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Patent No.:

US 12447650 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2023

Manufactured retaining wall block with improved false joint

Applicant:

Pavestone, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

William H. Karau, Blanco, TX (US);

Assignee:

PAVESTONE, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Jackson Walker LLP

Christopher J. Rourk

Primary Examiner:

Patrick J Maestri

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/36 (2006.01); B28B 7/00 (2006.01); B28B 7/18 (2006.01); B28B 7/28 (2006.01); B28B 17/00 (2006.01); E02D 29/02 (2006.01); E04B 2/32 (2006.01); E04C 1/00 (2006.01); E04C 1/39 (2006.01); E04B 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/36 (2013.01); B28B 7/00 (2013.01); B28B 7/007 (2013.01); B28B 7/0097 (2013.01); B28B 7/183 (2013.01); B28B 7/28 (2013.01); B28B 17/0027 (2013.01); E02D 29/02 (2013.01); E02D 29/025 (2013.01); E02D 29/0266 (2013.01); E04B 2/32 (2013.01); E04C 1/00 (2013.01); E04C 1/395 (2013.01); E04B 2002/0208 (2013.01); E04B 2002/0219 (2013.01); E04B 2002/0269 (2013.01);
Abstract

A retaining wall block having a false joint and a system of retaining wall blocks. The retaining wall block includes a body having a first textured surface and a second textured surface and a false joint dividing the first and second textured surface. The false joint can have a depth divided by the width greater than two inches. The false joint can have an interior angle of less than ten degrees. The system includes a plurality of retaining wall blocks and a first course of retaining wall blocks engaged with a second course of retaining wall blocks below. Each block in the system comprising a front face having a first textured surface and a second textured surface and a false joint dividing the first and second textured surface. The false joint can extend a predetermined depth of a third surface.

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