Patent ID: 8011859

Claim:
A soil reinforced structure, comprising: a fill, reinforcement strips comprising reinforcement sections that extend in a reinforced area of the fill located at the rear of a front face of the structure, and a facing placed along said front face, the reinforcement strips being anchored to the facing in respective anchoring regions, wherein the facing incorporates, in at least one anchoring region, a path formed for a reinforcement strip between two protruding points located on a rear face of the facing adjacent to the fill, and where the path comprises: two rectilinear portions respectively adjacent to the two protruding points and each one arranged in order to position the strip in the same protruding plane (P) perpendicular to said rear face, two curved portions respectively defining an extension of the two rectilinear portions and arranged to divert the strip outside from the protruding plane (P), and a connecting portion connecting together the two curved portions and having at least one loop located outside of the protruding plane, wherein at least two reinforcement sections each prolong a rectilinear portion of a path beyond a protruding point and are connected together by at least one linking member and wherein each one of said reinforcement sections is a part of a reinforcement strip arranged according to said path, and wherein the linking members are flexible strips fastened to the reinforcement strips above or underneath said reinforcement strips.