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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas W Schneider, Monroe, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
405 17 ; 405 16 ; 294 981 ;
Abstract
An erosion control block having a bore formed therein for engaging with an inflatable plug. The inflatable plugs of plural blocks are cabled together so as to engage a matrix of blocks, and when inflated, the plugs allow the cable to lift the entire matrix of blocks. The matrix of erosion control blocks can be lifted by a crane and installed by the utilization of the cabling system having inflatable plugs attached to the cabling and engagable within central bores formed within each block. The inflatable plugs can be deflated and removed with the cabling from the installed matrix of blocks, and reused.