Patent ID: 8777514

Claim:
A multi-compartmental gabion comprising: opposed side walls comprising a plurality of side wall sections each comprising one or more side wall elements, wherein the side walls are connected together at spaced intervals along the length of the gabion by a plurality of partition walls pivotally connected to the side walls, the spaces between neighbouring pairs of partition walls defining, together with the side wall elements of the side walls, individual compartments of the multi-compartmental gabion, wherein each internal partition wall extends between said sidewalls and does not comprise any internal releasable connection, further wherein each end of each internal partition wall is non-releasably pivotally connected to at least one side wall section, wherein said individual compartments of the multi-compartmental gabion are bounded by opposed side wall elements of the respective opposed side walls, and wherein pivotal connections are provided between neighbouring side wall elements allowing the multi-compartmental gabion to fold substantially flat for storage or transport, said pivotal connections comprising a releasable pivotal connection between two neighbouring side wall elements provided by a hinge member provided on each of said two neighbouring side wall elements and by a releasable locking member releasably securing the releasable pivotal connection by cooperating with the hinge member on each of said two neighbouring side wall elements, whereby release of the locking member allows a first one of the neighbouring side wall elements to be disconnected from a second one of the neighbouring side wall elements and for the first neighbouring side wall element thereby to move pivotally, by means of a pivotal connection with another neighbouring side wall element, with respect to the compartment of the gabion bounded by the first neighbouring side wall element to open said compartment through the side wall of the gabion and allow access from the side of the gabion to any contents of said compartment.