Patent ID: 9580881
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B28B,E02D,E04B,E04C

Claim:
1. A retaining wall comprising a plurality of courses of retaining wall blocks including a first upper course and an adjacent second lower course, each retaining wall block having opposed front and rear faces, the rear face having at least a first surface and a second surface, opposed first and second side surfaces, an upper surface opposed and substantially parallel to a lowermost surface of the block, and at least a first and second weight bearing pad extending from the upper surface, the block having a depth as measured from the front face to the rear face, the first weight bearing pad extending between the first surface of the rear face and the front face of the block more than half but less than all of the length of the depth of the block and the second weight bearing pad extending between the second surface of the rear face and the front face of the block more than half but less than all of the length of the depth of the block, the at least first and second weight bearing pads having a height, wherein the weight bearing pads are positioned such that the lowermost surface of the blocks of the first upper course are spaced the height of the weight bearing pad from the upper surface of the blocks of the adjacent lower course.