Connector guide system for construction walls

Claim 1

A wall construction, comprising: a plurality of blocks, each having an exterior face and an interior face, and two ends, and two vertical notches formed in each end of the block, one adjacent the exterior face and the other adjacent the interior face; a plurality of connector guides, one at each end of each block, each connector guide comprising: a pair of vertically extending guide members, one for each notch, each said guide member having a portion which fits into its notch, and each including a lower end platform leg which projects laterally below a portion of the block adjacent the notch, tie means interconnecting the two guide members; said connector guides positioning the blocks to provide a substantially true alignment of the blocks and also spacing the blocks apart both vertically and horizontally by amounts to provide substantially uniform mortar joint spaces between the blocks; wherein the tie means for each connector guide comprises an upper connector rod member having end portions embedded in the upper ends of the guide members and a lower connector rod member having end portions embedded in the lower ends of the guide member, and wherein the ends of the rod members are bent to extend longitudinally of the guide members.