US 12,312,762 B1
Grout tube protection system
Theo Robert Seeley, Hacienda Heights, CA (US)
Filed by Theo Robert Seeley, Hacienda Heights, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,927.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/443,304, filed on Feb. 3, 2023.
Int. Cl. E02D 5/46 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 5/46 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Method of injecting grout an above ground fill of loose soil, rocks and/or inert debris comprising:
placing a grout injection tube into said above ground fill;
said grout injection tube encased within a protective layer of sand and/or gravel;
said grout injection tube and said protective layer enclosed within a wrapping of a porous material to prevent the migration of said sand and/or gravel beyond the wrapping;
said grout injection tube, protective layer, and wrapping surrounded by said above ground fill;
injecting grout through said injection tube, said protective layer, and said wrapping into said above ground fill, thereby consolidating said soil, rock and/or inert debris.
 
8. A consolidated above ground fill of soil, rock, and/or inert debris comprising: a grout injection tube in said above ground fill;
Said grout injection tube enclosed within a protective layer of sand and/or gravel;
said grout injection tube and said protective layer enclosed within a wrapping of a porous material to prevent the migration of said sand and/or gravel beyond the wrapping;
said grout injection tube, protective layer, and wrapping surrounded by said above ground fill;
grout which has been injected through said grout injection tube, said protective layer, and said wrapping into said above ground fill.