Patent ID: 6843034

Claim:
A bracket for attaching together adjacent blocks of a course, the blocks being of a type having open internal cells with recessed notches at the ends of the cells, the bracket comprising a flat integrated unit having a longitudinal cross member and a pair of arms located at opposite ends of said cross member, said arms extending out from said cross member and being generally parallel to each other and generally perpendicular to said cross member, said arms being designed for insertion into the open cells of adjacent blocks with said cross member extending across a gap defined by the adjacent recessed notches of the adjacent blocks wherein each of said arms has an outside edge that is approximately perpendicular to said cross member, and an inside edge that is tapered such that the outwardly extending distal ends of said arms are more narrow than the proximal ends that are integrally attached to the cross member and wherein an additional arm is provided at the center of said cross member such that said additional arm is inserted between adjacent blocks of said course defining a space between said blocks.