Retaining wall employing fiberglass panels for preventing erosio

Details Retaining wall employing fiberglass panels for preventing erosio Retaining wall employing fiberglass panels for preventing erosio

1990-09-21

1991-11-19

Silbaugh, Jan H.

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

1563069, 1563077, 264250, 264254, 264274, 264277, 405274, 405284, B32B 110, E02D 502

Patent

active

050663534

ABSTRACT:
A shoreline erosion prevention bulkhead system which employs a series of interlocking fiberglass panels. Each panel has elongated male and female interlocking elements extending along the opposite side edges such that, by introducing one end of the male interlocking element of a first panel into one end of a female interlocking element of an adjacent panel and sliding the interlocking elements together, a secure panel joint is achieved. In one presently preferred embodiment, the interlocking portions are generally cylindrical; however, other configurations for the interlocking portions are also included. A process for manufacturing the bulkhead panels includes the steps of emplacing a first layer of a fiberglass and curable resin mixture into a suitable support medium such as a mold, positioning the male and female interlocking elements along opposing sides, emplacing a second layer of the fiberglass and resin mixture over the first layer to capture tail portions of the interlocking units and then allowing the assembly to cure. The tail portions of the interlocking units may have serrated surfaces and/or a series of spaced apart apertures such that the fiberglass and resin layers are allowed to settle into the serrations and through the apertures during the emplacing and curing steps to more securely anchor the interlocking units.

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