CA2483060A1 - Multiuse block and retaining wall - Google Patents

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CA2483060A1
CA2483060A1 CA002483060A CA2483060A CA2483060A1 CA 2483060 A1 CA2483060 A1 CA 2483060A1 CA 002483060 A CA002483060 A CA 002483060A CA 2483060 A CA2483060 A CA 2483060A CA 2483060 A1 CA2483060 A1 CA 2483060A1
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Gerald P. Price
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04CSTRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C1/00Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings
    • E04C1/39Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra
    • E04C1/395Building elements of block or other shape for the construction of parts of buildings characterised by special adaptations, e.g. serving for locating conduits, for forming soffits, cornices, or shelves, for fixing wall-plates or door-frames, for claustra for claustra, fences, planting walls, e.g. sound-absorbing
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02DFOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
    • E02D29/00Independent underground or underwater structures; Retaining walls
    • E02D29/02Retaining or protecting walls
    • E02D29/025Retaining or protecting walls made up of similar modular elements stacked without mortar
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/02Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
    • E04B2002/0202Details of connections
    • E04B2002/0204Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/02Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
    • E04B2002/0202Details of connections
    • E04B2002/0204Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections
    • E04B2002/0215Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections with separate protrusions
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/02Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
    • E04B2002/0256Special features of building elements
    • E04B2002/0263Building elements for making angled walls
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04BGENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B2/00Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls
    • E04B2/02Walls, e.g. partitions, for buildings; Wall construction with regard to insulation; Connections specially adapted to walls built-up from layers of building elements
    • E04B2002/0256Special features of building elements
    • E04B2002/0269Building elements with a natural stone facing

Abstract

A retaining wail with a series of differently sized, pre-formed blocks. Each block includes a projection and a recess, with the projection and recess arranged and configured so that each projection effectively engages a recess in an adjacent course to connect and align adjacent courses in registry. Retaining walls made of horizontal blocks may be stacked in columnar fashion or running bond fashion. The location of the indexing surface on a projection relative to the viewable surface of the block may be varied to enable adjacent courses to be coplanar or tiered in a variety of predetermined offset distances.

Description

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these types of blocks, it is possible to erect a retaining wail ctuickly and economically, and the finished product creates the: impression and appearance of a conventional block and mortar retaining wall. The feature that allows such blocks to be so easily and precisely assembled is the interconnection between adjacent courses of blocks. Typically, each block will include a projection and a recess located at oppositely facing surfaces, such as a top surFace and ~ bottom surface, for example. The projection and recess are complimentarily shaped, with the proje~aion protn.rding beyond the bottom surface of the block and with the recess eactending inwardly frorn the top surface of the black. In use, a projection of a first block is received within the recess of a second block to interconnect and p~sitior~ the blocks adjacent each other in a predetermined relation. _°~ith a plcarality of blocks, such interconnections make it possible to lay courses of blocks in an accurate and expedient manner. R~oreover, such an assembled retaining wall is ahl~ to resist lateral forces exerted by the n~aaterial being retained and reduce bowing.
docks herring these interconnections are usually the same sire and rnay be assembled in a coplanar arrangement in only a simple, rc~nning bond paftern.
!n a variation of the aforementioned blocks, the projection and recess rnay be arranged so that adjacent courses are offset a predetern~ined amount. ~Alith this typ~ of block, each successive course may be offset vrorn the preceding course by the same amount so that the assembled wail is skewed at a predetermined angle from the vertical. These blocks also have the same dimensions to enable them to set in only a simple, r. nning bond pattern.

