Patent ID: 7210877

Claim:
An erosion control device for stabilizing soils and remedying beach and land erosion, the device comprising: (a) an elongated beam portion comprising a first wall and a first base; (b) a cross-beam portion having a length that is less than half the length of the elongated beam portion, the cross-beam portion being integral with the erosion control device and comprising a second wall and a second base; and (c) a mechanism for connecting the erosion control device to a second erosion control device; and further comprising two first end walls at opposite ends of the elongated beam portion, each first end wall comprising a first channel; a plurality of similarly sized end loops projecting from the end walls of the cross beam portion; wherein the cross-beam portion extends transversely through the elongated beam portion at about a mid-point of the elongated beam portion; and wherein the elongated beam portion does not taper from its center towards either of the first end walls.