Patent ID: 6616382
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B28B,B65D,E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A mortarless retaining wall block comprising:a generally planar upper surface which is substantially free of cores and recesses; a lower surface configured to engage the upper surface of an adjacent block of like construction to maintain a generally horizontal, parallel relationship between the upper surfaces of blocks in successive courses of blocks when the blocks are stacked together to form a wall; a front face; a rear face; a pair of side faces joining the front and rear faces and having rearwardly converging portions; and a flange extending below the lower surface of the block to provide a surface suitable for engaging the rear face of a block of like construction in the course below said block to thereby provide a pre-determined set-back to a retaining wall constructed from such blocks; wherein the block is free from cores extending through the block from side face to side face.