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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4684287 | Retaining wall construction and method for erection An improved retaining wall construction includes a plurality of prefabricated, substantially upstanding soil retention panels connected together to define a wall facing. Each soil retention panel has a bottom surface with at least one cutout portion for r... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4684294 | Retaining wall construction element A cast concrete construction element particularly suitable for use in constructing a retaining wall for a soil mass. The construction element includes a face panel in the form of a rectangular prismatic solid. Extending rearwardly from the face panel is a... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4671706 | Concrete retaining wall block This concrete retaining wall block comprises a flat, elongated base, two side walls upstanding from the longitudinal sides of the base, a front panel upstanding from the base and joining with the side walls; the top edge of each side wall is provided with... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4668129 | Retaining wall system using soil arching A retaining wall system which uses rigid tieback elements having portions, column portions and web portions and wall panels disposed between the tieback elements. The tieback elements are designed to produce arching in the soil to reduce bearing stresses ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4662794 | Facing in the form of plates for the bank of earthen formations, particularly soil masses reinforced by geotextile sheets This invention relates to a facing for the bank of earthen formations, particularly soil masses reinforced by geotextile sheets, said facing being composed of plates individually hooked to the bank by supple hooking elements, and the plates are disposed i... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4661023 | Riveted plate connector for retaining wall face panels A retaining system for an earthen formation is disclosed. The earthen formation is reinforced against slippage by embedding an array of anchor members within the formation. The face of the formation is defined by a plurality of the elongated panels stacke... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4659261 | Retaining wall for earth and similar materials A retaining wall for earth and similar material has its front face formed by a series of prefabricated reinforced-concrete panels. In use, the prefabricated panels are arranged vertically in side-by-side relation and rest on a concrete footing cast in sit... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4655646 | Multitiered, rigid tieback, essentially vertical retaining wall system A retaining wall system which provides an essentially a vertical wall without vertically aligned protrusions. The multitiered retaining wall system uses a plurality of tieback elements which act independently of each other to prevent the transference of f... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4653962 | Retaining wall construction and method of manufacture An improved anchor wall includes a series of vertical caissons cast in place along a line defining the boundary of the wall. Soil is executed from one side of the line and anchor rods are used to attach the caissons to the remaining soil. Discrete panels ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4616959 | Seawall using earth reinforcing mats A seawall is provided by embedding perforate polymer mats within an earthen formation and securing the mats to stacked preformed concrete panels at the face of the formation. The mats are wrapped around rods and secured to the panels by capturing the rods... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4613255 | Embankment stabilizing brick The embankment stabilizing brick, in plan view, is of an L-shaped configuration. Formed on the free end of the short-ended leg (12 ) is a stub tongue (14) extending in the direction of the long-ended leg. The length of the stub tongue corresponds at least... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4592678 | Modular block retaining wall A retaining wall utilizes an ordered array of modular blocks each having a horizontal cross-section defining a double "T" shape, the top of the double "T" defining a vertical planar member having a horizontal length greater than the vertical height with t... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4572711 | Prestressed component retaining wall system A retaining wall system utilizing a support structure formed from standard concrete Tee forms. The structural members are assembled using post tensioning devices which impart added strength to the component members. Wall can be employed in a tier configur... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4557634 | Wall structure and method of construction A retaining wall has precast concrete wall facing elements and is constructed to accommodate vegetation masking. The structure uses panels having frontally projecting buttresses and inwardly inclined face surfaces to provide an exposed horizontal planting... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4545703 | Concrete faced bin wall A soil tight bin-type retaining wall is formed having cementitious panels as the exposed walls including the front wall. Each end portion of the front face of each cementitious panel contacts against a flange portion of a connector positioned in the plane... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4524551 | Construction units for the erection of walls and method of utilization The set of construction units comprises a standard stone, a long stone and a trough stone having a substantially trapezoidal end view, a surrounding groove at the side with the broader base line, on both sides of the surrounding groove a longitudinal slot... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4521138 | Building blocks A building block for walls which are laid in courses without mortar and can be stabilized by planting, has a base wall, a face wall, and two curved side walls. The base wall has rounded transition sections to the face wall and to the side walls. The block... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4514113 | Earth retaining wall system An earth retaining wall system (10) which includes a frontal wall (22) formed of a plurality of hexagonally contoured frontal wall panel members (24) having predetermined spatial coordinate locations. A coupling mechanism (28) includes a plurality of long... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4494892 | Traffic barrier, barrier element and method of construction The invention relates to a precast concrete traffic barrier element and a method of construction for a traffic barrier using the element on a vertical face of a retaining wall. The barrier element is a profiled block of precast concrete having a bottom su... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4490075 | Retaining wall system An interlocking block and a retaining wall system derived from such blocks wherein the blocks when arranged to extend in horizontal courses in end to end relation and one upon the other in interlocking overlapping wall defining relation automatically unif... