Patent ID: 8434971
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B28B,E02D,E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A wall block comprising: a block body including a top surface, a bottom surface and a front face, the front face having an exposed surface and at least one recessed surface; and at least one lip extending from the top surface, the at least one lip having first and second ends, first and second lateral surfaces and an upper surface, one of the lateral surfaces forming a part of the exposed surface of the front face, the at least one lip having a length measured between the first and second ends, a total number of the at least one lip not being equal to a total number of the at least one recessed surface; wherein the at least one recessed surface is formed into the bottom surface and front face, the at least one recessed surface being set back from the exposed surface of the front face into the block body, the at least one recessed surface being sized such that when a wall is formed from a plurality of the blocks stacked in multiple courses the at least one recessed surface will accommodate at least one lip from an adjacent block in a lower course and wherein the at least one recessed surface engages a lateral surface of the at least one lip from the adjacent block in the lower course.