Patent ID: 9410313
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C

Claim Text:
1. A solid core building block of rectangular form, having a front face, a back face, a top face, a bottom face and a pair of side faces, the solid core building block configured for use in mortar-less applications comprising: a plurality of spaced-apart longitudinal recesses formed in a parallel, aligned configuration around the top face, front face, and rear face of the block, the plurality of spaced-apart longitudinal recesses disposed to be parallel with the pair of side faces; at least one transverse protrusion disposed along the length of the bottom face; a transverse recess disposed along the length of the top face, so as to orthogonally intersect the plurality of spaced-apart longitudinal recesses to form an intersection, with a bore hole formed through the solid core building block extending from the intersection and through the at least one transverse protrusion; a protrusion formed along a first side face of the pair of side faces and a recess formed along the second side face of the pair of side faces such that the protrusion mates with the recess of another block of the same form; and said at least one transverse protrusion mates with the transverse recess of another block of the same form.