US 12,338,596 B2
Seawall construction using concrete forms
Joshua Earl Beech, Johns Island, SC (US)
Assigned to Beech Contractors, LLC, Charleston, SC (US)
Filed by Beech Contractors, LLC, Charleston, SC (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,390.
Application 18/073,390 is a continuation of application No. 16/991,781, filed on Aug. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,530,521.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101664 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. E02D 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 29/0275 (2013.01) [E02D 2250/0007 (2013.01); E02D 2250/0023 (2013.01); E02D 2300/0006 (2013.01); E02D 2300/0009 (2013.01); E02D 2300/002 (2013.01); E02D 2300/0026 (2013.01); E02D 2300/0075 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A method comprising:
coupling a first end of a barrier member to a footing disposed in or adjacent a body of water, the barrier member being substantially waterproof;
mounting a concrete form to the footing such that a top end of the concrete form is disposed higher than an exposed upper surface of the footing, the mounted concrete form defining at least part of a fill volume over the upper surface of the footing;
coupling a second end of the barrier member to the concrete form such that the barrier member extends over a side of the concrete form opposite to the fill volume; and
subsequent to the coupling the second end of the barrier member to the concrete form, pouring concrete into the fill volume,
wherein the coupling the first end of the barrier member to the footing comprises coupling a first ledger to a side surface of the footing that faces the body of water, the first end of the barrier member being retained between a first surface of the first ledger and the side surface of the footing, the first ledger having a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface facing toward the body of water, and
wherein the mounting the concrete form to the footing comprises coupling a second ledger to the side surface of the footing over the first ledger such that the second ledger at least partially supports the concrete form atop the second ledger.