Patent ID: 6561730
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
A block for constructing a breakwater to reduce erosion of a shoreline, said block comprising:a front wall having a first end and a second end and further defining a plurality of holes therethrough; a first side wall extending rearwardly from said first end; a second side wall extending rearwardly from said second end and substantially parallel to said first side wall; a partition wall intermediately extending between said first and said second side walls and defining a plurality of holes therethrough, said partition wall being substantially parallel to said front wall; the partition wall and a portion of said first and said second sidewalls define an open rear cavity; a plurality of horizontal projections extending from said front wall wherein at least a portion of said plurality of holes are located between two of said plurality of horizontal projections and wherein each of said plurality of holes are rectangular and horizontally oriented; an intermediate wall extending rearward from said partition wall and parallel to said side walls; and at least one side protrusion on said first side wall and at least one side recess in said second side wall, said side protrusion and said side recess positioned such that said side protrusion of said block is aligned with a side recess in a like block adjacently placed next to said block.