Building block
OwnerOctavian Bundrainventor
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Abstract
An improved building block (12) for constructing an exterior wall (14) comprising a solid body (16) having a front face (18), a rear face (20), two end faces (22), a top face (24) and a bottom face (26). A plurality of alignment projections (28) are on the top face (24) of the solid body (16). The bottom face (26) of the solid body (16) has a plurality of alignment sockets (30) therein. When a plurality of the solid bodies (16) are laid side by side and are stacked offset one upon the other to make a plurality of courses (32), the alignment projections (28) will engage with the alignment sockets (30) to form equally spaced joints (34) therebetween to be filled in later with mortar (36), to construct the exterior wall (14).
Claims22
An improved building block for constructing an exterior wall comprising:
- a) a solid body having a front face, a rear face, two end faces, a top face and a bottom face;
- b) a plurality of alignment projections on said top face of said solid body;
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- c) said bottom face of said solid body having a plurality of alignment sockets therein, so that when a plurality of said solid bodies are laid side by side and are stacked offset one upon the other to make a plurality of courses, said alignment projections will engage with said alignment sockets to form equally spaced joints therebetween to be filled in later with mortar, to construct the exterior wall, and further including:
- d) means for leveling each said solid body of the lowermost course, when said solid bodies are laid upon a support foundation during beginning of construction of the exterior wall, so that said solid bodies of the other courses will also be level when laid until the exterior wall is completed, said leveling means including a plurality of adjustment feet, each having a female adapter embedded within said bottom face of said solid body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.