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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110211918 | LANDSCAPING WALL AND MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHODS A landscaping wall includes concrete blocks dry stacked to form a wall. At least one of the blocks has a channel in the lower or upper surface of the block. An accessory mounting bar having a mounting portion and an outer end is positioned in the channel of the at least... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20100303555 | CONCRETE BLOCK FOR WALL, WALLS HAVING SUCH BLOCKS, AND METHODS A concrete retaining wall block includes insets along the sides and in the rear and a locator protrusion on one of the top or bottom surfaces. The block has a depth that is less than the height and less than one-half of the width of the front surface. A volume is define... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100111615 | MULTI-COMPONENT RETAINING WALL BLOCK A multi-component segmented retaining wall (SRW) block that may form a mortarless retaining wall. Each SRW block includes an interlocking face unit and an anchor unit that together form a vertically oriented hollow core bounded by the inner walls of the face unit and th... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20090285639 | SOIL REINFORCING RETAINING WALL ANCHOR A facing anchor for securing a soil reinforcing element to a facing comprising an unbroken length of continuous wire originating with a pair of lateral extensions cast into a concrete wall and including a series of loops extending from the concrete wall, wherein the loo... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090245943 | HIGH FACE-AREA LOW-VOLUME CONCRETE WALL BLOCK, FORM AND METHOD A retaining wall block and method of forming a retaining wall block are provided. The block includes front, back, top, bottom and side surfaces. The top surface of the retaining wall block includes a set of protrusions and the bottom surface includes a channel for engag... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090208298 | RETAINING WALL BLOCK WITH LEVELING PADS 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... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090191010 | Retaining wall block and mold A retaining wall block is disclosed that has a body. The body has a top, a bottom, a first end, a second end, a front side, and a rear side. The top has a first surface and a second surface adjacent the first surface. The first surface of the top is a first distance hig... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090148242 | Retaining wall system A construction element, mold assemblies and a method of casting the construction element are described. The construction element, comprises a wall panel having a base, front and rear walls, two side walls, a top wall, and an integral footing member extending rearwardly ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20080298902 | ENVIRONMENT RESISTANT RETAINING WALL BLOCK AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF The present invention relates to a retaining wall block that is resistant to damage and wear caused by the environment it is placed into. The deterioration resistant block is generally a hollowed frame or shell of a deterioration resistant material that is lightweight a... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080260474 | Supporting Wall and Moulded Blocks of Concrete for Building a Supporting Wall The invention relates to a molded block (20) of concrete. The molded block (20) is suitable for building a supporting wall (21) which is inclined to the vertical against an earth backfill (22) and in which the individual molded blocks (20<... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080240867 | Interlocking Retainer Ties A retainer tie system 10 and method including a wall tie 120 having on the lower side 126 of the wall tie 120 triangular-shaped grooves 140, and a lip 150; a block tie 220 including a first and a second ridge 240, 242<... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080159815 | Concrete retaining wall block A retaining wall block which simulates natural stone blocks and which can be dry stacked to form a landscape retaining wall. The block has a generally flat back and substantially parallel top and bottom surfaces which extend substantially perpendicular to the back. The ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080063480 | Invertible retaining wall block An invertible retaining wall block comprises a front portion, a rear portion and a neck portion connecting the front portion and rear portion. A projection extends outwardly from the block to interlock with similar blocks in adjacent courses of blocks. One or more notch... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20070292216 | Concrete block system A dry-cast concrete block system for use in a structure. The dry-cast concrete block system comprises a support block comprising a first coupling part and a face block comprising a second coupling part. The first coupling part and the second coupling part enable the fac... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070122240 | Modular block structures One embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, among others, can be implemented as follows. A modular wall block system includes a plurality of wall blocks comprising first wall blocks of a first shape and second wall blocks of a second shape and at least one con... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070110524 | Pin having a tapered cap The invention provides a pin comprising a rod and a tapered cap, wherein the rod is a cylinder with a constant diameter and the tapered cap is a cylinder with a variable diameter, the rod and the tapered cap having a common cylindrical axis, the tapered cap having a dia... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070110523 | Modular block connecting techniques One embodiment of a system of the present disclosure can be implemented as follows. A plurality of wall blocks are stacked to form at least a portion of a retaining wall, each wall block having an interior face, an exterior face; a top surface, and a bottom surface. The... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070003381 | Block for constructing reinforced earth wall A block for the construction of a reinforced soil segmental retaining wall. The block includes a front surface, a rear surface, left and right lateral surfaces, an upper surface having a pair of left and right reinforcement insertion grooves, and a lower surface opposit... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060269365 | PRE-STRESSED MODULAR RETAINING WALL SYSTEM AND METHOD The present invention relates to a system and method for constructing a pre-stressed modular construction for supporting or retaining an applied load. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for pre-stressed modular retaining walls. The syste... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060177278 | RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT FOR RAILWAY INSTALLATIONS A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall defines an... