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US 11,718,985 B2Granted
Construction block
OwnerIsaac Walkerinventor
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Abstract
A mortarless block system for forming walls from blocks which are stackable in sequential rows upon each other. Upper rows of blocks positioned upon lower rows are securable by positioning of support rods through aligned passages thereof. The passages extend between upper and lower notches in each respective block. The support rods are engaged to connectors which are sized to fit completely within the notches to thereby leave the upper and lower surfaces of each lower row flush to stacking overhead rows thereon.
Claims9
A mortarless block system comprising:
- a block, said block having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite said top surface;
- said block having a first side communicating between said top surface and said bottom surface and having a second side opposite said first side;
- said block having a first endwall opposite a second endwall;
- a first plurality of upper notches forming recessed areas in said top surface of said block;
- a second plurality of lower notches each forming recessed areas into said bottom surface;
- each of said upper notches being aligned with a respective one of said lower notches to form aligned pairs of notches;
- passages running through said block between each of said aligned pairs of notches;
- a plurality of said blocks positionable in stacked rows of said blocks in adjacent positions to each other to form a wall;
- a connector bracket for holding an upper row of said blocks in said stacked rows positioned atop a lower row of said blocks in said stacked rows;
- a support rod running through said passages of said blocks in said upper row and said passages of said blocks in said lower row;
- a first end of said support rod having a first said connector bracket engaged thereto, said first connector bracket dimensioned to fit within said upper notch on a said block in said upper row;
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- a second end of said support rod engaged with a second said connector bracket, said second connector bracket dimensioned to fit within said lower notch of a block in said lower row.
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A mortarless block system comprising:
- a block, said block having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite said top surface;
- said block having a first side communicating between said top surface and said bottom surface and having a second side opposite said first side;
- said block having a first endwall opposite a second endwall;
- a first plurality of upper notches forming recessed areas in said top surface of said block;
- a second plurality of lower notches each forming recessed areas into said bottom surface;
- each of said upper notches being aligned with a respective one of said lower notches to form aligned pairs of notches;
- passages running through said block between each of said aligned pairs of notches;
- a plurality of said blocks positionable in stacked rows of said blocks in adjacent positions to each other to form a wall;
- said block having a hollow interior cavity by an area surrounded by said top surface, said bottom surface, said first side, said second side, said first endwall and said second endwall;
- said block having a fill opening communicating with said interior cavity for deposit of fill material therein;
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- a connector bracket for holding an upper row of said blocks in said stacked row positioned atop a lower row of said blocks in said stacked row, wherein upper ends of said passages running through each said block in said upper row, are aligned with lower ends of said passages in each said block in said lower row;
- a support rod running through both said passages running through said blocks in said upper row and said passages in said blocks in said lower row,
- a first end of said support rod having a first said connector bracket engaged thereto, said first connector bracket dimensioned to fit within a said upper notch on a said block in said upper row;
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- a second end of said support rod engaged with a second said connector bracket, said second connector bracket dimensioned to fit within a said lower notch of a block in said lower row.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.