Patent 7435034 was granted and assigned to Survitec Group on October, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A fascine comprises a plurality of elongate hollow inflatable pipes (10). The pipes (10) can be surmounted by a trackway (11) formed by track sections (28) that are also inflatable. The pipes (10) in the track sections (28) can be vacuum packed for compact transportation and easy deployment.