Patent ID: 8721221

Claim:
A flood protection system comprising: a containment structure having a first side, a second side, and a bottom extending between the first and second sides; at least one internal divider portion, wherein each internal divider portion extends between the first side and the second side and further to the bottom, wherein the containment structure and the at least one internal divider portion at least partly define a series of container regions positioned one by one along the containment structure, and wherein each of the first side, the second side, and the bottom of the containment structure extends in a continuous, seamless manner from alongside a first of the container regions to a second of the container regions; and a plurality of fastening devices respectively positioned at or proximate to respective upper corners of at least some of the container regions of the series of container regions, wherein there is a respective one of the fastening devices positioned at or proximate to each of the upper corners of each of the first and second container regions, wherein the fastening devices are configured to allow all of the upper corners associated with each of the first and second container regions to be supported by at least one frame portion during at least one filling of each of the first and second container regions, wherein each of the at least one frame portion includes a respective plurality of legs at least indirectly linked with one another and at least one respective spring connection member, and wherein, at least temporarily, fastening mechanisms on the at least one frame portion engage at least some of the fastening devices so as to place tension upon each of the upper corners associated with a given one of the container regions, and wherein each of the legs includes a respective one of the at least one respective spring connection member positioned between a respective upper portion of the respective leg and a respective lower portion of the respective leg, so as to allow for compressing of the respective upper portion relative to the respective lower portion.