US 12,486,767 B2
Excavation and shoring equipment
Ted R. Dimitroff, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by Ted R. Dimitroff, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/603,846.
Application 18/603,846 is a division of application No. 17/932,797, filed on Sep. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,988,044.
Prior Publication US 2024/0209692 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. E21D 5/01 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 10/26 (2006.01)
CPC E21D 5/01 (2013.01) [E21B 33/14 (2013.01); E21B 10/26 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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8. A shoring member to retain a soil wall resulting from a ground excavation or drilling, comprising:
a rigid hollow wall configured to engage the soil wall;
a plurality of dewatering tubes fixed inside the rigid hollow wall at spaced distances from one another to provide structural strength along the wall, and adapted for connection to a dewatering machine, and
wherein the tubes and the wall are free from a common wall defining the tubes.