AN EARTH RETAINING STRUCTURE AND A METHOD OF ERECTING AN EARTH RETAINING WALL

摘要

AN EARTH RETAINING SYSTEM COMPRISING OF AT LEAST ONE FACING PANEL (12), AT LEAST ONE ANCHOR MEANS AND AT LEAST ONE CONNECTING MEANS (14) CONNECTING MEANS (14) CONNECTING THE FACING PANEL (12) AND THE ANCHOR MEANS. THE FACING PANEL (12) INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE HOOK MEMBER OR LOOP MEMBER (18) PROJECTING FROM A SURFACE OF THE FACING PANEL THE CONNECTING MEANS (14) COMPRISES OF AT LEAST ONE ELONGATE MEMBER WITH EITHER A HOOK PORTION OR A LOOP PORTION (20) AT ONE OR BOTH ITS TERMINAL ENDS.@WHEREIN WHERE THE FACING PANEL INCLUDES A LOOP MEMBER (18), THE CONNECTING MEANS (14) IS SECURED TO THE LOOP MEMBER (18) OF THE FACING PANEL BY THE HOOK PORTION (20) OF THE CONNECTING MEANS (14).@WHEREIN WHERE THE FACING PANEL (12) INCLUDES A HOOK MEMBER (28), THE CONNECTING MEANS (14) IS SECURED TO THE HOOK MEMBER (28) OF THE FACING PANEL BY A LOOP PORTION (40) OF THE CONNECTING MEANS (14) .@WHEREIN WHERE THE FACING PANEL (12) INCLUDES A HOOK MEMBER (38), THE CONNECTING MEANS (14) IS SECURED TO THE HOOK MEMBER (38) OF THE FACING PANEL BY THE HOOK PORTION (30) OF THE CONNECTING MEANS (14).@THE HOOK MEMBER OF THE FACING PANEL AND THE HOOK PORTION OF THE CONNECTING MEANS (14) IS RESTRAINED FROM YIELDING BY MEANS OF A RESTRAINING MEMBER (22) SECURED TO THE HOOK MEMBER OF THE FACING PANEL OR THE HOOK PORTION OF THE CONNECTING MEANS.@@FIG.1