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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828498 | Connection mechanism for large scale retaining wall blocks A block assembly includes integral connection mechanisms specifically designed for incorporation into engineered retaining walls. These connection mechanisms specifically accommodate the use of reinforcing grids in the formation of a retaining wall which, when used,... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828497 | Construction and design method A retaining wall for supporting and stabilizing cut or fill areas of excavation and a method of constructing a retaining wall. The wall is preferably constructed by applying the concrete pneumatically. The method comprises installing a backing board while the vertic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7377726 | Method and apparatus for building reinforced sea walls and levees A method and apparatus are disclosed for building a reinforced sea wall or levee. The reinforced structure is designed particularly for use in areas of soft sub-soil such as those sub-soils found near the Gulf of Mexico which are capable of bearing loads of less tha... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7303361 | Concrete form with keyway and clamp with base engaging the keyway A concrete form with a keyway with an opening between opposing keyway lips together with a base that fits through the keyway opening and rotates without restriction in the keyway such that a portion of the base rests behind the keyway lips so when it is pulled as a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278803 | Corrugated asymmetrical retaining wall panel The present invention relates to a corrugated asymmetrical sheet pile panel. The sheet pile panel is an asymmetrical about the Y-axis. The central section has a channel disposed therein for receiving a stiffening strip. The central section has two extensions, one jo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7185470 | Retaining wall block A block for use in constructing a retaining wall and comprising a body having a central cavity extending vertically there through and defining front, rear, and side walls. The side walls diverge rearwardly from the front of the block to the rear. Stabilizing wings e... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165916 | Method of on-site construction of concrete column and panel fence system The instant invention constitutes a method of forming a concrete column and panel wall system, comprising the steps of: auguring a vertical pile hole; excavating about the pile hole a ground level recess for a pile cap; placing vertical rebars into the auger hole an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7090439 | Retaining wall construction element for railway installations A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall define... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7033118 | Compressible welded wire retaining wall and rock face for earthen formations A retaining wall and face for an earthen formation is provided by embedding generally horizontally disposed welded wire soil reinforcing mats within the formation at vertically spaced intervals and securing face members between successive soil reinforcing mats at th... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025539 | Sheet pile for forming barrier walls A series of duplicate structural panels form a substantially flat sea wall, barrier wall, and the like, fabricated of synthetic resin material for driving into soils. The structural panel is elongated and of constant size and shape along its length, and is character... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6978580 | Solid core concrete block and method of making a concrete block retaining wall A plurality of solid core concrete blocks used in forming a retaining wall. The retaining wall can be used in building construction, road construction, landscaping, hillside erosion control, gardens, and like applications. Also, the retaining wall can be a straight ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6902353 | Top block for retaining wall A top block for modular precast retaining wall system wherein beveled surfaces of a horizontal component of the top block form a cast-in-place key integrated with cast-in-place column formed in the construction of the retaining wall using modular block units. The to... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6829867 | Blocks and block forming apparatus and method A retaining wall block is provided. The retaining wall block includes top, bottom, front, back, first side and second side surfaces. A tongue set is provided on the top surface of the block and a groove in the bottom surface of the block. The tongue set includes a r... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6817811 | Construction for environmental protection in respect of water source and earth A construction for environmental protection in respect of water source and earth, including combining water ducts, planting cases, connecting meshes and lower moldboards to form framework for paving the hillsides. The end of the water duct is buried in the soil, whe... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6745537 | Modular wall or fence construction system A modular wall or fence construction system includes at least first and second I-profile blocks, each having an I-shape in planform. The I-shape defines a parallel pair of flanges across opposite ends of a web extending between the flanges. The I-profile blocks have... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6742967 | Structure for fastening soil nails to reinforced soil retaining walls A fastening system is invented for fasten the soil nails (which are used in cut areas) and the reinforced retaining structures (which are used in fill areas). The system is to connect the two and form an integrated body to prevent sliding plane passing through the i... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739805 | Waterstop for foundation elements and method of installation A waterstop, 10 or 11, for restricting or preventing the flow of water across the joints of foundation elements 8, such as between or along individual diaphragm wall panels or between or along individual secant wall piles. The present invention ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6575667 | Seawall panel The present invention is directed to a retaining panel of one-piece construction for a body of water. A preferred embodiment of the retaining panel comprises a central portion, two side portions, and two flanges. The central portion has a first end and a ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6354053 | Structural joint for slabs in moldable material The joint includes at least two profile elements having such a shape as to enable mutual engagement thereof as a male part and at least a female part, each being integral with one of the edges of two adjacent slabs. One edge of the slab is provided with a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6280121 | Reinforced retaining wall A reinforced retaining wall is provided comprised of precast, concrete block facing elements connected by suitable connectors to reinforcing members which extend from the facing elements into the adjacent reinforced soil to form a mechanically stabilized ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6178715 | Mortarless retaining wall structure with improved lateral and longitudinal reinforcement for a vertical, set forward and/or set back retaining wall in whole or in part constructed by utilizing standardized blocks A standardized block for forming a retaining wall, said block comprising a top and bottom and having disposed proximate the top thereof first, second and third abutment means, and having disposed proximate the bottom thereof fourth, fifth and sixth abutme... