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7870691 Green roof tile system and methods of use  
Green roof systems are provided comprising a plurality of tile sheets. Each tile sheet in turn may comprise a plurality of tiles. The tiles are connected to one another by one or more bridges. The...
7618216 Faultline fearless nanotube homes  
A structure to strengthen a house against earth movement, such as earthquake. The house can be known as the central house. In one embodiment, there is a slab under the house. The central house has...
7048469 Flexible grid and predominantly concrete mat employing same  
A flexible, molded, polymeric grid is embedded in a predominantly concrete mat comprising a concrete slab having relatively thicker portions defining blocks connected by relatively thinner...
7037037 Interlocking erosion control block with diagonal cable channels  
An erosion control block having male tab members and female socket members providing an interlocking relationship with neighbor blocks so that lateral removal therebetween is prevented. The erosion...
6955500 Method of forming a mat of erosion control blocks  
A method of cabling erosion control blocks of a mat together. The blocks have formed therein cable channels in a cris-cross manner, diagonally between the corners of each block. Cables are threaded...
6942421 Manufacture of articulated, predominantly concrete mat  
In the manufacture of an articulated, predominantly concrete mat, which comprises concrete blocks and a flexible geogrid embedded in such blocks and in which the flexible geogrid defines flexible...
6866446 Revetment block and mat  
A revetment block for use forming an articulating revetment mat. The revetment block has first and second ends and first and second sidewalls. The sidewalls have a first lower vertical surface,...
6739797 Interlocking erosion control block with integral mold  
A block (11) formed with a mold (10) integral thereto. The mold (10) is constructed as a mold top half (12) and a mold bottom half (14) and filled in situ with cement (16). The mold halves (12,14)...
6685391 Ground surface cover system with flexible interlocking joint for erosion control  
A flexible interlocking element (10) having opposing, interlocking ends (12, 14). Element end (12), features a contour, including element top surface segment (16), extending to bend (18), then...
6666619 Protective wall assembly  
A protective wall assembly (8) for protecting an embankment (6) to prevent scouring of the embankment (6) during high water flows such as experienced in floods or tidal waves. The protective wall...
6623213 Retaining components  
A retaining component comprises first and second end walls and a third wall between the first and second end walls. The first and second end walls each have a first edge adjacent to the third wall...
6592292 Flexible bolt and assembly of concrete revetments employing same  
In an assembly of concrete revetments, each having two expansive surfaces, each having a first set of comparatively larger holes extending between the expansive surfaces, and each having a second...
6558074 Assembly of revetments with crush-absorbing ribs  
In an assembly of predominantly concrete revetment, each revetment is a generally rectangular solid having two longitudinal margins and two transverse margins, having two expansive faces, and...
6543190 Portable weight strip for adjustably holding a member in position on an uneven surface; and method  
A weight strip constructed from a plurality of stacked sheets of elastomeric material slackly assembled for resting upon an uneven surface.
6508607 Erosion control block adapted for use with cellular concrete mattresses  
A block having a semicircular male lobe and a semicircular female recess on opposing sides thereof. On other opposing sides of the block, there is formed a side edge shape such that when...
6293730 Apparatus for and method of constructing concrete block mat under water  
The invention provides an apparatus for and a method of constructing a concrete block mat consisting of unit concrete blocks interlocked together in the form of a mat by way of connections for...
6079902 Revetment system  
The improved revetment system is created using a plurality of substantially identical blocks which comprise a body having at least one channel therein leading to a slot and at least one arm...
6071041 Revetment block  
A block for use in a revetment system comprising a plurality of blocks arranged to form a mat. The block has a top surface, a bottom surface and first and second opposed side surfaces that extend...
6012872 Flood control system  
A flood control system, in one aspect involving providing a plurality of substantially rigid containers, at least some of the containers having a top portion, a bottom portion and substantially...
5988942 Erosion control system  
The erosion control system includes a plurality of erosion control blocks connected to one another by connectors to form an interconnected network of erosion control blocks conforming to the...
5971658 Integrated armored erosion control system  
An erosion control system is useful for coastlines, riverbeds, and the like, to protect against erosion caused by a wavefront. The system typically includes an integrated armor layer mounted upon...
5921710 Revetment blocks and method  
The revetment mat comprises at least two webs joined together at aligned perimeter edges. Each web comprises a plurality of (a) interior blocks disposed side-by-side in rows and (b) a plurality of...
5911539 Interconnected block system  
An interconnected block system including a plurality of staggered rows of block members formed of concrete or the like secured to the upper surface only of an underlying, interconnecting,...
5906456 Revetment system  
A revetment system having a plurality of blocks arranged to form a mat. Each block having top and bottom surfaces and pairs of opposed and substantially parallel side surfaces. One of the side...
5890836 Interlocking blocks for stream erosion control  
Interlocking blocks for the stabilization of stream and river banks and ct lines, road bed embankments, and boat ramps, are made of concrete, and have a high proportion of open area. Interlocking...
5842812 Type of flexible mat for lining embankments  
A body having an interior with a plurality of chambers, a plurality of fracture zones and a plurality of filter zones which permit water to pass through opposing exterior surfaces of the body, in...
