Independently adjustable facing panels for mechanically stabilized earth wall
RK Barrett, G Hearn, H Henson… - US Patent 5,456,554, 1995 - Google Patents
73 Assignee: Colorado Transportation Institute, A retaining wall has at least two facing
panels in a tier Denver, Colo. adjacently interconnected by at least a pair of panel inter-
connectors mounted to the inner surfaces of the panels to 21 Appl. No.: 178,834 allow
adjacent panels to rotate relative to each other. Hori zontal flexible anchoring devices, which
include rigid 22 Filed: Jan. 7, 1994 anchors flexibly or rigidly connected to the panel intercon
51 Int. Cl. E02D 29/02 nectors, connect the facing panels to an earth mass. The 52 O …
panels in a tier Denver, Colo. adjacently interconnected by at least a pair of panel inter-
connectors mounted to the inner surfaces of the panels to 21 Appl. No.: 178,834 allow
adjacent panels to rotate relative to each other. Hori zontal flexible anchoring devices, which
include rigid 22 Filed: Jan. 7, 1994 anchors flexibly or rigidly connected to the panel intercon
51 Int. Cl. E02D 29/02 nectors, connect the facing panels to an earth mass. The 52 O …