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6131344 | Mixed construction material for slit wall of excavation pit lining An excavation pit lining consisting of a slit wall of a hardening single-phase slit wall material with an exposed surface on the pit side, and also of vertical support elements placed at a distance in the single-phase slit wall material, whereby the slit ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6036405 | Retaining wall system A retaining wall system to align panels into a plurality of horizontally adjacent vertical assemblies of stacked cells to retain soil placed between the cells.... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5647695 | Soil filled wall A soil filled wall which accommodates the growing of plant life. The wall comprises welded wire structures which contain soil. In one embodiment the wall is free standing to provide a fence-like structure suitable for use as a sound barrier. In another th... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5640817 | Modular system for stucco fences/walls A modular wall system (8) is provided for constructing ornamental, privacy and acoustical type walls having exterior surfaces of stucco and other decorative material. The system (8) features polymer spacers (14) and vertical metal sleeves (16) onto which ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5582492 | Method and apparatus for an anchored earth restraining wall In a wall for restraining earth from displacement relative to a stable formation, a plurality of side-by-side gabion baskets are joined by an integral structural beam and the beam is anchored at intervals with respect to the stable formation.... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5558470 | System and method for adjustably anchoring traffic barriers and wall facing panels to the soldier beams of a wall A system and method for adjustably connecting traffic barriers and pre-cast wall facing panels to the soldier beams of a pile wall is provided, which includes a connecting structure cast-in-place between the upper ends of the beam and the panels for struc... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5547316 | Prefabricated members of sectional monolithic wall in ground, design of wall built up of said members, and method for erection of said wall A system for construction or reconstructing building foundations involving prefabricated members (1) of a sectional monolithic wall in ground comprised of a reinforcing cage and a concrete body with longitudinal curvilinear slots (2) on end faces, offset ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5395185 | Method of temporarily shoring and permanently facing and excavated slope with a retaining wall A method of temporarily shoring and permanently facing an excavated slope or embankment is provided. First, a slope is excavated in successive sections from the top down to form exposed slope faces. A temporary shoring wall is then formed by shoring up th... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5356242 | System and method for adjustably connecting wall facing panels to the soldier beams of a tie-back or anchored wall A system and method for adjustably connecting pre-cast wall facing panels to the soldier beams of a tie-back or anchor wall is provided, wherein the system comprises an array of panels stacked in rows having mutually adjacent side edge portions which are ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5308195 | Coping construction for a retaining wall An improved coping construction is comprised of a precast element attached to a retaining wall. The retaining wall and precast element serve as a portion of the form for a cast in place portion of the coping construction.... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5263798 | Process for guiding the excavation tool used for the construction of a wall cast in the ground, and excavation tool for implementing this process Process for guiding the excavation tool used in order to execute the trenches necessary for the construction, by successive or alternating panels, of a wall cast in the ground, according to which: a) an excavation tool fitted with a first guiding element is pr... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5244315 | Excavator for constructing underground continuous wall and underground continuous wall construction method An excavator for constructing an underground continuous wall includes a traveling trolley movable on rails and having a sprocket in mesh with a rack extended parallelly to the rails and a hydraulic motor for driving the sprocket. The trolley further inclu... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5158399 | Method for erecting a below grade wall A method of progressively erecting a wall below earth grade as excavation of the volume to be walled is accomplished. Initially, a plurality of spaced, generally vertical, holes are drilled in the earth to the full intended wall height along edges of the ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5056242 | Underground wall construction method and apparatus Apparatus and method for constructing an impervious underground wall in which an initial excavation, filled with an excavating slurry, is made having a length L1. A milling excavator is lowered to the bottom of the initial excavation in a colla... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5044835 | Expansion joint for use in constructing concrete structures An expansion joint for use in constructing concrete material structures of the present invention has a plurality of sandwich type composite plates each comprising a sheet-like elastic body sandwiched by a pair of hard plates with a rib at both surfaces th... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4961673 | Retaining wall construction and method for construction of such a retaining wall A retaining wall construction is comprised of a first portion which includes compacted granular fill defining a three dimensional earthenwork bulk form including a plurality of tensile members dispersed within that bulk form to enhance the coherency of th... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4957395 | Pre-cast, reinforced concrete retaining wall system A lightweight, pre-cast, reinforced, module used to build a structurally engineered retaining wall system. Each module has a panel with a front and rear surface with at least one horizontal reinforcing rod. In the preferred embodiment, a portion of each r... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4911582 | Concrete replacement wall and method of constructing the wall A replacement earth retaining wall and a method for modifying, repairing, or replacing an existing earth retaining wall is disclosed. The replacement wall includes a reinforced concrete facing, and soil nails or tiebacks with specially fabricated anchorhe... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4911583 | Structure and method for shoring a face of an excavation A method and structure for shoring a generally vertical face of an excavation, wherein the face and adjacent ground are defined by soft shale or rock, or stiff soil, is disclosed. A plurality of relatively small diameter, relatively closely spaced and gen... | 03/27/1990 |
