Retaining wall construction element
First Claim
1. A retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass comprising:
- (a) an upstanding face panel, said face panel being a prismatic solid having a forward wall, a rearward wall, side walls, and a top and bottom wall;
(b) an embedment beam integrally extending from the rearward wall of said face panel in a generally T shaped arrangement in plan view, said embedment beam being a prismatic solid having an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls, and a sloping rear wall, said embedment beam extending into said soil mass; and
(c) said embedment beam having soil mass engagement means disposed on at least one of said side walls and said rear wall, said soil mass engagement means providing a frictional engagement between said embedment beam and said soil mass.
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Abstract
A cast concrete construction element particularly suitable for use in constructing a retaining wall for a soil mass. The construction element includes a face panel in the form of a rectangular prismatic solid. Extending rearwardly from the face panel is an embedment beam which will extend into and engage firmly with the soil mass. The embedment beam includes a sloping rearward wall to penetrate the soil mass, pan inserts and grooves to increase frictional resistance with the soil mass. The embedment beam also includes notches for interengagement with support beams in the soil mass. The embedment beam may take a variety of configurations which may be used to construct differing retaining wall arrays.
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1. A retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass comprising:
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(a) an upstanding face panel, said face panel being a prismatic solid having a forward wall, a rearward wall, side walls, and a top and bottom wall; (b) an embedment beam integrally extending from the rearward wall of said face panel in a generally T shaped arrangement in plan view, said embedment beam being a prismatic solid having an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls, and a sloping rear wall, said embedment beam extending into said soil mass; and (c) said embedment beam having soil mass engagement means disposed on at least one of said side walls and said rear wall, said soil mass engagement means providing a frictional engagement between said embedment beam and said soil mass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A retaining wall for retaining a soil mass, comprising an array of construction elements, each of said construction elements including a face panel in the form of a prismatic solid having a forward wall, a rearward wall and a top and bottom wall, said face panel having means for engagement with other face panels of said array, an embedment beam extending from the rearward wall of said face panel into said soil mass, said embedment beam being a prismatic solid having an upper wall, a lower wall, side walls and transversely disposed support beams, said embedment beam having means for engagement with said transversely disposed support beams and means for frictional engagement with said soil mass disposed on at least one of said side walls and said rear wall.
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