5823709 Interconnected block system  
An interconnected block system including a plurality of staggered rows of block members formed of concrete or the like secured to the upper surface only of an underlying, interconnecting,...
5820299 Building modules and assemblies made from such modules  
Each module includes a tubular member filled with filling material, such as concrete, and a tube located in the filling material and extending longitudinally of the tubular member. Tubes or holes...
5775838 Block blanket erosion control system  
The erosion control blanket of blocks comprises a plurality of concrete blocks having a preselected configuration and being joined to adjacent blocks of the configuration by at least one of a...
5702208 Grid-locked block panel system  
Concrete blocks are formed with intersecting grooves in the underside thereof which assume aligned condition when the blocks are assembled into side by side relationship to form panels. Polymer or...
5669732 Self-closing interlocking sandbags and process for erecting dams therefrom  
A bag that self-closes from pressure of material insertable into the bag comprising (A) an openable overlapping elastic structure in which an innermost elastic material is disposed to completely...
5632571 Concrete geomattress  
Multiple sections of grid-like sheet material extend centrally through a thickness of a plurality of staggered rows of concrete panels to form a geomattress of unlimited dimensions. The sheet...
5556228 Block for controlling soil erosion  
An erosion control block of octagonal shape, having a pair of arms extending from a peripheral side edge thereof, and a pair of cavities formed in the block with openings to the peripheral side...
5484230 Concrete block revetment system for soil erosion prevention  
A system of concrete blocks is provided for use as a revetment for preventing soil erosion in which individual blocks are sized and shaped to be cable interconnected to form a matrix or mats. The...
5429451 Grid matrix system including interconnected revetment blocks  
An interlocking grid matrix system is adapted for placement over terrain for use as a revetment. The grid matrix system includes a plurality of substantially identical revetment blocks which are...
5380124 Beach stabilizer having pile guides  
A beach stabilizer for minimizing erosion of sand and soil is disclosed. The device comprises a plurality of elements having first and second spaced apart surfaces on opposite sides of a center...
5370475 Erosion barrier system made from tires  
In accordance with the present invention there is provided an erosion barrier, and revetments made therefrom, for reducing erosion of shoreline and building shoreline including a plurality of...
5108222 Articulated, predominantly concrete mat  
An articulated, predominantly concrete mat. Discrete, concrete blocks conforming generally to rectangular solids are arranged in a grid, preferably a rectangular grid. A geogrid of a type capable...
5006176 Coagulant for soil and/or sand method for preventing washout using the same  
The present invention relates to a coagulant for soil and/or sand and method for preventing washout using the same. The coagulant comprises approximately 10 parts by weight of...
4906130 Anti-scouring device for a dam stilling basin or approach  
An anti-scouring device for preventing scouring of the bed of a flowing stream at an upstream or downstream location proximate a dam has a plurality of rows of concrete members, positioned in the...
4813812 Sloping blocks and revetment structure using the same  
A stair-like revetment structure is formed by using sloping blocks. At the rear end of the block main body having an approximately rectangular and a rearwardly sloping flat step are provided rear...
4781492 Block for revetment  
A block for a revetment is disclosed. It comprises a square-shaped block member having a slant under-surface, leg members having the same height and provided at four corner portions of the slant...
4683156 Flexible blanket  
A flexible blanket for protection or stabilization of underwater structures and pipe lines, unstable beds and embankments, comprising a plurality of segments (1) arranged in one or more layers (10)...
4664552 Erosion control apparatus and method  
An erosion control revetment and wall made from preformed blocks which are secured to elongate support members by interlocking sleeves. The block is formed with transversely extending slots which...
4629360 Retaining wall system  
Each disc of a plurality of strings of concrete discs is pinned at opposite edges to a connecting link, a link between adjacent discs to form a chain. Alternate discs in the string lie...
4564311 Protective jacket for use in revetment structures  
A jacket for protecting rope, cable, chain or other connecting means used to interconnect blocks, grids or other forms in a revetment structure. The protective jacket comprises tubing which extends...
4486121 Stabilization against water erosion  
A structure for protecting a bank against erosion, the structure including a plurality of sacks of cementitious material which are positioned in side-by-side relationship to form a protective...
4474504 Underwater erosion control system having primary elements including truncated conical recesses for receiving articulated interconnect links  
The erosion control system of the present invention typically includes at least first and second primary elements each having at least three sides and a height H. Each primary element includes a...
4465398 Revetment for protecting the inclined surfaces of beaches, shores, rivers or channels, and of structures such as moles, dikes or channel walls, located in these places, against erosion by waves and flowing water  
A revetment protecting coasts and structures thereon against erosion from waves and flowing water. The revetment comprises a plurality of heavy and thick plate bodies (1a-1d) located side by side...
4417842 Soil erosion prevention block insert and apparatus for positioning  
An apparatus for aligning and loading inserts for soil erosion prevention blocks having a rollable main frame with an insert holder frame movably coupled thereto. Secured within the insert holder...
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