Abstract: There is described a new and improved soil reinforcing structure comprising a planar wall member for erection into a generally upright soil retaining position, the wall member having a front and rear surface. At least one grid member is horizontally anchored in the wall member for permanent connection thereto and to extend outwardly from the rear surface thereof. The grid member includes at least one row of apertures formed along the length thereof outside the rear surface of the wall member, and is resiliently flexible so that it may be easily and restorably folded against the rear surface of the wall member. The grid member is additionally adapted for connection by means of the row of apertures therein to a corresponding soil reinforcing grid embedded in soil retained behind the wall member to maintain the wall member in its generally upright position.

Abstract: There is described a new and improved soil reinforcing structure including an upright earth retaining wall having a front surface and a rear surface, at least one flexible anchoring grid extending rearwardly from the rear surface of the wall into compacted soil behind the wall, the grid having along its length a plurality of transverse rows of apertures, the apertures being spaced from one another by an intervening web, a second flexible grid horizontally anchored in the rear surface of the wall and having therein at least one row of apertures extending parallel to and outside the rear surface, each of the apertures being spaced from one another by an intervening web, and a rod adapted to pass through a channel formed by the interfingering of the webs and apertures in the two grids to interconnect the flexible anchoring grid with the upright wall.