Patent ID: 8678704

Claim:
An interlocking revetment block, comprising: a body of the revetment block that includes a top surface and a bottom surface, said body having a thickness between said top surface and said bottom surface, and said body having an upstream end and a downstream end; the thickness of said body varying such that said top surface has at least a portion that is sloped upwardly with respect to said bottom surface toward a downstream end of the body of said revetment block; the body of said revetment block having at least two interlocking members comprising at least one interlocking arm and at least one interlocking socket; said downstream end of the body of said revetment block having attached thereto a downstream said interlocking member; said upstream end of the body of said revetment block having attached thereto an upstream said interlocking member; said upstream interlocking member having a top surface that slopes upwardly with respect to a bottom surface thereof from an upstream end of said upstream interlocking member to a downstream end thereof; said downstream interlocking member having a top surface that slopes upwardly with respect to a bottom surface thereof from an upstream end of said downstream interlocking member to a downstream end thereof; and a varying thickness of said interlocking arm is the same as a varying thickness of said interlocking socket.