Patent ID: 6808339
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A retaining wall for stabilizing compacted structural backfill which retaining wall is comprised of:a plurality of spaced apart columns of header members which extend back into the compacted structural backfill from a front surface thereof and which extend out from the front surface of the compacted structural backfill to a front face of the wall, front ends of the header members having inclined arms which extend outward and upward at the front face of the wall; each of said header members having a substantially flat horizontally extending lower surface, a first vertical post portion extending upwardly from a rear end portion of such header member and a second vertical post portion extending upwardly from a front end portion of said header member rearwardly of said arm, the upper surfaces of said post portions lying substantially in a common plane which is parallel to said horizontally extending lower surface; a plurality of horizontal stretcher members which extend between the header members at the front face of the wall and which are supported by the inclined arms of the header members; a plurality of vertically spaced layers of geosynthetic mesh reinforcement extending backward into said compacted structural backfill from the front surface thereof, and a volume of planting soil disposed between each of said stretcher members and the forward surfaces of said second vertical post portions overlying the respective stretcher member and forming exposed tiers of planting soil at said front face of said retaining wall.