Patent ID: 6843616
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. An erosion control device comprising: a panel having a plurality of spaced vertical rods having upper and lower ends and a plurality of spaced transverse rods having uppermost and lowermost rods affixed to said vertical rods to form a panel frame; the two end vertical rods extending below the lowermost transverse rod a sufficient distance to allow penetration of the vertical rods into the ground or other material; alternate first ones of said vertical rods having substantially the same extension as the two end rods; a plurality of second vertical rods alternating with said first ones of said vertical rods; each of said first and second vertical rods having a portion extending, at the upper end thereof, above the uppermost transverse rod; said second rods at the lower end thereof having a portion extending below the lowermost transverse rod; that portion of the second vertical rods extending below the lowermost transverse rod having a bent portion extending from said panel; and a sheet of silt fencing material held in place by said extending portions at the upper ends of said vertical rods and by said bent portions at the lower ends of said second rods.