Combination standard and corner segmental retaining wall block with integral vertical interlock system

Abstract

A retaining wall block includes a block body having: a top and a bottom spaced from the top by a height H; a front and a rear spaced from the front by a depth D; and a first side and a second side spaced from the first side by a length L; a vertical interlock system comprising: a female component comprising a groove in the bottom of the block body, the groove being spaced from the front by a depth FB and having a depth G, the groove extending from a distance F from the first side through to the second side, wherein F<FB and FB+G<D; and a male component extending across the top of the block body between the first side and the second side, the male component being spaced from the front by at least a depth of FB and having a depth no greater than G, wherein a plurality of gaps in the male component comprise: a first gap extending from the first side and having a first gap length of at least FB; a second gap spaced from the first gap by no more than G and having a second gap length of at least D−FB−G+F, the second gap extending at least to D+F from the first side; a third gap spaced from the second gap and having a third gap length of at least 2F; and a fourth gap spaced from the third gap and having a fourth gap length of at least 2F, the fourth gap extending at least to L−D+F from the first side wherein the fourth gap does not extend all the way to the second side. Various embodiments are described.