Patent ID: 9068348
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A modular construction block, comprising: a masonry block shell having a top and a bottom, and comprising first and second opposing side walls, and an intermediate cross-web extending continuously between and joined to said side walls and continuously from the top of said block shell to the bottom of said block shell, and wherein said cross-web has first and second exposed ends, a thickness, and a height, the height extending from the first exposed end to the second exposed end, and wherein the thickness of said cross-web is substantially uniform along more than 80% of its height from the first exposed end towards the second exposed end, and is greater at the second exposed end along less than 20% of its height, such that the increased thickness at the second exposed end defines a hand hold for lifting and placing said construction block; each of said first and second side walls comprising first and second opposing planar end edges, a thin wall section extending from said cross-web to the first end edge, and a thick wall section extending from said cross-web to the second end edge, said thin wall section being thinner than said thick wall section along substantially an entire length of said thick wall section preceding the second end edge; and the thick wall section of each side wall tapering from said cross-web toward the second end edge of said side wall.