Water management protective mat device

Abstract

A water management protective mat device having a protective mat formed by a plurality of weighted tire members interconnected in a grid structure. Each tire member includes a plurality of apertures for receiving one or more rod members. The one or more rod members interconnect a tire member to another tire member. The protective mat is configured to reduce erosion along a stream bank by reinforcing erosion barriers in terrain underneath the protective mat thereby preventing water from eroded the terrain.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.