Patent ID: 7037037

Claim:
An erosion control block, comprising: a block formed of a heavy material, and having at least four sides, and a top surface and a bottom surface; at least one side of two sides of said block having formed thereon a respective male tab member extending therefrom, said male tab member including a neck portion and an enlarged end; two other sides of said block having formed therein a respective female socket member, each said female socket member including a narrow opening which opens into a socket, said socket for receiving therein an enlarged end of a male tab member of another similarly-constructed block, each said female socket constructed so that when an enlarged end of a respective male tab member of a neighbor block is received therein, said block and each neighbor block cannot be laterally removed therefrom; and at least one cable channel formed laterally through said block, said cable channel formed at an acute angle with respect to at least one side of said two sides.