US 10,501,906 B2Granted

Trenching panels, panel assembly, system and method

OwnerPeter Robert Spryinventor

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Abstract

A panel for shoring a wall of a trench, the panel including an outer face arranged to face the wall, an opposing inner face, opposing sides, a top end and a bottom end, wherein the panel includes fixed couplings located at or adjacent to the inner face and toward the opposing sides, the fixed couplings being adapted to couple with a removable coupling which is inter-connectable in a first installed condition between a respective one of the fixed couplings of the panel and a respective one of the fixed couplings of an adjacent further panel. A panel assembly including at least two panels and a removable coupling is also disclosed as well as a system and method including interchangeable panels and couplings that allow for the formation of trenching supports in a variety of geometric configurations.

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Dependent claims

A panel assembly for shoring a wall of a trench, the panel assembly including a removable coupling member, a first panel, and a second panel that is releasably attachable in a side-by-side arrangement with the removable coupling member in an installed condition in which outer faces of the first and second panels are locatable against the wall of the trench, wherein the first and second panels each include one or more couplings located at least one of at and adjacent respective an inner faces and toward each of the opposing sides thereof, and wherein the removable coupling member includes an elongate body arranged to extend in width at least partially across the inner faces between the respective couplings and extend in length substantially the entire length of the inner faces, the elongate body having one or more complimentary couplings arranged to slidably couple with the one or more couplings in the installed condition such that the adjacent opposing sides of the panels abut with one another,

wherein the elongate body of the removable coupling member has a width arranged to extend relatively wider than the one or more couplings of the inner faces of the first and second panels in the installed condition,
wherein the one or more couplings are spaced inwardly from respective opposing sides of the first and second panels,
wherein an inner face of the elongate body of the removable coupling member is arranged to substantially abut with respective inner faces of the first and second panels on either side of the one or more couplings, and
wherein the removable coupling member is arranged to be actuated from the inner faces and top ends of the first and second panels thereby allowing at least one of coupling and decoupling of the first and second panels from a position within the trench.

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wherein the first and second panels each include one or more couplings located at least one of at and adjacent respective an inner faces and toward each of the opposing sides thereof, and
wherein the removable coupling member includes an elongate body arranged to extend in width at least partially across the inner faces between the respective couplings and extend in length substantially the entire length of the inner faces, the elongate body having one or more complimentary couplings arranged to slidably couple with the one or more couplings in the installed condition such that the adjacent opposing sides of the panels abut with one another,
wherein the elongate body of the removable coupling member has a width arranged to extend relatively wider than the one or more couplings of the inner faces of the first and second panels in the installed condition,
wherein the one or more couplings are spaced inwardly from respective opposing sides of the first and second panels,
wherein an inner face of the elongate body of the removable coupling member is arranged to substantially abut with respective inner faces of the first and second panels on either side of the one or more couplings,
wherein the first and second panels are adapted to couple with likewise third and fourth panels located at an opposing wall of the trench with one or more removable struts coupled therebetween,
wherein the panel assembly includes sockets in which flanges at opposing ends of the one or more removable struts are receivable, the sockets including opposing vertically arranged channels that stand proud of the inner faces of the panels between which flanges of male ends of the one or more struts are slidably received, the channels being blinded by a ledge on which the male ends are seated in the installed condition, and the channels including apertures arranged to receive a locking pin to secure the one or more removable struts with the respective sockets.

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Facts

Application: 15/434,136Filed 16 Feb 2017 · division
Priority: AU 201490414517 Oct 2014
Published: US 2017/0159258 A18 Jun 2017
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

E02D 17/08
Foundation trenches ditches or narrow shafts: bordering or stiffening the sides of ditches trenches or narrow shafts for foundations
E02D 17/083
Bordering or stiffening the sides of ditches trenches or narrow shafts for foundations: shoring struts
E02D 2220/00
Temporary installations or constructions
E02D
Foundations

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Application14/881,197Parent of this division · filed 13 Oct 2015
US 2017/0159258 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Jun 2017
US 2016/0108599 A1Published application
US 10,501,906 B2This patent

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