Patent ID: 7862754

Claim:
A method of casting a concrete stone with opposed molded textured surfaces, said method comprising the steps: i) positioning a profiling plate on a support surface, said profiling plate having one or more mold bottom wall formations each having a textured outer surface; ii) providing a bond release means over said textured outer surface; iii) positioning mold forming side walls about said one or more mold bottom wall formations to form one or more open-top-end molds; iv) filling said one or more open-top-end molds with dry-cast concrete; v) positioning a top plate having one or more mold top wall formations each having a textured outer surface in contact with an entire top end of said mold forming side walls with said mold top wall formations disposed inside respective ones of said open-top-end molds to close said molds; vi) compacting said concrete in said molds to form one or more concrete stones having said opposed molded textured surfaces; and vii) separating said mold forming side wall and said top plate with said concrete compacted in said mold from said profiling plate for the re-use of said profiling plate.