US 12,297,612 B2
Rockfall barrier
Ahren Bichler, Sechelt (CA); and Gernot Stelzer, Kuchl (AT)
Assigned to TRUMER SCHUTZBAUTEN GES.M.B.H., Obeendorf (AT)
Appl. No. 17/998,136
Filed by Trumer Schutzbauten Ges.m.b.H, Oberndorf (AT)
PCT Filed May 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061738
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224267, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20173750 (EP), filed on May 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0220636 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E01F 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC E01F 7/045 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rockfall barrier for installation between an uphill side and a downhill side of a hill slope, the rockfall barrier comprising:
at least two guide devices for a net having an upper edge and a lower edge, and
an upper load-bearing rope configured to guide the upper edge at the guide devices,
wherein at least one middle rope is provided, the at least one middle rope extending from an upper end point fixed at the upper load-bearing rope to a lower end point configured to be fixed to the hill slope,
wherein each at least one middle rope is directly coupled to a respective braking element configured to be fixed to the hill slope and arranged adjacent to the lower edge of the net.