Patent ID: 8209916
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04H,F41H,F42D

Abstract:
1. A construction block comprising: a pair of base members, each of the base members defining a first upper channel and a second upper channel, each of the base members comprising a first plurality of ribs positioned within the first upper channel and a second plurality of ribs positioned within the second upper channel; and a pair of side wall assemblies, each of the side wall assemblies comprising a plurality of hingedly interconnected panels, each of the panels of each of the side wall assemblies comprising a thermoplastic material, each of the side wall assemblies defining a hollow load chamber having an open top and an open bottom; wherein a first one of the side wall assemblies is releasably engaged with at least some of the first plurality of ribs of a lower one of the base members, and a second one of the side wall assemblies is releasably engaged with at least some of the second plurality of ribs of the lower one of the base members; and each of the first one of the side wall assemblies and the second one of the side wall assemblies is releasably engaged with an upper one of the base members.