Patent ID: 8632277

Claim:
A system for securing a facing to an earthen formation, comprising: a soil reinforcing element having a pair of longitudinal wires welded to a plurality of spaced transverse wires, wherein the pair of longitudinal wires have lead ends that converge toward one another; a connection stud having a first end coupled to the lead ends of the longitudinal wires and a second end defining one or more holes centrally-disposed therethrough, the first end comprising an axial length having a series of grooves defined thereon; a facing anchor having first and second connection points extending from a back face of the facing and vertically-offset from each other a distance X, each connection point defining a horizontally-disposed perforation; and a coupling device configured to be coupled simultaneously to the horizontally-disposed perforation of each connection point and the hole of the connection stud to thereby secure the connection stud to the facing anchor, wherein the soil reinforcing element is capable of swiveling in a horizontal plane and shifting vertically over the distance X.