Patent ID: 8672585

Claim:
A non-self-standing flood wall, comprised of woven fabric interconnected cells, each cell further comprising: a. a main fabric panel extending from the top of the cell and terminating at a forward truncated toe portion; b. a pair of parallel sidewalls, sewn to each edge of the main fabric panel, each sidewall having a horizontal base edge, a vertical rear edge, and a front edge extending from the top of the cell at an angle to the lower edge of the truncated toe portion; c. a vertical rear wall sewn to the rear edges of the sidewalls, defining an open ended top portion; d. the main panel, parallel sidewalls, truncated toe portion and rear wall together define a cell having a vertical rear wall and an angulated main wall terminating at the truncated toe portion into which material can be poured to define a filled cell as part of the overall flood wall; e. fabric sleeves positioned at the top of each sidewall into which temporary support bars can be engaged in order to maintain the cellular walls upright while the material is being poured into each cell; and f. a plurality of such cells interconnected and filled with material to define the non-self-standing flood wall.