Patent ID: 7708501

Claim:
A gabion deployment system comprising: a container for retaining a gabion and a gabion of the folding type comprising hingedly attached, connected sidewalls and cross-members such that it can be folded for storage and deployed for use; a retaining means associated with the container for retaining the gabion in the container; and at least one releasable attaching, connecting or retentive engaging means for attaching, connecting or retentive engaging at least one part of the gabion to the retaining means; wherein the at least one releasable attaching, connecting or retentive engaging means is adapted to attach, connect or retentively engage a part of the gabion to the retaining means when the gabion is folded but to release the gabion from the retaining means when the gabion is deployed, wherein the retaining means comprises a series of protuberances, a gap between two protuberances accommodating in use of the stored gabion the edge section of one or more folded compartments of the multicompartmental gabion.