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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas W. Schneider, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 5/00 ; E02B 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 5/00 ; E02B 3/12 ;
Abstract
A block ( ) formed with a mold ( ) integral thereto. The mold ( ) is constructed as a mold top half ( ) and a mold bottom half ( ) and filled in situ with cement ( ). The mold halves ( ) are constructed with respective socket and channel structures ) to capture an enlarged end ( ) of a connector ( ) for interlocking one block to a neighboring block. The resulting block ( ) constitutes a one-piece block that can be formed at the installation site using the two-part mold ( ). The interlocked blocks are prevented from removal when moved in either lateral direction, or in the vertical direction.