Patent ID: 7708495
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: E02B

Abstract:
1. A levee apparatus, comprising: a) a plurality of panels connected together to form an elongated levee having a generally triangularly shaped transverse cross section and a hollow interior; b) the panels including a plurality of base panels having upper and lower surface, opposed edges and opposed ends, each base panel having a plurality of spaced apart apertures along each edge and extending between the upper and lower surfaces; c) the panels including a plurality of side wall panels that each have opposed edges and opposed ends, each edge having a plurality of alternating projections and sockets; d) each side wall panel connecting to a base panel and a side wall panel by interlocking connections; e) said connections including an engagement of the projections of a side wall panel with the apertures of the base panel at a lower connection and an engagement of the projections of a side wall panel with the sockets of another side wall panel at an upper connection; f) wherein the side wall panels are inclined, forming an acute angle with the base panel; and g) wherein at least some apertures of a base panel are surrounded by at least one surface that forms an acute angle with the lower surface of that base panel.