Patent ID: 7757451
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
1. A building block for a ventilated wall comprising: an elongated center portion flanked by a pair of substantially parallel side walls oriented substantially perpendicularly to said center portion, said parallel side walls having upper and lower edges, said center portion having a first vertical wall and a second sloped wall, said second sloped wall extending between a relatively thicker bottom wall of said center portion and a relatively thinner top wall of said center portion; wherein said relatively thinner top wall of said center portion projects upwardly beyond the upper edges of said side walls; and wherein said first vertical wall is substantially co-planar with rearward edges of said side walls; and further wherein said side walls extend beyond an edge of said relatively thicker bottom wall of said center portion; and said edge of said relatively thicker bottom wall is coplanar with the lower edges of said side walls.