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US 5,795,106 AGranted
Retaining wall system and method of construction thereof
OwnerIan M. Herdinventor
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Abstract
A retaining wall system comprising a plurality of scrap tire bales arranged to define a retaining wall structure. A structural material is positioned or applied about the scrap tire bales in order to provide a continuous retaining wall structure serving to retain water, control erosion, support buildings and associated structures, provide a barrier or fence, or other similar functions.
Claims20
A retaining wall system comprising:
- a plurality of distinct scrap tire bales, each said bale including a plurality of scrap tires compressed together to form a block having generally planar surfaces to facilitate stacking of a plurality of said bales in relatively close proximity to one another each said block being bound together with at least one binding strap, said bales being arranged with respect to each other to define a wall structure having an outer surface;
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- a structural material positioned about said wall structure and over said outer surface to form a continuous outer wall structure.
A retaining wall system comprising:
- a plurality of distinct scrap tire bales, each said bale including a plurality of scrap tire shreds mixed with cement and molded into a stackable block, said bales being arranged with respect to each other to define a wall structure having an outer surface;
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- a structural material positioned about said wall structure and over said outer surface to form a continuous outer wall structure.
A method of constructing a retaining wall comprising the steps of:
- positioning a plurality of distinct scrap tire bales with respect to each other to define a wall structure having an outer surface, each said bale including a plurality of scrap tires compressed together to form a block having generally planar surfaces to facilitate stacking of a plurality of said bales in relatively close proximity to one another, each said block being bound together with at least one binding strap;
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- applying a structural material about said wall structure and over said outer surface to form a continuous outer wall structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.