Shelter
AssigneeCintec International Limited
InventorPeter James
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Abstract
Shelters as shown in FIG. 3, are constructed by filled bags (1), which typically have a trapezoidal cross-section. Such bags are divided into several compartments by internal webs (3) and can be laid over an arched lining (2). In end view, the bags are slightly wedge-shaped so that they resemble stones following the curve of a masonry arch, and the webs (3) follow the curve of the arch so that there is an inner compartment (4), a middle compartment (5), and an outer compartment (6) in each bag. In addition to shelters, the bags can be used to build barriers formed of courses of bags, with at least one side of the barrier having a corbelled out portion.
Claims12
A shelter comprising an arched lining forming at least a temporary support and an external elongate jacket of compartmented bags extending generally horizontally and filled with a filling material, the bags being closed apart from inlets through which the filling material is injected and being assembled with the compartments of each bag progressively spaced from the lining.
A shelter according to any preceding claim wherein at least some of the filling material is a particulate material that remains un-solidified within the bags.
A shelter according to any preceding claim, wherein at least some of the filling material is a combination of substances that solidify within the bags.
A shelter according to any preceding claim, wherein means are provided for positively interconnecting adjacent bags.
A shelter according to claim 9, wherein the interconnecting means are elongate elements passed through loops or eyes provided externally of the bags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.