Patent ID: 8905818

Claim:
A process for the manufacture of stone blocks for use as finished landscape stone blocks from quarry stone, comprising: a. quarrying natural stone from a quarry; b. splitting the quarried stone into rectangular blocks having a top surface, a bottom surface and two end faces; c. sawing each end face of said block to produce squared ends of said block; d. grinding the top surface of said block to produce a plurality of longitudinal grooves and ridges of varying heights; e. removing the ridges of varying heights from said top surface thereby producing said top surface having ridges of uniform height and grooves of uniform depth; f. rotating said block 180 degrees to an upside down position; g. grinding said bottom surface to produce a plurality of longitudinal grooves and ridges of varying heights; h. removing said ridges of varying heights from said bottom surface thereby producing said bottom surface having ridges of uniform height and grooves of uniform dept.