Patent ID: 8177458

Claim:
A connection apparatus for securing a facing to a soil reinforcing element, comprising: a stud having a first end attached to horizontally extended converging portions of the soil reinforcing element, and a second end bent upwards and terminating at a head; a facing anchor having a pair of vertically disposed and longitudinally extending portions connected by a transverse portion and disposed substantially parallel to each other, the longitudinally extending portions each having a clasping end and a panel end, where the clasping ends provide an opening for receiving the second end of the stud and define two corresponding clasping apertures; and a clasp having a first horizontal segment extendable through the clasping apertures to maintain the second end adjacent the transverse portion, and a second horizontal segment that rests on the longitudinally extending portions and engages the head, wherein the stud and the attached soil reinforcing element are capable of swiveling in a horizontal plane.