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US 2004/0163353 A1Published application
Reversible wall block, block wall, and method of wall construction
AssigneeInnovative Concrete Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey M. Dean, Jeffrey A. Mattox
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Abstract
A wall block, system, and method for creating a straight and/or curved wall such that the front and back sides of the wall will have generally the same appearance. The block is asymmetrical and is designed to abut the ends of like blocks that are upright or inverted relative thereto.
Claims32
A block comprising:
- a first side;
- a second side;
- a third side;
- a fourth side;
- a fifth side;
- a sixth side;
- a seventh side;
- and
- an eighth side,
- wherein the first side joins the second side in an angle of α°, wherein the second side joins the third side in an angle of α°, wherein the third side joins the fourth side in an angle of δ°, wherein the fourth side joins the fifth side in an angle of λ°, wherein the fifth side joins the sixth side in an angle of α°, wherein the sixth side joins the seventh side in an angle α°, wherein the seventh side joins the eighth side in an angle of (270°−α°), wherein the eighth side joins the first side in an angle (270°−α°), wherein (λ°+δ°+2(α°))=540°, and wherein (270°−α°)≠δ°.
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A block comprising:
- a front face;
- a rear face opposite the front face;
- a right end comprising first, second, and third parts, the first part connected at an angle to the front face, the second part connected at an angle to the rear face, and the third part connecting the first and second parts, wherein the third part is oriented substantially perpendicular to the front and rear faces;
- and
- a left end comprising first, second, and third parts, the first part connected at an angle to the front face, the second part connected at an angle to the rear face, and the third part connecting the first and second parts, wherein the third part is oriented at an oblique angle to the front and rear faces,
- wherein the third part of the right end of a first block is adapted to abut the third part of the left end of a like second block so that the front faces of the first and second blocks are angled, so that the rear faces of the first and second blocks are angled, so that a first groove is defined between first part of the right end of the first block and the first part of the left end of the second block, and so that a second groove is defined between the second part of the right end of the first block and the second part of the left end of the second block.
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An asymmetrical landscaping block for abutting end-to-end placement with like blocks, the block comprising:
- a top face;
- a bottom face;
- a front face;
- a rear face;
- a left end;
- and
- a right end,
- wherein the left end comprises a first abutting face disposed at an angle δ with respect to a medial vertical plane through the left and right ends,
- wherein the right end comprises a second abutting face disposed at an angle η with respect to the medial vertical plane,
- wherein ε≠η,
- wherein the first abutting face of the left end of a first block is adapted to abut the second abutting face of the right end of a like second block so that the front faces of the first and second blocks are angled, so that the rear faces of the first and second blocks are angled, so that a first groove is defined between front face of the first block and the front face of the second block, and so that a second groove is defined between the rear face of the first block and the rear face of the second block.
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A system for constructing a landscaping wall from a plurality of blocks, the system comprising:
- a first block comprising:
- a top face;
- a bottom face;
- a front face;
- a rear face;
- a left end;
- and
- a right end,
- wherein the left end comprises a first abutting face disposed at an angle ε with respect to a medial vertical plane through the left and right ends block, and
- wherein the right end comprises a second abutting face disposed at an angle η with respect to the medial vertical plane,
- wherein ε≠η, and
- a second block substantially similar in shape to said first block,
- wherein the first abutting face of the left end of a first block is adapted to abut the second abutting face of the right end of the second block so that the front faces of the first and second blocks are angled, so that the rear faces of the first and second blocks are angled, so that a first groove is defined between front face of the first block and the front face of the second block, and so that a second groove is defined between the rear face of the first block and the rear face of the second block.
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A method of constructing a wall having at least one straight portion and at least one curved portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing a first block in a predetermined position;
- placing a second block in an end-to-end orientation with respect to the first block to create a first of the at least one straight portion, said second block having a shape which is substantially the same as the first block;
- and
- placing a third block in an end-to-end orientation with respect to either the first or the second block to create a first of the at least one curved portion, said third block having a shape which is substantially the same as the first and second blocks,
- wherein a front side of a wall formed by the first, second, and third blocks has an appearance which is substantially similar to an appearance of a rear side of the wall formed by the first, second, and third blocks.
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