Patent ID: 6851234

Claim:
A deck construction for a deck constructed on a building site, comprising, in combination, a plurality of concrete blocks and a plurality of generally vertically oriented post members having longitudinal external corners, said blocks being arranged in generally parallel rows with each of said blocks comprising a one-piece body structure having a generally polygonal external peripheral surface, an upper end surface and a lower end surface adapted for supporting engagement with the building site, each upper end surface having at least two open aligned recesses formed therein with each recess intersecting a centrally disposed enlarged open socket formed in said upper end surface, said recesses each being defined by laterally spaced-apart sidewall surfaces and a base surface and intersecting said external peripheral surface at diametrically opposite positions, each said enlarged open center socket being defined by a central base surface and by socket sidewall surfaces forming four mutually opposed right angle corners spaced apart farther than said spaced-apart sidewalls forming said recesses, said blocks each directly receiving a lower end of one of said generally vertically oriented posts in said socket, said longitudinal corners of said lower end of each said post frictionally engaging said corners of said socket and said lower end of said post being abuttingly supported only by said surfaces defining said socket.