Patent ID: 7862010
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
1. A barrier comprising: a connected pair of upstanding and equidistantly spaced first and second walls which together define a channel having an open bottom and an open top, each said first and second wall including a plurality of upstanding, parallel and spaced beams which receive a plurality of generally rectangularly shaped panels one of said panels being received between each pair of adjacent said upstanding beams of each said wall, said first wall having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pre-determined height, said second wall having a bottom edge, a top edge and a pre-determined height, said upstanding beams of said first wall extending from said bottom edge of said first wall to said top edge of said first wall, said upstanding beams of said second wall extending from said bottom edge of said second wall to said top edge of said second wall and wherein each upstanding beam of said first wall is connected to a corresponding said upstanding beam of said second wall by a plurality of vertically spaced crossbeams, wherein each upstanding beam of said first wall is connected to a corresponding said upstanding beam of said second wall by a bottom crossbeam, wherein all said beams are I-beams having channels and said panels are slidably received in said I-beam channels of said upstanding beams; and, fill covering the open bottom of said channel defined by said upstanding walls and at least partially filling up said channel, said fill being removably retained within said channel by said panels and said bottom crossbeams, said fill being selected from the group consisting of dirt, rocks and other non-vegetative loose ground material.