Patent ID: 8429867

Claim:
A wall block comprising: a wooden frame having a first vertical side and a second vertical side parallel to the first vertical side and a top horizontal side and a bottom horizontal side parallel to the top horizontal side, the wooden frame comprising: a top lateral member, a bottom lateral member parallel to the top lateral member, a first vertical member connected between the top lateral member and the bottom lateral member, a second vertical member connected between the top lateral member and the bottom lateral member and parallel to the first vertical member, a first edge of the: top lateral member, bottom lateral member, and first vertical member defining a plane of the first vertical side, a second edge of the: top lateral member, bottom lateral member, and second vertical member defining a plane of the second vertical side, a third edge of the: top lateral member, first vertical member, and second vertical member defining a plane of the top horizontal side, a fourth edge of the: bottom lateral member, first vertical member, and second vertical member defining a plane of the bottom horizontal side; a planar section of drywall secured to the wooden frame only along the first vertical side; a sheathing layer secured to the wooden frame only along the second vertical side; lathing secured to the sheathing layer; and a planar section of concrete secured to the sheathing layer by the lathing and only along the second vertical side, the top lateral member configured to be secured to another bottom lateral member of another wall block.