Patent ID: 8684633

Claim:
An interlocking retaining wall block, adapted for assembly into a retaining wall including a plurality of stacked rows of at least a plurality of said blocks, said block comprising: left, right, front and rear body portions, said front and rear body portions of said block being connected by said left and right body portions, defining a void therebetween; left and right protruding body portions, said left and right protruding body portions extending outwardly in left and right directions from said left and right body portions, respectively, and behind said void; left and right aligning elements extending upwardly from an upper surface of said left and right protruding body portions, respectively, each of said aligning elements located forward of an exterior face of said rear body portion and rearward of an interior face of said front body portion on each of said left and right protruding body portions, wherein each of said aligning elements is operable to be received by another block void of another one of said blocks, said another block void defined by left, right, front and rear body portions of said another one of said blocks, said front and rear body portions of said another one of said blocks being connected by said left and right body portions, defining said another block void therebetween; and a substantially planar lower surface of said block.