical edge of said back plane whereby the user may fasten a plurality of the ap- paratus units together to form a boom to contain the haz- ardous waste.
40. The method of removing hazardous fluid waste material from a body of water or dry land that in- eludes: a) providing a bladder formed as a porous brick of sorbent material; b) spraying said bladder with an adhesive to contain said sorbent material within said porous brick; c) introducing said brick, into contact with the hazardous material near or at the surface of the water body or dry land; d) allowing absorption of the hazardous material into said sorbent material within said porous brick; and, e) removal of said brick from said hazardous material for disposition of the absorbed hazardous material.
41. The apparatus of Claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 16, 19, 24, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36 and 40 wherein the adhesive is biodegradable.
42. The apparatus of Claims 1, 2, 7, 8, 16, 19, 24, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36 and 40 wherein the adhesive is non- biodegradable.