Patent ID: 6953309
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: E02D,E04B,E04C

Abstract:
1. A mortarless retaining wall block comprising: a block body having a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface, and first and second sides; the block body having a generally forward-facing locking surface formed integrally with the bottom thereof and a generally rearward-facing locking surface formed integrally with the top thereof such that when a retaining wall is constructed of a multiplicity of the blocks in multiple courses, the forward-facing locking surface of a block in one course of the blocks engages the rearward-facing locking surface of a block in the course of blocks below it to establish the batter of the wall; and one or more indentations formed in a surface of the block body, other than the front surface, which indicate the degree of batter that results in constructing a retaining wall of a multiplicity of the blocks.