Patent ID: 8398046

Claim:
A kit for use in assembling a portable porous pavement system; the kit comprising: (a) a clamping device comprising: (i) a first bracket including a section extending between first and second wings; a first slot defined by the first wing; and a second slot defined by the second wing; (ii) a second bracket including a first planar arm and a second planar arm with a planar base member joining the first and second arms; a first twistable section defined by the first arm; and a second twistable section defined by the second arm; (A) the first arm being sized to fit through the first slot of the first wing and such that the first twistable section and the base member are on opposite sides of the first wing; and (B) the second arm being sized to fit through the second slot of the second wing and such that the second twistable section and the base member being on opposite sides of the second wing; and the first twistable section and the second twistable section being twistable so that upon twisting, the first bracket and second bracket are locked together; (b) a lifting lever including: (i) first and second opposite surfaces; at least two opposite elongated sidewalls and at least two opposite end sidewalls extending between the first and second opposite surfaces; (ii) a first section, a second section, and a connecting section extending between the first second and second section; (A) the first section being of a length sufficient to support a portion of a human foot; (B) the second section being of a length sufficient to extend under and support the second bracket of the clamping device, when the kit is used in assembling a portable porous pavement system; (iii) the connection section being angled at a first angle relative to the first section; and (iv) the connection section being angled at a second angle relative to the second section.