Patent ID: 8683764
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
1. A block system, comprising: a framework including one or more mullions, said mullions defining one or more cavities, wherein at least one of said mullions has a recess defined along an external surface; a block having a top, a bottom, a front face, a back face, and a pair of narrow faces; one or more detents defined within each said narrow face; and, a flange anchored within said mullion, said flange defined as a strip having a free end and a fixed end, said fixed end wider than said free end, said fixed end adapted to be pulled through said recess of said mullion to be captured thereon, wherein said flange flexes and thereafter retracts to embed itself into said detent when said block is inserted into said cavity such that said block is retained within said framework.