Patent ID: 7794180
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A retaining wall comprising: a first block and a second block stacked on a portion of the first block, each block having: a front face; a back face substantially parallel to the front face; a bottom face, the bottom face including a first recess in the bottom face; two side faces; and a top face substantially parallel to the bottom face, the top face including: two protrusions disposed substantially symmetrically about a centerline of the block, the two protrusions configured to engage with first recesses of overlying blocks in a retaining wall; and a second transverse channel disposed on the top face between the back face and the protrusions; and a stabilizing sheet between the top face of the first block and the bottom face of the second block and secured in the second transverse channel by two stabilizing rods; the second transverse channel configured to receive the stabilizing sheet and stabilizing rods stacked in a top-to-bottom configuration, wherein a width of the second transverse channel is much less than a combined width of the two stabilizing rods; and a first portion of the stabilizing sheet is depressed into the second transverse channel beneath a first one of the two stabilizing rods and is wrapped over the first stabilizing rod and a second of the two stabilizing rods is depressed into the second transverse channel over the first portion of the stabilizing sheet and the first stabilizing rod; and the first portion and a second portion of the stabilizing sheet are wrapped over the second stabilizing rod and extend together between the first and second blocks rearward toward the rear faces thereof.