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US 8,297,887 B2Granted
Masonry block with leveling pads
AssigneeNess Inventions, Inc.
InventorsJohn T. Ness, Jeffrey A. Ness
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Abstract
A block having a top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface, a rear surface opposing the front surface, the front and rear surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces, a first side surface, a second side surface opposing the first side surface, the first and second side surfaces extending between the front and rear surfaces, and a set of at least three leveling pads extending from the rear surface.
Claims9
A wall block system comprising:
- a plurality of right-hand blocks, each right-hand block having a set of three leveling pads extending from a bottom surface;
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- a plurality of left-hand blocks, each left-hand block having a set of three leveling pads extending from a bottom surface, the right-hand and left-hand blocks having the same dimensions, wherein when arranged in alternating courses of right-hand blocks and left-hand blocks offset from one another in a running bond pattern to form a wall structure, the three leveling pads of each of the right-hand blocks and each of the left-hand blocks are configured to align with corresponding leveling pads from two abutting blocks in a course of blocks immediately above the block and to align with corresponding leveling pads from two abutting blocks in a course of blocks immediately below the block;
- wherein each right-hand block and each left hand block has a top surface opposite the bottom surface, a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface which extend between the top and bottom surfaces, and a first side surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface and which extend between the front and rear surfaces, and wherein:
- each right-hand block has a first leveling pad a first distance from the first side surface, a second leveling pad a second distance from the second side surface, and a third leveling pad a third distance from the first side surface, and
- each left-hand block has a first leveling pad at the first distance from a centerline of the left-hand block toward the second side surface, a second leveling pad at the second distance from the centerline toward the first surface, and a third leveling pad at the third distance from the centerline toward the second side surface, and wherein the first and third leveling pads of a right-hand block align with the first and third leveling pads of one left-hand block of a pair of abutting left hand blocks in a course of blocks immediately below the right-hand block, and the second leveling pad of the right-hand block aligns with the second leveling pad of the other left-hand block of the pair of abutting left hand blocks in the course of blocks immediately below the right-hand block.
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A wall block system comprising:
- a plurality of right-hand blocks and a plurality of left-hand blocks stacked in alternating and offset courses in a running bond pattern to form a wall structure, wherein bottom faces of the blocks of one course are stacked on tops faces of the blocks of a next lower course;
- each right-hand block having a plurality of leveling pads extending from a bottom face of the block, wherein the plurality of leveling pads includes a first number of leveling pads disposed on a right-hand half of the block and a second number of leveling pads disposed on a left-hand half of the block when viewing the block from a front face, the first number being greater than the second number;
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- each left-hand block having a plurality of leveling pads extending from a bottom face of the block, wherein the plurality of leveling pads includes the first number of leveling pads disposed on a left-hand half of the block and the second number of leveling pads disposed on a right-hand half of the block when viewing the block from a front face, wherein the first number of leveling pads on the right-hand halves of right hand blocks are configured to vertically align with the first number of leveling pads on the left-hand halves of left-hand blocks and the second number of leveling pads on the left-hand halves of right-hand blocks are configured to vertically align with the second number of leveling pads on the right-hand halves of left-hand blocks when stacked to form the wall structure.
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