Patent ID: 7384215

Claim:
A mortarless retaining wall block comprising: a) a block body having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and first and second sides; b) a first inset in the first side of the block body extending from the block body top to the block body bottom, and a second inset in the second side of the block body extending from the block body top to the block body bottom; c) one or more locator protrusions formed integrally on the block body top or the block body bottom, at least a portion of each locator protrusion is adapted to fit within an inset on a block in an adjacent course of blocks when a plurality of the blocks are stacked in ascending courses to form a wall, and each locator protrusion having a generally forward-facing surface and a generally rearward-facing surface; and wherein d) in top plan view the block body has a first front edge, a first rear edge, a first side edge and a second side edge opposed to the first side edge, wherein i) the first front edge extends from the first side edge to the second side edge and extends to the widest portion of the block body, and the first rear edge extends from the first side edge to the second side edge, and ii) the first side edge includes a first converging portion and the second side edge includes a second converging portion that is opposed to the first converging portion, and the opposed converging portions converge towards each other as they extend toward the first rear edge and are each oriented at an oblique angle relative to the first rear edge; e) in front elevation view the block body has a front surface and the first front edge corresponds to the widest portion of the front surface; f) in side elevation view the block body has a second front edge, a second rear edge that is generally vertical, a top edge, and a bottom edge generally opposite the top edge, wherein i) each locator protrusion projects above the top edge or below the bottom edge; and ii) the top or bottom edge opposite the edge from which each locator protrusion projects extends from the second front edge to the second rear edge and is generally horizontal and generally lies on a first straight line.