Channel flex revetment block and cabled mat
US8678705B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE02B3/14
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An erosion control block having registration ribs and slots on opposite edge surfaces to align neighbor blocks together in a cabled mat of blocks. The blocks have a pair of parallel cable channels therethrough, as well as a single orthogonal cable channel formed therethrough. With this arrangement, the blocks are versatile and can be configured in a mat of side-by-side blocks, or in a mat of staggered blocks. Neighbor mats can be easily fastened together. The parallel cable channels are formed through the block at a location adjacent an articulation edge so that when a mat of cabled blocks are lifted in a catenary, the articulation between blocks is facilitated.
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