Patent ID: 8596926

Claim:
A gabion comprising at least one individual compartment for receiving, a fill material, each individual compartment of the gabion being bounded by at least one wall, the wall material forming at least one closed panel around the or each individual compartment effective for retaining the fill material in the or each compartment in use of the gabion, the wall material having flexibility to allow the gabion to be folded and/or rolled in a first, pre-deployment, configuration, wherein the pre-deployed gabion is restrained in its first configuration by a form of restraining means, the wall material having resilience such that when the gabion is released from its restraining means it unfolds and/or unrolls, at least partially assisted by the resilience of the wall material, from its first configuration to a second, deployment, configuration, the wall material having rigidity such that the gabion is erected and self supporting in said second configuration and able to receive in its individual compartment(s) the fill material.