Patent ID: 6871468
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: E02D,E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. An interlocking masonry wall block for use with complementary blocks to form a multi-tiered wall having at least one lower tier with first and second lower blocks, said interlocking masonry wall block comprising: a block having upper and lower surfaces, front and rear ends and first and second sides, said upper and lower surfaces being substantially parallel, and said front end having a front wall; first and second spaced apart lugs integrally formed at said rear end of said block, said first lug being proximal said first side, and said second lug being proximal said second side, said lugs extending downwardly from said lower surface of said block, each of said lugs having a forward setback portion and a rearward reinforcement portion, said setback forward portion having a forward facing setback wall, a recess formed in said rear end of said block between said spaced apart lugs, said recess forming a rearward facing recess wall, said recess wall being substantially parallel to said front wall, said setback portions of said lugs being forward of said recess wall and said rearward reinforcement portions of said lugs being rearward of said recess wall, said recess wall and said setback wall being spaced apart a predetermined setback dimension, and, wherein said block is adapted to stack atop the first and second lower blocks in a staggered relation, said setback wall of said first lug of said block being adapted to abuttingly engage the recess wall of the first lower block, and said setback wall of said second lug of said block being adapted to abuttingly engage the recess wall of the second lower block, said front wall of said block being set back from the front wall of each of the lower blocks a distance substantially equal to said setback dimension.