PORTABLE POROUS PAVEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A PAVEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A portable porous pavement system includes a plurality of porous pavement units and a plurality of clamping devices, in which each of the porous pave ment units is connected to an adjacent porous pavement unit by at least one clamping device. Each clamping device includes a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket defines a slot arrangement. The second bracket is in intimate communication with the slot arrangement of the first bracket. T he second bracket has a twisted arrangement to secure the second bracket and the first bracket together. Two adjacent walls of two adjacent porous pavem ent units are sandwiched between the first bracket and the second bracket to secure the two adjacent porous pavement units together. A method for assemb ling a portable porous pavement system includes providing first and second p orous pavement units; mounting a C-shaped clamp member over two adjacent wal ls of the first and second porous pavement unit; orienting the first and sec ond porous pavement units with the C-shaped clamp member on a surface; provi ding a locking bracket having a U-shaped section extending between first and second slotted wings; mounting the locking bracket over the C-shaped clamp member by orienting the U-shaped section over the two adjacent walls, with t he first arm going through the first slotted wing and the second arm going t hrough the second slotted wing; and twisting the first arm and the second ar m to secure the locking bracket and the C-shaped clamp member around the fir st and second porous pavement units.