Patent ID: 6851242

Claim:
An interlocking block, comprising: (a) a hollow body configured and arranged with integrally formed and partially laterally overlapped upper and lower generally rectangular sections having (i) a central commons portion, (ii) a cantilevered portion of the upper section projecting from a first side of the body, (iii) a cantilevered portion of the lower section projecting from a second side of the body, (iv) a decorative front surface on the upper and lower sections, (v) a rear surface on the upper and lower sections, (vi) a top defined by the upper section, (vii) a bottom defined by the lower section, (viii) laterally offset first ends on the upper and lower sections, (ix) laterally offset second ends on the upper and lower sections, (x) an underside of the upper section between the laterally offset first ends on the upper and lower sections, and (xi) a top of the lower section between the laterally offset second ends on the upper and lower sections; (b) a protrusion projecting upward from the top of the lower section; and (c) an aperture in the underside of the upper section configured and arranged to accept the protrusion projecting upward from the top of the lower section of a second body so as to permit interlocking of the bodies.