Bag for retaining wall
OwnerBeau Adams, Everett Waid, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A bag for retaining structures, includes a plurality of cells aligned side-by-side in a continuous manner and configured to be filled with a filling material. Each cell of the bag includes a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a back wall, and a front wall, the front wall being longer than the back wall. Furthermore, the first and second side walls each include a) a first corner located where the back wall connects with the bottom wall, said first corner being substantially 90 degrees; and b) a second corner located where a respective top edge of each side wall connects with the rear wall, said second corner being substantially 90 degrees.
Claims16
A bag for retaining structures, comprising:
- a plurality of cells aligned side-by-side in a continuous manner and configured to be filled with a filling material, wherein each cell comprises:
- a bottom wall,
- a first side wall,
- a second side wall,
- a back wall, and
- a front wall, the front wall being longer than the back wall;
- and
- wherein the first and second side walls each include:
- a first corner located where the back wall connects with the bottom wall, said first corner being substantially 90 degrees;
- and
- a second corner located where a respective top edge of each side wall connects with the rear wall, said second corner being substantially 90 degrees,
- wherein the second side wall of a particular cell is a shared wall such that the second side wall of the particular cell is a first side wall of an adjacent cell, and
- wherein the shared wall includes one or more protrusions that extend into the particular cell or the adjacent cell.
A method of erecting a retaining structure comprising the steps of:
- extending a first bag along a first direction;
- filling the first bag with a filling material, wherein the first bag is extended in the first direction prior to filling the first bag with the filling material;
- placing an additional bag on top of the first bag;
- extending the additional bag in the first direction;
- and
- filling the additional bag with an additional filling material, wherein the additional bag is extended prior to filling the additional bag with the additional filling material;
- wherein each of the first and additional bags comprise a plurality of cells aligned side-by-side in a continuous manner, wherein each cell comprises:
- a bottom wall,
- a first side wall,
- a second side wall,
- a back wall, and
- a front wall, the front wall being longer than the back wall, such that a particular angle is formed where the front wall connects with the bottom wall;
- and
- wherein the first and second side walls each include:
- a first corner located where the back wall connects with the bottom wall, said first corner being substantially 90 degrees;
- and
- a second corner located where a respective top edge of each side wall connects with the rear wall, said second corner being substantially 90 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.