Retaining wall block
OwnerErnest E. Boneinventor
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Abstract
A retaining wall block including a body having a front face, a rear face, opposing side faces, a top face, and a bottom face, and an elongated channel located in a surface of the bottom face preferably extending substantially between the opposing side faces. At least one pin aperture is located in a surface of the top face. A retaining pin is located in the pin aperture, extending vertically a predetermined distance above the surface of the top face. The block includes a cut-out portion defining a hollow extending from the top face through the body to the bottom face. The cut-out is located in the top face between the pin aperture and the front face and in the bottom face between the channel and the front face. A hand grip is provided within the forward upper portion of the cut-out.
Claims20
A retaining wall block comprising:
- a body, said body having a front face, a rear face, opposing side faces, a top face, and a bottom face;
- a channel located in a surface of said bottom face extending substantially between said opposing side faces;
- and, at least one pin aperture located in a surface of said top face.
A retaining wall block comprising:
- a. a body, said body having a front face, a rear face, opposing side faces, a top face, and a bottom face, a channel located in a surface of said bottom face extending substantially between said opposing side faces, and at least one pin aperture located in a surface of said top face;
- b. a retaining pin, said pin being located in said pin aperture, and extending vertically a predetermined distance above a surface of said top face;
- c. a cut-out portion, said cut-out portion defining a hollow extending from said top face through said body to said bottom face, said cut-out being located in said top face between said pin aperture and said front face and said opposing side faces, and said cut-out being located in said bottom face between said channel and said front face and said opposing side faces.
A retaining wall comprising:
- a. first and second base course blocks, each of said base course blocks comprising:
- a body, said body having a front face, a rear face, opposing side faces, a top face, and a bottom face, and at least one pin aperture located in a surface of said top face;
- a retaining pin, said pin being located in said pin aperture, and extending vertically a predetermined distance above a surface of said top face;
- a cut-out portion, said cut-out portion defining a hollow extending from said top face through said body to said bottom face, said cut-out being located in said top face between said pin aperture and said front face and said opposing side faces, and said cut-out being located in said bottom face between said rear face and said front face and said opposing side faces;
- said base course blocks being elongated, having a longitudinal axis extending from said side face to said side face, and being arranged in side to side relation with respect to each other so that said pins of said blocks are relatively close to the side face of the adjacent block;
- b. a first course block, said first course block comprising:
- a body, said body having a front face, a rear face, opposing side faces, a top face, and a bottom face, a channel located in a surface of said bottom face extending substantially between said opposing side faces;
- a cut-out portion, said cut-out portion defining a hollow extending from said top face through said body to said bottom face, said cut-out being located in said top face between said rear face and said front face and said opposing side faces, and said cut-out being located in said bottom face between said channel and said front face and said opposing side faces;
- said first course block being located on and straddling said first and second base course blocks, said bottom face of said first course block resting in contingent relation over a respective portion of said top faces of said first and second base course blocks, with a respective said retaining pin of each of said first and second base course blocks being located within said channel of said first course block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.