Flood control devices and methods

摘要

Flood control apparatus are disclosed. In one aspect, a flood control apparatus includes a structural frame. The structural frame has an elongated length in a longitudinal direction. The structural frame includes a plurality of transverse support structures, that are generally aligned in the transverse direction, and that are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction. The structural frame includes one or more longitudinal coupling structures that couple the plurality of transverse support structures together. One or more sheets of material are coupled to the structural frame. When in use, earth may be used to substantially fill an inner region of the apparatus that is enclosed by the one or more sheets of material coupled to the structural frame.

主权项

1. A flood control apparatus comprising:
a structural frame, the structural frame having an elongated length in a longitudinal direction and a generally triangular shape in a transverse direction; the structural frame including a plurality of generally triangular shaped transverse support structures that are generally aligned in the transverse direction and that are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, wherein the plurality of generally triangular shaped transverse support structures comprise a plurality of A-frames, wherein each of the A-frames has two legs that are coupled at the top and diverge downward at an angle relative to one another and a crossmember connecting bottom portions of the legs with one another, wherein each of the A-frames has a plurality of pivot joints to allow the A-frame to fold from an open configuration to a closed position, the structural frame including one or more longitudinal connecting structures that are generally aligned in the longitudinal direction and that couple the plurality of generally triangular shaped transverse support structures together, wherein the one or more longitudinal connecting structures comprise a brace connecting crossmembers of a plurality of the A-frames, wherein the brace is capable of being coupled and decoupled from the crossmembers, wherein the one or more longitudinal connecting structures comprise a brace connecting crossmember of the plurality of the A-frames, and wherein the plurality of A-frames are pivotely connected with the longitudinal connecting structures; one or more sheets of material coupled to holes formed in the structural frame by male members inserted into the holes formed in the structural frame, wherein the one or more sheets of material coupled to the structural frame comprise a trench portion formed of the one or more sheets of the material at a bottom of the apparatus between each of the two legs of each of the A-frames that is to lie below ground level when the A-frames are placed at ground level; an inner region of the apparatus that is enclosed by the one or more sheets of material coupled to the structural frame to receive earth therein, wherein the trench portion is to be filled with earth.