US 11,731,313 B2 · Articulable erosion control mattress, manufacturing system, mattress rolling system, and methods

Abstract

An articulating mattress of blocks interconnected with tensiles seated therein, said blocks having opposing longitudinal and transverse sides and a top surface each of a smooth surface by contact with a mold surface during casting and a bottom surface having a rough surface by screeding the flowable casting material from an open side of a mold formwork. The mattress inverted with a rolling apparatus for installation with the rough surface in frictional contact on a ground surface for erosion control, said mattress rolling apparatus having base, front wheels, and steerable rear wheels, with a rolling mechanism for rolling the articulating mattress. An apparatus and a method of casting an articulable mattress with a rough bottom surface for erosion control are disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A concrete mat forming and rolling system, comprising:

a base;
a plurality of wheels coupled to said base;
a roller coupled to said base for rotational movement, said roller having at least one mat catch which secures an end of a flexible concrete mat to the roller, and
a motor coupled to said roller to cause rotation of said roller.

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A method of forming and rolling a length of concrete block mat for instillation at a site, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a concrete mat formwork configured to form a mat of interconnected concrete blocks with a bottom surface of the concrete blocks facing upwardly;
(b) casting concrete into the formwork and curing the concrete;
(c) providing a cart having a rotating roller;
(d) coupling a leading edge of the mat of interconnected concrete blocks to the roller;
and
(e) rotating the roller in a first direction to extract the mat of interconnected concrete blocks from the concrete mat formwork and rolling the mat of interconnected concrete blocks about the roller with the bottom surface of the mat of interconnected concrete blocks facing outwardly;
whereby transporting the rolled mat of interconnected concrete blocks to an installation site for placing the rolled mat of interconnected concrete blocks upon a surface at the installation site with the bottom surface of the mat of interconnected concrete blocks facing downwardly at the point of contact with the surface, and
unrolling the rolled mat of interconnected concrete blocks upon the level surface at the installation site.

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A method of forming and installing a length of concrete block mat, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a concrete mat formwork configured to form a mat of interconnected concrete blocks;
(b) inserting a network of tensiles and casting concrete into the formwork with a bottom surface of the concrete blocks facing upwardly;
(c) curing the concrete blocks;
(d) removing the concrete mat from the formwork and placing on a first surface;
(d) providing a rotatable roller;
(f) coupling a leading edge of the mat of interconnected concrete blocks to the roller;
and
(g) rotating the roller in a first direction to lift the interconnected concrete blocks of the concrete mat from the first surface and rolling the mat of interconnected concrete blocks about the roller inverted with the bottom surface of the mat of interconnected concrete blocks facing outwardly;
whereby the rolled mat of interconnected concrete blocks being transported to an installation site for placing upon a second surface at the installation site with the bottom surface of the mat of interconnected concrete blocks facing downwardly at the point of contact with the second surface, and unrolling the rolled mat of interconnected concrete blocks upon the second surface at the installation site.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Articulable erosion control mattress, manufacturing system, mattress rolling system, and methods

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Articulable erosion control mattress, manufacturing system, mattress rolling system, and methods

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Abstract

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