Connector Clips for Construction Blocks and Retaining Wall Block System and Method

A construction block assembly and locking system comprising of a connector clip to secure mating construction blocks by fitting into communicating receiving recesses in the construction blocks comprising of an elongate generally rectangular member with a top face, bottom face and side walls;

• each side wall having a top portion and bottom portion divided at a center point of the side wall;
• each side wall bottom portion comprising a plurality of grippers, wherein each gripper from the plurality of grippers is continuous along a length of the connector clip;
• wherein a distance between the center point of each side wall is equal to or slightly larger than the width of the communicating slots in the construction blocks into which it is to be inserted;
• and construction blocks with communicating receiving recesses that are equal to or slightly smaller than the distance between the center point of each side wall of the connector clip.

A method for constructing a vertical structure with construction blocks having communicating receiver recesses comprising connector clips being elongate generally rectangular members with a top face, bottom face and side walls;

• each side wall having a top portion and bottom portion divided at the a center point of the side wall;
• each side wall bottom portion comprising a plurality of grippers, wherein each gripper from the plurality of grippers is continuous along a length of the connector clips;
• the distance between the center point of each side wall is equal to or slightly larger than the width of the communicating receiver recesses in the construction blocks into which it is to be inserted:
• placing construction blocks with communicating receiver recesses on a base surface forming a foundation for a structure to be made from the construction blocks;
• inserting the connector clips into the communicating receiver recesses in the construction blocks such that a portion of the connector clip sticks up out of the communicating receiver recess in the construction blocks;
• placing construction blocks with communicating receiving recesses side-by-side with the connector clips inserted into the communicating receiver recess of one block and partially sticking out into the communicating receiver recess in the adjacent construction block;
• placing construction blocks with communicating receiver recesses on top of the construction blocks already in place with the connector clip portion sticking out of the communicating receiver recess;
• inserting the center located connector clip portion sticking out of the blocks already in place into the communicating receiver recess of the construction blocks being placed on top of the construction blocks already in place;
• continuing until the desired height and width of the vertical structure being made from the construction blocks is achieved.

A method for constructing a setback structure with construction blocks having communicating slots comprising connector clips being elongate generally rectangular members with a top face, bottom face and side walls;

• each side wall having a top portion and bottom portion divided at a center point of the side walls;
• each side wall having a top portion and bottom portion divided at the center point of the side wall;
• each side wall bottom portion comprising a plurality of grippers, wherein each gripper from the plurality of grippers is continuous along a length of the connector clips;
• wherein a distance between the center point of each side wall is equal to or slightly larger than the width of the communicating slots in the construction blocks into which it is to be inserted:
• placing construction blocks with communicating receiving recesses on a base surface forming a foundation for a structure to be made from the construction blocks;
• inserting the connector clips into the communicating receiving recesses in the top face of the construction block located toward the back or the front of the block such that a portion of the connector clip sticks up out of the receiving recess in the top face of the construction block;
• placing construction blocks with communicating receiver recesses side-by-side with the connector clip inserted into the communicating receiver recesses of one block and partially sticking out into the communicating receiver recesses in the adjacent construction block;
• placing construction blocks with communicating receiver recesses in the bottom face of the construction block located toward the back or the front of the block which are offset from the communicating receiver recesses in the top face of the construction blocks located toward the back or the front of the block such that the wall generated by the alignment of these top face and bottom face communicating receiver recesses located in the front or the back of the block is offset and goes up in a stepped back fashion;
• inserting the connector clip portion sticking out of the top face rear or front location of the construction blocks already in place into communicating slots in the bottom face rear or front location of the construction blocks being placed on top of the construction blocks already in place;
• continuing these steps until the desired height and width of the set back structure being made from the construction blocks is achieved.