Patent ID: 6715965
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A planter block for use in a retaining wall formed from tiers of blocks, at least some of the blocks in the wall having a bottom recess spaced a predetermined distance to the rear of a front face on such blocks, said planter block having a textured front face having an upper edge, two sides, a rear, a top and a bottom, a trough recessed in said top to extend substantially parallel to said front face and to extend to the rear of and below said upper edge, said trough having a size and shape sufficiently receiving soil and plants, and at least one projection means on said top spaced to the rear of said trough and a distance from said front face of said planter block greater than the predetermined distance for engaging a bottom recess in a block which is placed in an adjacent upper tier when said planter block is installed in a retaining wall, whereby at least a portion of said trough will extend forward from the front face of a block placed on said planter block in an adjacent upper tier of such wall with a bottom groove in such block receiving said at least one projection means.