Embeddable paving block intended for the surfacing of roadways and other areas of ground and the roadways or other areas of ground which are surfaced with such paving blocks

Claim 1

A paving block adapted for disposition in adjacent relationship to at least one identical block to form a paved surface overlying a surface to be paved, said paving block comprising: a body having a cruciform shape and centered on a vertical axis, said body being formed with a top surface and a bottom surface and being provided with four rectilinear arms of the same length and width and angularly equispaced about said axis, each of said arms being formed with: a respective pair of parallel identical lateral faces extending between said top and bottom surfaces, a respective end face bridging the pair of lateral faces and extending between said top and bottom surfaces, said end face meeting said lateral faces along a respective pair of vertical edges, and a plurality of ribs formed on said lateral and end faces and extending substantially parallel to said axis from said bottom surface and terminating short of said top surface, each of said faces being provided with at least one respective rib of said plurality of ribs spaced from a respective one of said vertical edges and protruding from the respective face of one of the paving blocks toward a corresponding face of an adjacent identical block formed with respective ribs so that ribs on the lateral faces of one block abut end faces of another block and said ribs of adjoining faces of said blocks are mutually offset and spaced from one another upon said blocks forming a single surface pattern.