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Assembly of revetments with crush-absorbing ribs
Assignee: Soil Retention Systems Inc
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Filing: 2001-07-19
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Granted: 2003-05-06
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Expires: 2021-07-19
Abstract
Abstract In an assembly of predominantly concrete revetment, each revetment is a generally rectangular solid having two longitudinal margins and two transverse margins, having two expansive faces, and having an array of apertures, which extend through said revetment, between the expansive faces, and through which vegetation can grow. Each revetment has a grid of embedded reinforcing bars, which include a reinforcing bar extending within each of its longitudinal and transverse margins. Each revetment has, on each of its longitudinal and transverse margins, one or more ribs extending between its expansive faces. At each rib on each of its longitudinal margins or at each rib on each of its longitudinal and transverse margins, each revetment has a cable passage extending through such rib and through the longitudinal margins has such rib and opening into a near aperture of the array of apertures of said revetment. The revetments are connected to one another, via cables passing through at least some of the cable passages of the connected revetments, so that at least some of the ribs of the connected revetments approximate one another. The approximating ribs are adapted to become crushed, so as to minimize crushing of the connected revetments except at the approximating ribs, if and when the assembly is articulated at the approximating ribs.
Inventors
- 👤 Jan Erik Jansson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 02:38
CPC Classifications
E; E01; E01C; E01C9/00; E01C9/004; E02; E02B; E02B3/00; E02B3/04; E02B3/12; E02B3/122; E02B3/123; E01C2201/00; E01C2201/16; E01C2201/167
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
233 words
An assembly of revetments, each revetment being a generally rectangular solid having two longitudinal margins and two transverse margins, having two expansive faces, and having an array of apertures, which extend through said revetment, between the expansive faces, and through which vegetation can grow, wherein each revetment has a grid of embedded reinforcing bars, which include certain of the reinforcing bars extending between certain of the apertures of the array of apertures of said revetment, and which include one of the reinforcing bars extending longitudinally within each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, wherein each revetment has, on each of the longitudinal and transverse margins of said revetment, at least one rib extending between the expansive faces of said revetment, each revetment having, at each rib, a cable passage extending through said rib and through the longitudinal margin at said rib, the cable passage extending into a near aperture of the array of apertures of said revetment, and wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, via cables passing through at least some of the cable passages of the connected revetments, so that at least some of the ribs of the connected revetments approximate one another, the approximating ribs being adapted to become crushed, so as to minimize crushing of the connected revetments except at the approximating ribs, if and when the assembly is articulated at the approximating ribs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
233 words
An assembly of revetments, each revetment being a generally rectangular solid having two longitudinal margins and two transverse margins, having two expansive faces, and having an array of apertures, which extend through said revetment, between the expansive faces, and through which vegetation can grow, wherein each revetment has a grid of embedded reinforcing bars, which include certain of the reinforcing bars extending between certain of the apertures of the array of apertures of said revetment, and which include one of the reinforcing bars extending longitudinally within each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, wherein each revetment has, on each of the longitudinal and transverse margins of said revetment, at least one rib extending between the expansive faces of said revetment, each revetment having, at each rib, a cable passage extending through said rib and through the longitudinal margin at said rib, the cable passage extending into a near aperture of the array of apertures of said revetment, and wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, via cables passing through at least some of the cable passages of the connected revetments, so that at least some of the ribs of the connected revetments approximate one another, the approximating ribs being adapted to become crushed, so as to minimize crushing of the connected revetments except at the approximating ribs, if and when the assembly is articulated at the approximating ribs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The assembly of claim 1 wherein each revetment has, on each of the longitudinal and transverse margins of said revetment, a single rib extending between the expansive faces of said revetment.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The assembly of claim 2 wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, in staggered rows, so that each of the revetments of the assembly is connected to two or more other revetments of the assembly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
239 words
An assembly of revetments, each revetment being a generally rectangular solid having two longitudinal margins and two transverse margins, having two expansive faces, and having an array of apertures, which extend through said revetment, between the expansive faces, and through which vegetation can grow, wherein each revetment has a grid of embedded reinforcing bars, which include certain of the reinforcing bars extending between certain of the apertures of the array of apertures of said revetment, and which include one of the reinforcing bars extending longitudinally within each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, wherein each revetment has, on each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, longitudinally spaced ribs extending between the expansive faces of said revetment, each revetment having, at each rib on each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, a cable passage extending through said rib and through the longitudinal margin having said rib, the cable passage extending into a near aperture of the array of apertures of said revetment, and wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, via cables passing through at least some of the cable passages of the connected revetments, so that at least some of the ribs of the connected revetments approximate one another, the approximating ribs being adapted to become crushed, so as to minimize crushing of the connected revetments except at the approximating ribs, if and when the assembly is articulated at the approximating ribs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
239 words
An assembly of revetments, each revetment being a generally rectangular solid having two longitudinal margins and two transverse margins, having two expansive faces, and having an array of apertures, which extend through said revetment, between the expansive faces, and through which vegetation can grow, wherein each revetment has a grid of embedded reinforcing bars, which include certain of the reinforcing bars extending between certain of the apertures of the array of apertures of said revetment, and which include one of the reinforcing bars extending longitudinally within each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, wherein each revetment has, on each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, longitudinally spaced ribs extending between the expansive faces of said revetment, each revetment having, at each rib on each of the longitudinal margins of said revetment, a cable passage extending through said rib and through the longitudinal margin having said rib, the cable passage extending into a near aperture of the array of apertures of said revetment, and wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, via cables passing through at least some of the cable passages of the connected revetments, so that at least some of the ribs of the connected revetments approximate one another, the approximating ribs being adapted to become crushed, so as to minimize crushing of the connected revetments except at the approximating ribs, if and when the assembly is articulated at the approximating ribs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The assembly of claim 4 wherein each revetment has, on each of the transverse margins of said revetment, transversely spaced ribs extending between the expansive faces of said revetment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The assembly of claim 5 wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, in staggered rows, so that each of the revetments of the assembly is connected to two or more other revetments of the assembly.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The assembly of claim 4 wherein the revetments of the assembly are connected to one another, in staggered rows, so that each of the revetments of the assembly is connected to two or more other revetments of the assembly.
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