Patent ID: 6082933
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A block for erecting a retaining wall having multiple courses of blocks, each block comprising a body having front and rear walls, top and bottom walls, and interconnecting side walls, the top wall each of said block being provided with a transverse groove offset from the front wall, the bottom wall of said block being provided with transverse first and second downwardly projecting ribs, said first rib having a cross-sectional shape similar to that of the groove and adapted to seat within said groove when the block is stacked on a block of the next lower course, said first rib being offset from the front wall of said block a distance less than the offset of said groove from said front wall said second rib projecting from said bottom wall along said rear wall so that when the blocks are stacked the first rib seats within said groove and the second rib overhangs and engages the rear wall of the lower block, whereby the blocks are interlocked in successive inclined courses.