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US 12,270,201 B2Granted
Decorative block with load-bearing area
AssigneePavestone, LLC
InventorWilliam H. Karau
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Abstract
A block is provided that includes a first side having a first predetermined load-bearing area and a first non-load-bearing area, the first predetermined load-bearing area having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined location. A second side having a second predetermined load-bearing area and a second non-load-bearing area, the second predetermined load-bearing area having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined location. Wherein the first non-load-bearing area does not extend beyond the first predetermined load-bearing area.
Claims20
A block, comprising:
- a first side having a first predetermined load-bearing area between a substantially flat front, a substantially flat rear, a textured, non-load-bearing left side and a textured, non-load-bearing right side, and a first non-load-bearing area on the first side between the front and the rear, the first predetermined load-bearing area having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined location;
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- a second side having a second predetermined load-bearing area between the front and the rear and a second non-load-bearing area on the second side between the front and the rear, the second predetermined load-bearing area having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined location;
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- wherein the first non-load-bearing area has a profile that is different from the second non-load-bearing area when viewed from the front or the rear.
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A method of forming a block structure, comprising:
- placing a first block on a second block having a textured side and a third block having a textured side, wherein each of the first block and the second block and the third block further comprise:
- a first side having a first predetermined load-bearing area between a substantially flat front side and a substantially flat rear side, and a first non-load-bearing area between the front side and the rear side, the first predetermined load-bearing area having a first predetermined size and a first predetermined location;
- a second side having a second predetermined load-bearing area between the front side and the rear side and a second non-load-bearing area between the front side and the rear side, the second predetermined load-bearing area having a second predetermined size and a second predetermined location;
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- wherein the first non-load-bearing area does not extend beyond the first predetermined load-bearing area;
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- aligning the first load-bearing area of the first block with the second load-bearing area of the second block and the third block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.