Patent ID: 11959242
Assignee: SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 16:
17. A reinforced soil structure comprising:
a device for containing granular elements,
a plurality of the granular elements contained by said device,
at least one soil reinforcement member formed of a metal or a polymer material,
wherein the device for containing the granular elements comprises a metal mesh panel comprising metal wires welded together, the metal mesh panel being formed to have at least a first bend and at least a second bend, the first bend and the second bend having a non-parallel orientation, wherein the metal mesh panel comprises a substantially planar portion and wherein the first bend is arranged to guide an out-of-plane metal wire out of a plane formed by said substantially planar portion of the metal mesh panel, the out-of-plane metal wire having a shorter length than a majority of the metal wires of the metal mesh panel.