Building block

Abstract

Abstract A BUILDING BLOCK HAVING MALE AND FEMALE PORTIONS ADAPTED TO HOLD A SERIES OF BLOCKS IN INTERCONNECTING RELATION, WITH OR WITHOUT THE USE OF MORTAR, WHICH CAN BE ESTABLISHED WITH A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF LABOR SKILL IN A MINIMUM OF TIME. EACH BLOCK INCLUDES A BODY HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES WITH VERTICAL SIDES AND HAVING HOLLOW TRUNCATED PYRAMIDAL PROJECTIONS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE BLOCK FROM THE BOTTOM WALL TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ONE HALF THE HEIGHT OF THE BODY AND A CAVITY WITHIN THE BODY WHICH EXTENDS UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM SURFACE TO RECEIVE ONE OF THE PROJECTIONS FROM A LOWER COURSE OF BLOCKS. A TIE ROD, A WIRE CLIP, OR TIE CABLES MAY ALSO BE USED TO HOLD THE BLOCKS IN PLACE.

Inventors

• 👤 True F Sease

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