Plantable retaining wall block
AssigneeKeystone Retaining Wall Systems, Inc.
InventorWilliam B. Dawson
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Abstract
A plantable retaining wall block having a plant-receiving cavity located in a top surface thereof. The block is constructed so that the plant-receiving cavity lies between portions of side walls which are generally parallel with a front face of the block. The shape of the block is such that a nearly vertical retaining wall may be constructed such that each plant-receiving cavity is substantially exposed to allow vegetation to be planted. The wall block may include a connection member or an alignment member to allow the block to be stabilized and aligned with blocks in adjacent rows of a retaining wall.
Claims15
A retaining wall block comprising:
- top and bottom surfaces, each having a front edge and a rear edge, each being spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the other;
- a front face extending between the front edges of the top and bottom surfaces and having a pair of side edges;
- a rear face extending between the rear edges of the top and bottom surfaces and having a pair of side edges;
- a pair of side walls extending between the top and bottom surfaces, one of the side walls extending between one of the side edges of the front and rear faces, the other of the side walls extending between the other of the side edges of the front and rear faces, each side wall having first, second and third surfaces, the first surface of each side wall extending from a side edge of the front face towards the rear face to the second surface, the second surface of each side wall extending away from the other side wall to the third surface, the second surface being generally parallel with the front face and perpendicular to the first surface, the third surface of each side wall extending from the second surface to the rear face such that the third surfaces converge towards the rear face;
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- a plant receiving cavity formed in the top surface, the cavity having a bottom wall which extends from the front face toward the rear face and terminates before the rear face to provide a drainage outlet positioned in the bottom wall adjacent to the rear face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.