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US 12,043,976 B2Granted
Masonry block
AssigneeMortarless Technologies, LLC
InventorsEdward J. Anderson, Geoffrey S. Parrington, Dion T. DeMeyer
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Abstract
A method of forming simulated stone or brick column or a retaining wall is made up of rows of masonry blocks of generally trapezoidal configuration arranged in end-to-end relation to one another in each row, each block including a recessed portion being aligned with one another in each row and each block having textured wall surfaces simulating the appearance of brick or stone along one or more wall surfaces arranged in different configurations without the necessity of interlocking the blocks together.
Claims23
A masonry block, comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface having a first cavity extending upwardly from the bottom surface, the bottom surface including a front outer perimeter edge that is larger than a rear outer perimeter edge, the bottom surface surrounds the first cavity on two sides;
- a rear surface tapered downwardly from the top surface to the bottom surface, the rear surface including a second cavity;
- at least one textured external wall surface simulating the appearance of stone or brick, the textured external wall surface oriented vertically when the top surface and the bottom surface are oriented horizontally;
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- wherein the second cavity has a maximum depth at a top end of the second cavity that is nearest to a top surface of the masonry block and a minimum depth that is smaller than the maximum depth.
3 more elements
A masonry block, comprising:
- a top surface;
- a rear surface tapered downwardly from the top surface to a flat bottom surface, the rear surface including a cavity that has a maximum depth at a top end of the cavity that is nearest to the top surface and a minimum depth that is smaller than the maximum depth;
- and at least one textured external wall surface simulating the appearance of stone or brick, the textured external wall surface oriented vertically when the top surface and the bottom surface are oriented horizontally.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.