Secondary tubular composite filter sock seam filling device and method of using same and composite filter sock assembly incorporating a seam filling device

Abstract

A Composite Filter Sock Assembly includes a Compost Filter Sock and Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device configured to be wedged beneath the compost filter sock on an upstream water runoff side of the compost filter sock, whereby the compost filter sock provides a pinning pressure to the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device and wherein the compost filter sock has a nominal diameter of 2-12 times a diameter of a tubular element of the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device. The Tubular Element may be least partially filled with a swell-able material such as sphagnum peat moss and may include a fastening mechanism on an exterior surface configured to facilitate coupling to a mesh tube of a compost filter sock.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A Composite Filter Sock Assembly comprising a Compost Filter Sock and a Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device, wherein the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device is configured to be wedged beneath the compost filter sock on an upstream water runoff side of the compost filter sock, whereby the compost filter sock provides a pinning pressure to the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device. 
     
     
         2 . The Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the compost filter sock has a nominal diameter of 2-12 times a nominal diameter of a tubular element of the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device. 
     
     
         3 . The Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 2  wherein the compost filter sock has a nominal diameter of 12″-36″. 
     
     
         4 . The Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 3  wherein the Tubular Element is at least partially filled with a swellable material. 
     
     
         5 . The Composite Filter Sock assembly according to  claim 3  wherein the Tubular Element is at least partially filled with sphagnum peat moss. 
     
     
         6 . The Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 3  wherein the Tubular Element is at least partially filled with a water treating additive. 
     
     
         7 . The Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 3  wherein the Tubular Element is a degradable mesh material having a nominal diameter of 4″-5″ and having a length of at least 100′. 
     
     
         8 . The Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 3  wherein the Tubular Element includes fastening mechanism on an exterior surface configured to facilitate coupling to a mesh tube of a compost filter sock. 
     
     
         9 . A Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device comprising a Tubular Element with a nominal diameter of 3″-6″ and having a length of at least 50′ supported, and wherein the Tubular Element is supported on a pallet and wherein the Tubular Element is at least partially filled with a swellable material. 
     
     
         10 . The Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device according to  claim 9  wherein the Tubular Element is at least partially filled with sphagnum peat moss. 
     
     
         11 . The Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device according to  claim 9  wherein the Tubular Element is at least partially filled with a water treating additive. 
     
     
         12 . The Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device according to  claim 9  wherein the Tubular Element is a degradable mesh material having a 4″-5″ nominal diameter having a length of at least 100′. 
     
     
         13 . The Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device according to  claim 9  wherein the Tubular Element includes fastening mechanism on an exterior surface configured to facilitate coupling to a mesh tube of a compost filter sock. 
     
     
         14 . A method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly comprising the steps of
 installing a Compost Filter Sock on ground surface;   providing Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device; and   wedging the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device beneath the compost filter sock on an upstream water runoff side of the compost filter sock, whereby the compost filter sock provides a pinning pressure to the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device.   
     
     
         15 . The method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 14  wherein a Tubular Element of the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device is at least partially filled with a swellable material. 
     
     
         16 . The method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 15  wherein a Tubular Element of the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device is at least partially filled with sphagnum peat moss. 
     
     
         17 . The method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 14  wherein the compost filter sock has a nominal diameter of 2-12 times a diameter of a tubular element of the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device. 
     
     
         18 . The method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 14  wherein the Tubular Element is a degradable mesh material having a 4″-5″ Diameter having a length of at least 100′. 
     
     
         19 . The method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 14  wherein the compost filter sock has the netting sleeve filled with filler material, and wherein the filler material includes a biodegradable filling material including at least one of i) ground or chipped wood based material from land clearing, yard waste, pallets and clean wood debris or clean wood scraps; ii) biodegradable fiberous filling material including straw, grasses, pine straw, corn stalks, natural fibers, weeds and combinations thereof; and iii) aggregate in the form of medium grained particulate material typically used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag, recycled concrete, geosynthetic aggregates, clay, pumice, perlite, vermiculite and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The method of forming a Composite Filter Sock Assembly according to  claim 14  wherein the Secondary Tubular Seam Filling Device has the netting sleeve filled with filler material.