Patent ID: 7357602
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A bifacial reinforcing unit for earthworks, comprising a reinforcing device having at least one reinforcing base element from which a first front wall extends, a containment wall extending from the reinforcing base element at a distance from the first front wall in order to delimit at the rear, in an operative configuration in which the first front wall and the containment wall are erected with respect to the reinforcing base element, a first facing region which is to be filled with filling material a bracket coupled, in use, to the first front wall and to the containment wall in order to maintain them in the operative configuration without constituting a substantial obstacle to the filling material of the first facing region, a covering wall which delimits with the base element, the first front wall and the containment wall, said first facing region, the base element, the first front wall and the covering wall being formed from a single netting element, the first front wall and the covering wall comprising bent portions of said single netting element, a second facing region which is to be filled with filling material, the second facing region comprising a second front wall extending from the reinforcing base element spaced from and opposite the first front wall on the other side of the bifacial reinforcing unit, and an upper portion disposed adjacent the second front wall and therewith defining said second facing region.