Patent ID: 7497646

Claim:
A retaining wall block engagement system comprising: a plurality of wall blocks, each wall block comprising: a top surface and opposing bottom surface, a front surface and opposing rear surface and first and second opposing side surfaces, wherein the opposing side surfaces do not diverge as they extend rearwardly from the front surface; a pair of recesses extending upwardly from bottom surface, the recesses separated by a web portion; and a pair of side web portions formed between each recess and each side surface, the side web portions oriented substantially perpendicular to the front surface; and a plurality of generally h-shaped connectors, each connector comprising: a span portion connected to first and second downwardly extending posts and an upwardly extending post, wherein first downwardly extending post is coplanar with upwardly extending post, and wherein first and second downwardly extending posts are configured to straddle a side web portion of a wall block and upwardly extending post is configured to be received within a recess of a vertically adjacent block.