E - Fixed Constructions – 02 – D
Patent
E - Fixed Constructions
02
D
E02D 29/02 (2006.01) B28B 1/00 (2006.01) E04B 2/54 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2244348
An inexpensive, yet beautiful retaining wall may be formed with architecturally pleasing, coordinating or matching materials such as marble, granite, stone, metal or the like. Architecturally pleasing, thin decorative facing panels are attached to retaining wall blocks which have hollow spaces to be filled with gravel or the like. The retaining wall is formed from several rows of such retaining wall blocks with the blocks in an upper row stacked upon the blocks in an adjacent lower row below the upper row and with the bottom edges of the upper row blocks being supported on adjacent lower row blocks. Decorative facing panels are provided which are substantially smaller in size than the retaining wall blocks and include a rear face attached to the front face of the blocks to change the outward appearance of the front faces of the blocks. The retaining wall blocks are made of masonry material or a plastic material. Reinforcing ribs are formed in the walls of the hollow plastic blocks to add strength and rigidity while reducing the amount of plastic needed for the blocks. A keyway and key are formed in the front faces of the blocks and rear faces of the decorative facing panels for securing the decorative facing panels flush against the front faces of the blocks and an adhesive may also be used to attach the facing panels to the blocks. To hold the blocks against shifting laterally, depending tabs on the upper blocks in the retaining wall may be inserted into receiving spaces in the underlying blocks on the wall.
G. P. Industries Inc.
Macrae & Co.
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