Jon R Ridgway

US Patent:

8562259, Oct 22, 2013

Filed:

Oct 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/923934

Inventors:

Jon Robert Ridgway - Marietta GA, US
Willie Liew - Smyrna GA, US
Robert Lloyd Talbot - Neosho MO, US
Jeremy Lee Stafford - Neosho MO, US

Assignee:

Tensar International Corporation - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

E02D 17/20

US Classification:

405284, 405262, 4053027

Abstract:

A retaining wall system formed from a wire facing unit having an upstanding face section and a rearwardly extending floor section the rear end of which is provided with aligned, transversely extending, openings defined by upstanding U-shaped protuberances. The apertures in the forward portion of a geogrid can be seated over the protuberances and a connector strut interconnects the face section and floor section for providing support therebetween and for securing the geogrid to the floor section. The connector strut includes an elongated rigid rod having a curved first end that extends to a substantially right-angled bend, and a connector rod portion extends from the bend to a second end to secure the geogrid to the floor section.

US Patent:

20110052333, Mar 3, 2011

Filed:

Aug 27, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/461923

Inventors:

Jon Robert Ridgway - Marietta GA, US

International Classification:

E02D 17/00
E04H 12/08

US Classification:

405284, 526502

Abstract:

A wire strut indicator facing unit for a retaining wall, such as a temporary retaining wall, having an upstanding face section and a rearwardly extending floor section, wherein the floor section is formed from pairs of parallel wire elements and transverse cross-wire elements, and otherwise substantially free of wire elements between the wire element pairs. The pairs of parallel wires define the attachment location for a wire strut that extends between the face section and floor section of the facing unit.