Patent ID: 8201370

Claim:
A wall construction assembly comprising: a block having a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a front side and a back side, said block having a plurality of apertures therein extending into said top side and outwardly from said bottom side, each of said apertures being defined by a perimeter wall, said perimeter walls of each of said apertures being cylindrically shaped and having threading grooves therein, said apertures being aligned with each other along a line orientated perpendicular to said front side, said apertures being equally spaced from said first and second lateral sides; said top side having a pair of raised sections, one of said raised sections being positioned adjacent to said first lateral side and one of said raised sections being positioned adjacent to said second lateral side, said bottom side having a pair of indentations therein, each of said indentations being vertically aligned with one of said raised sections; and said first lateral side and said second lateral side each have a plurality of troughs therein and extending through said top and bottom sides, each of said troughs in said first lateral side being aligned with one of said troughs in said second lateral side, each of said troughs having a semi-cylindrical shape, each of said troughs having threading grooves therein.