Patent ID: 9157203
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: E02B,E02D

Abstract:
1. A barrier assembly for shoreline preservation or restoration, comprising a gabion comprising: a plurality of partition walls; opposed side walls connected together at spaced intervals along the gabion's length by the plurality of partition walls, wherein the partition walls are pivotally connected to the side walls, wherein the spaces between neighboring pairs of partition walls defining, together with the side walls, at least one individual compartment of the gabion and wherein the at least one individual compartment of the gabion is bounded by the respective opposed side walls or by opposed side wall sections of the respective opposed side walls; and convergent, at least partly open, framework panels that extend from the at least one individual compartment in directions away from the at least one individual compartment, wherein the convergent, at least partly open, framework panels form a separate protuberant compartment, or part of a separate protuberant compartment, on the gabion, wherein the assembly is collapsible, wherein the at least one individual compartment is at least partly filled with sand, rocks or vegetation, and wherein the protuberant compartment is at least partly filled with oyster shells so as to attract oysters and other marine life to attach to the oyster shells protruding through the open framework of the protuberant compartment, thereby enabling the barrier assembly to naturally repair itself without requiring maintenance of the protuberant compartment or refilling of the protuberant compartment.