Patent ID: 9003734
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A mortarless retaining wall constructed of a plurality of segmental retaining wall (“SRW”) blocks stacked in an array of superimposed rows, each SRW block comprising: a face unit having a facing surface defining at least part of the exposed surface of the retaining wall, the face unit having connectors; one or more anchoring units each having one or more connectors, the anchoring unit connectors being of complementary shape to interlock with respective face unit connectors, the face unit and each anchoring unit forming the SRW block when interlocked, each anchoring unit for confronting soil being retained by the retaining wall; the face unit having first and second load bearing surfaces and first and second end surfaces, the first load bearing surfaces shaped to mate with the first or second load bearing surface of a super-imposed stacked SRW block and resisting shear forces between surrounding SRW blocks, the shear forces generated by soil retained by the retaining wall against the SRW blocks, the anchoring units each having upper and lower load bearing surfaces oriented in parallel and each being generally planar across the entire load bearing surfaces, the first and second load bearing surfaces of the face unit being not entirely planar across the load bearing surfaces, the first and second load bearing surfaces forming front edges each for mating with a super-imposed or subjacent face unit, and the first and second end surfaces forming front edges each for mating with a respective front edge of an adjacent face unit, each front edge being not entirely linear along the front edge.