Erosion Prevention Plank With Interior Lattice

摘要

An erosion control plank is provided. The plank is a lattice of intersecting vertical walls and horizontal walls and includes an opening to permit a stake to secure the plank over an eroded region. The plank can be secured by a stake. The eroded region is filled with appropriate fill material which would pass through the lattice. Plants and other growth are introduced onto the plank and fill material on or through the lattice where their root networks would help secure the fill and the plank and prevent erosion. The plank is rectangular and includes connectors to permit multiple planks to be secured to one another in both a horizontal and vertical relationship, allowing the erosion control planks to fit over any of a variety of eroded surfaces and to prevent erosion from occurring there again. The erosion control planks may also be used on a non-eroded area to prevent the onset of erosion.

主权项

1. A method for controlling erosion over an eroded area proximal water comprising the steps of:
measuring the area in which the erosion is to be controlled; providing a plurality of elongated rectangular lattice elements comprised of a plurality of rectangular cells formed from the intersection of a plurality of vertically oriented sidewalls intersecting a plurality of horizontally oriented sidewalls; providing said elongated rectangular lattice with a centrally disposed cylindrical aperture, providing said elongated rectangular lattice elements with connection means, permitting the connection of a plurality of said elongated rectangular lattice elements together, forming a larger lattice elements, connecting a number of said elongated lattice elements to cover the area determined in the measuring step, placing said connected rectangular lattice elements atop the eroded area; securing each of said rectangular lattice elements in place by pounding a stake through each of said central cylindrical apertures, through the voided eroded area until each said stake is firmly secured in a non-eroded area below the voided eroded area; filling the eroded area by pouring fill through said connected rectangular lattice elements until the voided eroded area is completely filled will fill.