Retained earth system with threaded connection between a retaining wall and soil reinforcement panels
US4449857A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 1981 |
| Grant date | May 22, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/5753
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A soil retaining system, including an upright soil retaining wall of modular facing panels and a number of horizontal wire mesh reinforcement units, including spaced parallel wires ending in bulbous portions and interconnected by perpendicular crossbars. The mesh units are connected in tiers to the retaining wall and rest in the soil behind the wall. The connection is made by a female member embedded into the back side of the panel with internal threads, into which a male member is threadedly received with an internal bore of a suitable size to pass the wires but not the bulbous portions which bear against the forward end of the bolts. In this manner, with the wires seated within a corresponding male member, the facing panels and mesh units are connected by screwing the male member into the female member.
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