Patent ID: 8459896

Claim:
A permeable paving system, comprising: a plurality of paving units, wherein each paving unit includes: a plurality of blocks, each block including a pair of ducts extending through the block and a storage cavity, and a plurality of cables having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each cable is inserted through one of the ducts of multiple blocks until the majority of each cable is contained within the multiple blocks, the first end of each cable is looped back and secured to the cable to form a first lifting loop, and the second end of each cable is looped back and secured to the cable to form a second lifting loop; at least two paving units, each paving unit having a first end, a second end, and a width; and a plurality of lock blocks having a depth and a width, wherein: the width of each lock block is generally uniform and less than the width of the paving unit, one end of one of the at least two paving units is opposed to one end of the other of the at least two paving units and spaced apart by the depth of the lock block, and each of the lock blocks is placed adjacent to another of the lock blocks between the two paving units; wherein each of the lock blocks is substantially the same as each of the plurality of blocks in the paving unit; and wherein, for each of the plurality of blocks and each of the lock blocks: an upper surface is closed, a lower surface includes the storage cavity, the storage cavity is an arched channel extending along the depth of the block, and the first lifting loop and the second lifting loop of the opposed paving units are configured to fit within the storage cavity of one of the lock blocks.