Richard D Short

US Patent:

7090440, Aug 15, 2006

Filed:

Mar 31, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/097802

Inventors:

Richard Dovovan Short - Blackhawk CA, US

International Classification:

E02D 5/80
E02D 17/20

US Classification:

4053024, 4052591, 405231, 52156

Abstract:

A method and device for stabilizing slopes that are at or near failure preferably due to a shallow, translational slides. Once a target slope has been identified, a plurality of plate piles is inserted into the entire at-risk slope to stabilize the slope. The plate piles preferably consist of a steel plate attached to an angle. The plate piles are inserted below the soil surface, with the pile extending into the bedrock, preferably in a diamond-shaped lattice pattern over the entire slope.

US Patent:

7811032, Oct 12, 2010

Filed:

Aug 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/893044

Inventors:

Richard Donovan Short - Blackhawk CA, US

International Classification:

E02D 17/20
E02D 5/80

US Classification:

4053024, 405231, 4052591, 52156, 256 6514

Abstract:

Methods and devices for stabilizing slopes created by human activity during, for example, building construction, road construction, golf course construction, or other type of construction, where a plurality of plate piles are inserted in a diamond shaped lattice pattern below the ground surface to stabilize. Methods and devices for securing existing slopes around structures where a plurality of plate piles are inserted in a diamond shaped lattice pattern below the ground surface. Methods and devices for stabilizing a waterfront where a series of plate piles are inserted along the waterfront.