Water containment structure

Abstract

A water structure that includes at least a pair of sleeves or tubes formed from a puncture resistant flexible material that are each joined to an edge of each of a pair of divider skirt sections that are, in turn, joined to one another along their opposite edges, for installation within an outer sleeve. Which connection of the divider skirt section edges to the sleeves or tubes and to each other is preferably by sewing, but may be provided by heat or adhesive bond, clamping, riveting, or other appropriate method.

1 . A water structure comprising, at least a pair of sleeves or tubes formed from a flexible material selected to resist punctures; a pair of like flat flexible rectangular divider skirt sections that each have a length to extend the length of each said sleeve or tube, and are of a width to extend out from a side of said sleeve or tube; means for securely connecting first edges of each said divider skirt section along each said sleeve or tube outer surface, along its longitudinal axis; means for connecting second edges of each said divider skirt section to each other, forming a divider skirt that extends between the sides of said sleeves or tubes: and an outer sleeve for containing said pair of sleeves or tubes and divider skirt. 
   
   
       2 . The water structure as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the means for securely connecting said pair of divider skirt sections first edges onto sides of each of said sleeves or tubes, along the length thereof, is by sewing with a thread having a strong tensile strength. 
   
   
       3 . The water structure as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the means for connecting second edges of each said divider skirt to each other is by sewing with a thread having a strong tensile strength. 
   
   
       4 . The water structure as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the means for securely connecting said pair of divider skirt sections first edges onto sides of each of said sleeves or tubes, along the length thereof, and for connecting second edges of each said divider skirt to each other is by bonding or welding. 
   
   
       5 . The water structure as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the bonding or welding is provided by application of a heat source onto the contacting sleeve or tube and divider skirt section surfaces to create a flow of material to provide bonding or welding at the location of said heat source application. 
   
   
       6 . The water structure as recited in  claim 4 , wherein the bonding or welding is provide by application of an adhesive between said sleeve or tube and divider skirt section surfaces and curing said adhesive. 
   
   
       7 . The water structure as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the means for securing connecting said pair of divider skirt sections first edges onto sides of each of said sleeves or tubes, along the length thereof, and for connecting second edges of each said divider skirt section to each other is by clamping the contacting sleeve or tube and divider skirt sections surfaces by pinching parallel legs of a channel shaped metal clamp together across said contacting surfaces. 
   
   
       8 . The water structure as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the channel shaped metal clamp is the length of the junction of the sleeve or tube side with the divider skirt section edge, and the divider skirt sections second edges. 
   
   
       9 . The water structure as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the a plurality of channel shaped metal clamps are individually clamped at spaced internals along the junctions of the sleeve or tube side and the divider skirt first edge and the overlapped portions of the divider skirt sections second edges. 
   
   
       10 . The water structure as recited in  claim 1 , further including, a seal is fixed along the junction of the sleeve or tube surface and the divider skirt section first edge within the sleeve or tube. 
   
   
       11 . The water structure as recited in  claim 11 , further including fitting a tubular bladder within each of the sleeves or tubes.