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060171784 | Interlocking segmental retaining wall An interlocking segmental retaining wall. The wall includes a plurality of blocks stack upon each other. Each block includes a void filled with aggregate. In addition, each block includes an extension and slot for interlocking the blocks together to form the retaining w... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060153647 | Composite masonry block The present invention includes block molds and manufacturing processes as well as a composite masonry block comprising a block body having an irregular trapezoidal shape and comprising a front surface and a back surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, and first a... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060110223 | Retaining wall block with face connection Single and multiple retaining wall blocks and block systems are disclosed. The blocks are provided with a face connection system which includes at least one front lip extending from a top surface of the block and a bottom channel formed into a front face and bottom surf... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060110222 | Extended width retaining wall block A retaining wall block having a front surface, a rear surface, side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface. Each side surface comprises a first section, a second section, a third section, and a fourth section, with the sections configured and arranged to allow a ... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060104725 | Retaining wall construction element A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall defines an... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060104726 | RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT AND SHEAR KEY A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall defines an... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060104724 | RETAINING WALL CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING PRECAST ELEMENTS A precast concrete retaining wall construction element for retaining a soil mass in a railway installation or the like includes an upstanding solid face panel having the shape of a hexahedron where a rectangular front wall and an integral stem. The front wall defines an... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060093440 | Retaining wall block A retaining wall block includes a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a back face, and at least one side face. The retaining wall block also includes a recessed surface formed along the bottom face rearward of the front face and forward of the back face. The recessed... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060051166 | Block for constructing retaining wall, prefabricated reinforced retaining wall constructed using the block and construction method of the prefabricated reinforced retaining wall Provided are blocks for constructing a retaining wall, a prefabricated reinforced earth retaining wall constructed using the blocks, a method for constructing the prefabricated reinforced earth retaining wall. The block for constructing a retaining wall comprises a fron... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060002769 | Retaining wall system A retaining wall system is comprised of a plurality of courses of side-by-side parallelogram front face patterns, each parallelogram front face pattern formed by first and second rows of a plurality of quadrilateral face patterns. The first and second rows of the plural... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050281626 | Apparatus and method of constructing a modular floating retaining wall The invention is a floating natural mortared stone modular wall and method for constructing the same. This natural mortared stone modular wall floats and does not require footings. The modular characteristic of the invention allows each segment to float with the frost c... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050265791 | Wall structure for retaining soils A retaining wall structure for retaining soil, including a retaining wall including a plurality of non-molded blocks disposed side-by-side and adjacent each other, the retaining wall having a width and a height. The wall structure further includes a plurality of joints ... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050265792 | Plantable reinforced earth wall and its block and construction method of reinforced earth wall A large-sized block having a large width, which rapidly constructs a plantable reinforced earth wall using equipment to eliminate worker's physical burden, has a soil filling portion (60) formed therein and provided with recession planes (12, 12′) formed... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050254906 | Continuous chamber environment resistant retaining wall block and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to a retaining wall block that is resistant to damage and wear caused by the environment and includes a chamber, which allows the flow of fill material to adjacent blocks below and above. The deterioration resistant block is generally a hol... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050123362 | Block with multifaceted bottom surface A block for use in constructing a retaining wall having a bottom with a non-planar portion which creates a gap between the bottom surface and the top surface of a lower course of similar blocks when the block is placed thereon. This gap assists the block in resting on t... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050100418 | Ecological block and vegetation bank protection The present invention provides an ecological block and a method for constructing an ecological vegetation bank protection wall and an ecological vegetation retaining wall using such an ecological block. In the ecological block according to the present invention, a trunc... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050086892 | Block wall system A block suitable for forming a block wall that is either a retaining wall or an above ground wall. The block includes a front wall extending between upper and lower block surfaces and presenting a first block face. A rear wall is spaced from said front wall and extends ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050069389 | Interlocking and securable retaining wall block and system Retaining wall blocks, retaining wall system formed thereby, and method for manufacturing the retaining wall blocks. The blocks are adapted for assembly to form a retaining wall system. A block of an upper row is laterally positioned by positioning it on top of two lowe... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050042040 | Segmental block connection system A block pad for being disposed between courses of blocks in a segmental retaining wall, the block pad having frictional properties for transferring tensile load from a soil reinforcing geosynthetic to the wall. The block pad further providing cushioning between block co... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050029428 | Method for creating an infrastructure A method for creating an infrastructure especially useful for construction projects requiring large amounts of filler material, comprising: (a) creating blocks made of compressed refuse; (b) reinforcing each block with a flexible sheet (e.g. plastic sheet, or e.g. plast... | 02/10/2005 |
