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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1994
Horacio Correia, Brossard, Quebec, CA;
Charles Ciccarello, Brossard, Quebec, CA;
Other;
Abstract
An anchor adapted for providing retention strength to a retaining formed of a plurality of superimposed blocks having opposed faces adapted to lie one on top of another. One of the faces, of at least some of the blocks, has a longitudinal channel therein disposed spaced from a rear wall thereof and extending along a longitudinal axis of the block. A transverse groove is provided in the top face and extends from the longitudinal groove to the rear wall. The anchor has an elongated stem section, a hook end adapted for engagement in the longitudinal channel, and an opposed anchor end for engagement with back-fill material disposed behind the retaining wall.