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1. An absorbent pad for absorption and containment of oil based products, comprising:
a hydrophobic, porous and flexible surface conforming base, a plurality of spaced absorbent modules affixed to said hydrophobic, porous and flexible surface conforming base, each absorbent module having a hydrophobic oil absorbent material sealed between a hydrophobic, porous and flexible material and said surface conforming base, each absorbent module being spaced from adjacent absorbent modules by a gap of pre-selected width in said surface conforming base, a portion of said base associated with each absorbent module being planar, said gap being sufficiently large to allow said plurality of spaced absorbent modules to twist and flex with respect to each other and to allow oil-based products to flow up through said gap between adjacent absorbent modules, including a plane containing centers of gravity of said plurality of modules, said plane being spaced from said surface conforming base; and wherein when placed on a surface containing oil based products, said surface conforming base makes full contact with said surface and said oil based products pass through said hydrophobic, porous and flexible surface conforming base into said absorbent modules, and oil based products pass up through said gap between neighbouring absorbent modules and passes into said absorbent modules through said hydrophobic, porous and flexible material through sides of said absorbent modules, and wherein water is blocked from entering said absorbent modules by said hydrophobic, porous and flexible surface conforming base and said hydrophobic, porous and flexible material. |