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4470728 | Reinforced earth structures and facing units therefor A facing unit for a reinforced earth structure, the unit having a facing element (1) that is designed to extend substantially vertically in the finished structure. A base (2) extends rearwardly from the rear surface of the facing element and at least one ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4464993 | Process for use in blasting in situ retorts and the like An improved process is provided for blasting in situ oil shale retorts, and oil and gas wells. In the process, a specially formed concrete plug is installed at a desired depth in a bottomless blast hole and an explosive charge is placed upon the plug and ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464994 | Apparatus for plugging a blast hole in an in situ oil shale retort or the like A plugging apparatus is provided to reliably plug a bottomless blast hole in underground oil shale retorts and oil and gas wells. The plugging apparatus has a special electrically powered sequencer which automatically lowers and releases a bag of cementat... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4449858 | Methods and/or apparatus for increasing the overturning resistance of retaining walls A plurality of interlinking restraining members are interconnected to each other and the ends connected respectively to a deadman and to a retaining wall, e.g. a crib wall, to increase the resistance to overturning of the wall. The interlinking members ar... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4449857 | Retained earth system with threaded connection between a retaining wall and soil reinforcement panels 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. ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4426176 | L-Shaped concrete block and method for constructing a retaining wall by such L-shaped concrete blocks A block of this invention for constructing a retaining wall is characterized by having a front wall portion of a rectangular shape, a rear retaining portion extending rearwardly and perpendicularly from the front wall portion and a gnarl-like uniting port... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4312606 | Interlocking prefabricated retaining wall system A prefabricated retaining wall system wherein a number of basic components of various shapes and sizes are capable of being assembled in several different arrangements to form a vertical face or sloped face wall, a vertical face or sloped face wall with d... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4266890 | Retaining wall and connector therefor A retaining wall comprised of stacked precast stretchers having stacking pads with oppositely disposed slots formed therein for the receipt of connectors. The connectors comprise plates interposed between the pads and pins secured to the plates for engage... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4244665 | Structural element system A structural element system comprising substantially L-shaped longitudinal elements arranged in multi-level relationship having a horizontally extending base plate portion and an upwardly extending parapet element, and sectional support elements acting as... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4231680 | Breakwaters In a breakwater which comprises a back wall, and at least one front wall pierced with holes to break up the impact of an incident wave, the improvements are proposed of providing a sloping back wall; of providing convex-concave indentations on the back wa... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4229123 | Inclined retaining wall and element therefor An inclined retaining wall for retaining and securing the slope of an inclined piece of terrain comprises a plurality of horizontal rows of prism-shaped elements, which rows of elements are superimposed one upon the other in a relationship staggered rearw... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4193718 | Earth retaining wall of vertically stacked chevron shaped concrete blocks An earth retaining wall formed by stacked, alternately staggered rows of spaced, nesting, chevron-shaped concrete blocks. Adjacent blocks in some rows are coupled together by connecting tubes extending into holes through the blocks, and elongated anchorin... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4116010 | Stabilized earth structures A structure for stablizing an earth mass, particularly an embankment. The structure includes elongated reinforcement members having transverse ribs for enhancing frictional engagement with the adjacent earth. The structure also includes skin or facing ele... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4099386 | Arrangements used for shoring excavations in the ground A shoring system provides trapezoidal pockets in modular plating units. The junction of planes in the trapezoids provides mechanical strength and deformation sites at which deformation can be seen.... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4081969 | Wall constructions Earth retaining wall blocks including a plurality of similar header blocks and a plurality of similar stretcher blocks arranged for erection in tiered and interlocking relationship to present a generally flush frontal appearance. The header blocks are eac... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4050254 | Modular structures, retaining wall system, and method of construction A modular assembled retaining wall is constructed by founding a plurality of precast tie-back elements in laterally spaced relationship along a grade line. The tie-back elements include upright column means against which retaining panel means are arranged... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4047389 | Precast concrete pile, and cofferdams A precast concrete pile and cofferdams, etc., made therefrom, employing a new method. A rectangular main stem extends from the top to the bottom of the pile, a lower portion of the pile consisting exclusively of the main stem. An upper portion of the pile... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4000622 | Shoring structure for embankments An embankment shoring structure is made up of a number of vertical prefabricated reinforced concrete panels having vertical stiffening ribs on their inside faces and anchored to a concrete foundation cast on site by a bed of cast reinforced concrete, the ... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3959938 | Wall system of corrugated sections A corrugated wall system formed of prefabricated individual wall sections. Each individual section comprises a member - formed of reinforced concrete or the like -- having front and rear portions spaced by a dimension of corrugation. Both the thicknesses ... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3953979 | Concrete wall blocks and a method of putting them together into a retaining wall Specially shaped concrete wall blocks which can be readily put together to form a retaining wall which is not easily collapsible. The block of the H-shaped construction comprises a front wall, a rear wall which is parallel to the front wall and a member c... | 05/04/1976 |
