Patent ID: 9657454
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: E02D

Claim:
1. A method for retaining soil using an open sheet pile cell structure comprising: installing a face wall; installing a tail wall, wherein installing the tail wall includes coupling a first sheet and an adjacent second sheet along their corresponding side edges using a connection means, wherein the first and second sheets each has generally longitudinal first and second side faces, wherein at least one of the first and second sheets has an integral soil anchor attached to the connection means, such that the integral soil anchor contacts soil and provides resistance to soil forces; and connecting the face wall with the tail wall, wherein at least one of the first and second sheets has an intermediate soil anchor extending a selected distance away from at least one of the first or second side faces of the sheet and integral therewith, such that the intermediate soil anchor contacts soil and provides resistance to the soil forces, and wherein the intermediate soil anchor is separate from the connection means.