Gabions
AssigneeHesco Bastion Limited
InventorJames Heselden
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Abstract
A single box gabion is disclosed. The gabion comprises interconnected side walls. Each side wall comprises at least one substantially closed side wall element panel that prevents a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall without the aid of a gabion lining material. The single box gabion can be coupled together to form a modular gabion structure to protect military or civilian installations from weapons assault or from elemental forces, such as flood waters, lava flows, avalanches, soil instability, slope erosion and the like.
Claims23
A gabion comprising a plurality of interconnected side walls, each side wall comprising at least one substantially closed side wall element panel, wherein each substantially closed side wall element panel is manufactured of a rigid sheet material, wherein the substantially closed side wall element panel is provided with hinge receiving means for receiving a hinge member for the purpose of connecting the substantially closed side wall element panel pivotally to a neighbouring side wall element panel, thus allowing the gabion to fold for storage or transport, wherein said gabion can be folded without detaching the panels from one another and can be unfolded to bring the gabion to an erected condition without the requirement for any further connection of the side walls, wherein said substantially closed side wall element panel is effective in preventing a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall without the aid of a gabion lining material, further wherein said pivotally connected side wall element panels, when erected, define side walls around a central compartment and an open top through which the compartment can be filled.
A gabion comprising a plurality of interconnected side walls, each side wall comprising at least one substantially closed side wall element panel, wherein each substantially closed side wall element panel is manufactured of a rigid sheet material, wherein the substantially closed side wall element panel is provided with hinge receiving means for receiving a hinge member for the purpose of connecting the substantially closed side wall element panel pivotally to a neighbouring side wall element panel, thus allowing the gabion to fold for storage or transport, wherein said gabion can be folded without detaching the panels from one another, wherein said substantially closed side wall element panel is effective in preventing a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall without the aid of a gabion lining material, wherein the hinge receiving means are provided on a region of the closed panel of greater thickness than an adjacent region of the panel.
A gabion comprising a plurality of interconnected side walls, each side wall comprising at least one substantially closed side wall element panel, wherein each substantially closed side wall element panel is manufactured of a rigid sheet material, wherein the substantially closed side wall element panel is provided with hinge receiving means for receiving a hinge member for the purpose of connecting the substantially closed side wall element panel pivotally to a neighbouring side wall element panel, thus allowing the gabion to fold for storage or transport, wherein said gabion can be folded without detaching the panels from one another, wherein said substantially closed side wall element panel is effective in preventing a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall without the aid of a gabion lining material, wherein the hinge receiving means comprises one or more apertures in the panel and means for covering or blocking the one or more apertures to prevent or hinder a gabion fill material from escaping through said one or more apertures.
A gabion comprising a plurality of interconnected side walls, each side wall comprising at least one substantially closed side wall element panel, wherein each substantially closed side wall element panel is manufactured of a rigid sheet material, wherein the substantially closed side wall element panel is provided with hinge receiving means for receiving a hinge member for the purpose of connecting the substantially closed side wall element panel pivotally to a neighbouring side wall element panel, thus allowing the gabion to fold for storage or transport, wherein said gabion can be folded without detaching the panels from one another, wherein said substantially closed side wall element panel is effective in preventing a gabion fill material from falling through the side wall without the aid of a gabion lining material, wherein the pivotal connection between neighbouring side wall element panels is achieved by providing a coil member helically threaded through a plurality of apertures along the interconnecting edges of the neighbouring side wall element panels.
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