Patent ID: 6557818
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B28B,E02D,E04B,E04C

Abstract:
A form for casting a concrete retaining wall block having a front, a top, a bottom, two sides and a rear, said form including a base, four form sides mounted to pivot relative to said base between closed and open positions, said four form sides forming a cavity having an open top and a closed bottom, said bottom forming the front of a block cast in said cavity, a first of said form sides forming a top of a block cast in said cavity, a second of said form sides forming a bottom of a block cast in said cavity, a third of said form sides forming one side of a block cast in said cavity, and the fourth of said form sides forming the other side of a block cast in said cavity, and a locking mechanism adapted to releasably lock said form sides in said closed position, and including a resilient face insert in said cavity supported on said base, said resilient face insert having a surface defining said cavity bottom and adapted to form a front on a retaining wall block cast in said cavity.