Patent ID: 8092122

Claim:
A connection device for fastening two expanded cellular confinement structures; the connection device comprising: (a) an insertion member having first and second opposite insertion ends and an insertion member extension therebetween; (i) the insertion member having a first length between the first and second insertion ends; (b) an integral shank extending generally perpendicular from the insertion member extension and being spaced from each of the first and second insertion ends; and (c) an integral handle member extending generally perpendicular from the shank at an end of the shank remote from the insertion member; the handle member having first and second handle ends and a handle member extension therebetween; (i) the shank being spaced from each of the first and second handle ends; (ii) the handle member having a second length between the first and second handle ends; (iii) the shank having a third length between the insertion member and the handle member; wherein: the second length is greater than the first length; and the third length is less than half of the first and second lengths.