Erosion control system
AssigneesWesley A. Mahan, Miki Leonhart
InventorWesley A. Mahan
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Abstract
An erosion control wall system is provided and methods of making it that protect a bank, beach or bluff from soil/sand erosion. The erosion control system includes a plurality of wall members, each formed to have a front face that dissipates and deflects the energy from oncoming waves and a rear face with a stabilizing member extending therefrom for securing the wall member in position along a bank or bluff, or in the water adjacent to a bank, bluff or beach for example. The wall sections are self-stabilizing by action of sand, gravel and/or stone flowing over the wall section and anchoring the stabilizing member. The erosion control wall sections may be constructed on-site using slip form construction methods.
Claims11
An erosion control wall component system for use in a body of water comprising:
- a plurality of wall members having a center section, one or more sidewalls, a front face extending from the left sidewall to the right sidewall;
- wherein the front face is positioned to divert water energy from incoming waves or currents near adjacent land, and
- a rear face extending from the left sidewall to the right sidewall that stabilizes the wall member in position, and having a top and bottom face, and
- a stabilizing member extending from the rear face toward the adjacent land, such that upon positioning of the wall system in a body of water, the stabilizing member self-stabilizes the wall member to facilitate retaining the position of the wall member in the body of water against the action or waves or currents exerted on the front face, and
- wherein the stabilizing member comprises at least one inclined wall adjacent to the rear face to support dynamic and directional pressures exerted by liquids or solids on the front face of the wall member, and
- wherein the at least one inclined wall is curved adjacent the substantially vertical wall of the rear face, and the curved surface decreases in incline as it extends from the rear face to a substantially horizontal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.