Patent ID: 7934345

Claim:
A construction system for building a masonry structure, the construction system comprising: a masonry unit, the masonry unit comprising: an uppermost plane; a lowermost plane substantially parallel to the uppermost plane; a hollow cavity formed between the uppermost plane and the lowermost plane; a pair of bars, each bar of the pair of bars being substantially identical and comprising: a threaded aperture; and a non-threaded aperture, the non-threaded aperture being comparatively larger than the threaded aperture, a first bar of the pair of bars abutting the uppermost plane and a second bar of the pair of bars abutting the lowermost plane; and a fastener configured to rigidly and removably connect to each bar of the pair of bars, the fastener configured for insertion through the non-threaded aperture of the first bar, through the hollow cavity, and into threadable engagement with the threaded aperture of the second bar, with the masonry unit entirely interposed between the first bar and the second bar.