Patent ID: 11885091
Assignee: REYNOLDS PRESTO PRODUCTS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 15:
16. A connection device for fastening two expanded cellular confinement structures; the connection device comprising:
(a) an insertion member having first and second opposite insertion ends and an insertion member extension therebetween;
(b) an integral shank extending generally perpendicular from the insertion member extension and being spaced from each of the first and second insertion ends;
(c) an integral handle member extending from the shank at an end of the shank remote from the insertion member; wherein the insertion member extension includes,
(i) an external face facing away from a remaining portion of the connection device; and
(ii) an internal face facing toward the handle member; and

(d) a plurality of barbs projecting from only the internal face of the insertion member extension toward the handle member; wherein the plurality of barbs includes at least two barbs projecting from the internal face on each of the opposite sides of the insertion member extension.