MODULAR ELONGATE MEMBER RETAINING WALL

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a wall module. The wall module includes a panel that includes a first portion having an end and a second portion having a first end offset laterally from the end of the first portion in a first direction along a virtual plane. The wall module includes a plurality of pieces coupled to the first portion. Each piece of the plurality of pieces is configured to receive an end of an elongate member. The plurality of pieces include a first piece proximate to the end of the first portion of the panel. The first piece is configured to receive an end of a first elongate member. The wall modules includes a band coupled to the second portion in a position proximate to a second end of the second portion opposite to the first end of the second portion.

Description

Claims

1. A wall module, comprising: a panel, comprising a first portion having an end and a second portion having a first end offset laterally from the end of the first portion in a first direction along a virtual plane;a plurality of pieces coupled to the first portion of the panel, each piece of the plurality of pieces configured to receive an end of an elongate member of a plurality of elongate members, the plurality of pieces comprising a first piece proximate to the end of the first portion of the panel and configured to receive an end of a first elongate member of the plurality of elongate members; anda band coupled to the second portion in a position proximate to a second end of the second portion opposite to the first end of the second portion, the band configured to receive a second elongate member of the plurality of elongate members,wherein at least one of the plurality of elongate members extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the band is offset from the first piece in the second direction.

2. The wall module of claim 1, wherein: each of the plurality of pieces further comprises a receiving receptacle; andthe wall module further comprises a curved portion connected to at least one piece of the plurality of pieces, the curved portion being configured to guide the end of the elongate member into the receiving receptacle.

3. The wall module of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of elongate members are substantially cylindrical in shape.

4. The wall module of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality elongate members extends a length at least equal to the depth of a hole in the ground.

5. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the panel is made of a flexible material.

6. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pieces further comprises pieces disposed between the first piece and the band in the first direction.

7. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the panel comprises a plurality of flanges.

8. The wall module of claim 7, wherein each of the number of pieces is coupled to a first flange of the number of flanges extending outward from the piece in a first direction, wherein the first flange is connected to a second flange of the number of flanges extending outward from an adjacent piece of the number of pieces.

9. The wall module of claim 1, at least one of the plurality of pieces comprising a removable cap configured to cover the end of the elongate member.

10. The wall module of claim 8, wherein the removable cap further comprises a telescoping top.

11. The wall module of claim 1, further comprising a cap, the cap comprising: a first portion configured to fit within the first elongate member at the first end of the first elongate member; anda second portion coupled to the first portion and having a width greater than a width of the first piece.

12. A modular retaining wall system, comprising: a first plurality of wall modules, each wall module of the plurality of wall modules comprising: a first wall module, comprising: a first panel, comprising a first portion having an end and a second portion having a first end offset laterally from the end of the first portion in a first direction along a virtual plane;a plurality of pieces coupled to the first portion of the first panel, each piece of the plurality of pieces configured to receive an end of an elongate member of a plurality of elongate members, the plurality of pieces comprising:at least one piece extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; anda first piece proximate to the end of the first portion of the panel and configured to receive an end of a first elongate member of the plurality of elongate members; anda band coupled to the second portion, positioned proximate to a second end of the second portion opposite to the first end of the second portion, and configured to receive a second elongate member of the plurality of elongate members;a second wall module adjacent to the first wall module, the second wall module comprising a band configured to receive the first elongate member; anda third wall module adjacent to the first wall module, the third wall module comprising a piece configured to receive and cover a first end of the second additional elongate member; anda second plurality of wall modules, each wall module of the second plurality of wall modules comprising: a panel; anda second number of pieces, each piece of the second number of pieces coupled to the panel and configured to receive a second end of an elongate member of the number of elongate members, wherein the second end comprises an end opposite to the first end.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein each of the first plurality of wall modules and the second plurality of wall modules are configured to be connected through the number of elongate members to form an enclosure.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the enclosure is substantially circular in shape.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the wall modules of the first plurality of wall modules and/or the second plurality of wall modules is configured to be connected to at least one of an in-ground pool or a frame of an in-ground trampoline.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a material not permeable to earth disposed on at least one side of the first plurality of wall modules.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein a distance between each of the first plurality of wall modules and the second plurality of wall modules is substantially uniform throughout the enclosure.

18. The system of claim 12, further comprising a number of pivot members, each pivot member of the number of pivot member being rotatable about an axis substantially perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction and connecting at least one of (i) a first wall module of the first plurality of wall modules to a second wall module of the first plurality of wall modules and (ii) a first wall module of the second plurality of wall modules to a second wall module of the second plurality of wall modules.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the first plurality of wall modules are configured such that the panel of each wall module contacts a panel of the first adjacent wall module and the second adjacent wall module such that each panel of the first plurality of wall modules forms a substantially continuous surface.

20. A method of building a retention wall, comprising: shaping a panel such that the panel comprises a first portion having an end and a second portion having a first end offset laterally from the end of the first portion in a first direction along a virtual plane;coupling a plurality of pieces to the first portion of the panel, each piece of the plurality of pieces configured to receive an end of an elongate member of a plurality of elongate members, the plurality of pieces comprising a first piece proximate to the end of the first portion of the panel and configured to receive an end of a first elongate member of the plurality of elongate members; andcoupling a band to the panel in a position proximate to a second end of the second portion opposite to the first end of the second portion, wherein the band is: configured to receive a second elongate member of the plurality of elongate members; andoffset from the first piece in the second direction,wherein at least one of the plurality of elongate members extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.