Buoyant Liquid Cover Members

摘要

Systems and methods for covering the surface of a body of liquid, including a plurality of buoyant members, each having the shape of a rhombic dodecahedron including twelve identical quadrilateral faces, configured to float on the surface of the body of liquid and to substantially cover the surface of the body of liquid. The plurality of buoyant members naturally align when floating on the surface of the body of liquid with a quadrilateral face of a rhombic dodecahedron abutting a quadrilateral face of an adjacent rhombic dodecahedron and the plurality of buoyant members form a closely packed floating arrangement of face-to-face abutting rhombic dodecahedrons that substantially covers the surface of the body of liquid.

主权项

1. A system for covering the surface of a body of liquid, comprising:
a plurality of buoyant members each having the shape of a rhombic dodecahedron configured to float on the surface of the body of liquid and to substantially cover the surface of the body of liquid, each of the buoyant members including twelve quadrilateral faces; and wherein the plurality of buoyant members naturally align when floating on the surface of the body of liquid with a quadrilateral face of a rhombic dodecahedron abutting a quadrilateral face of an adjacent rhombic dodecahedron and the plurality of buoyant members forming a closely packed floating arrangement of face-to-face abutting rhombic dodecahedrons.