~'~~4~ ~ recent development ire m~artarless retaining wails has been the advent of blended pattern retaining walls. These walls differ frorrs the aforementioned walls in that the preformed blocks used to c;onstruc~t a retaining wall are differently sized. This feature allows retaining walls to be assembled in a variety of patterns and bonds. ~Jsualiy, these: types of pr~:formed blocks are horiz~ntally arid vertically oriented and have dimensions that are based upon an increrrtental unit such as the thickness of a horizontal, preformed block, for example, the thickness of a hc~rizontai block is ore increment and the height of a vertical block is two increrr~ents. 1~'ith these types of prefarrned blocks, it is possible tca construct a retaining wail with no diseernable courses.
~ drawback with such a retafnir~g wall is that setbacks are not possible and the assembled retaining wall must be substantially vertical. o~lternatively, a retaining wall may be arranged in thick courses, and the blocks within these thick courses may be randomly arranged. For example, a course rosy be two incremental units high within which the differently dimensioned preformed blocks are arranged. tar, the course may be three incremental units high within which the differently dirr~ensioned preformed blr~rks are arranged.
There are several drawbacks v~ith this type of wall. one drawback is that the vertical blocks dictate the height of the course. Thus, if vertical blocks are used, each entire course must be coplanar arid all of the k~locks must lie in the same plane. otherwise, the projections of blocks in one course would not be able to be received within the recesses in blocks of another course, and the interconnection would tie defeated. mother drawback with such this type of ti~~s~ stop sus~a~s ~~~ a sir~gla step sut~ace that ~ea~ds substantmally afor~g [~~11An object of the present invention is to provide a retaining welt that may be assembled without the use of mortar.
j~12J ~4nother object of the present invention is to increase the number of arrangements possible between adjacent blocks in a retaining wall.
[0~'I~J Yet another abject oi~ the present invention is to reduce dr~desired lateral movement between adjacent courses in a retaining ~ratt.
[fl~14, A feature of the present invention is that vertical, preformed blocks have a height that is equivalent to twc~ or more stacked horizontal preformed blocks.
[0015 Another feature of the present invention is that the horizontal, preformed blocks may have the sarree thickness or may have cornptamentary thickness vrhose additive thickness is equal to the height of vertic°.at;
preformed bPocks.
[016J Another feature of the present invention is that the courses of blks may be assembled in a coplanar or one of several predetc~rr~tined offset relations.
j0~1An advantage of the present invention is that the use of differently sized and oriented preforrr~ed blocks permits a retaining evalt to be configured info a myriad of configurations.
[OfllB, Another advantage of the present invention is that each course presents a substantially contiguous8 aligned stop surface against which indexing surFaces of projections of an adjacent course of blocks are positioned.
[~19j Additional objects, advantages and features of the invention wilt be set Earth in part in the description which follows, and in part wilt beco~~ne apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following nr tray be learned by practice of the inventions The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrurr~entaiities and combination particularly pointed out ire the appended claims.
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[0020] FIG. 1 is a front, perspective, partial view of oros enabodirnent of a completed, coplanar retaining wall of tire present invention;
~t)023] FICA. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the preformed blocks of the present invention taleen frc~rra a gsosition in front of and above the block;
[0022] FIG. ~ is another perspective view of the block of FIG. 2 takers frorra the same position, with tl~e block in an inverted and outwardly facing orientafion;
[002~j FlG. 3 is another perspective view ~f the block of Flt. ~ taken from the earns position, with the block ire an inverted and outwardly facing orientation;
~002~j FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another err~bodimertt of the prefoa~med blocks of the present invention taken from a position in front of and above the block;
[002] FiG. 5 is an inverted perspective view of the block of FIG. ~4 taken from a position in front of and above the block;
[0026] FiG. 6 a partial side view illustrating a first setback and the interface between adjacent ocurses of blocks;
[002'T) FIG. 7 is a partial side view illustrating a second setback and the interFace between adjacent coaarses of blocks;
[4028] FIG. 8 is a partial side view ili~astrating coplanar alignment and tl~e interface between adjacent purses of blovks;
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_g_ provided with other textures and finishes, as desired. ~°he front member ~2 also includes a rearwardiy facing rack surface 36 in spaced relation from the viewable surface ~~, ~vithJ the basic surface ~6 ir~cludarrg stop surfaces 38, 4g.
As will be discussed later°, the sta~p surfaces 38, 4fl enable adjacent courses of blocks to be operatively connected to each other.
j0035For purposes of this application, the to operatively connect is understood mean that movera~er~t between adjacent courses of blocks in response to pressure exerted bretained material sand water is resisted by complimentary confronting surfaces in adjacent co'arses of blocks.
On3j Referring again to ~143~. 2 and 3, each he~rizontal block includes a rear member 42 having opposing sides ~.~b, 46bfl interior surfaces Via, an exterior surface ~i8b, a top 5g, and a botfore~ 60. Rear mer~uiaer 42 is held in spaced relation from the front member ~~ by a web ~4. The web ~4 includes opposing sides 75, ~~, an upper surface 8fD arid a lowr;r surface ~2. ~~s with the viewabie surface ~~, the rear member 4.~ and opposing sides 44b, 46b will not be discussed in detail. kith regard to FIG. ~, the top 50 of the block includes top support so~rfaces 52, 5~ that are confgured to operatively contact bottom support surfaces 52, 6~ of overlying courses of blocks (See, FIGS. f-9~. The top 5~ of the block 3a also includes a recess 55 that extends downwardly frortj the upper surface ~0 of the web ?4, and downwardly relative to the top support surtaces 52, 54. The recess 56 includes a stop surface 58 that is in alignment with the stop surfaces 38, 40 of the back surface ~6 of the block 3~. Together, these st~p surfaces 38, ~~ and :~6, extend substarttialiy _~~_ aPc~ng the entire width of the block 3f~ and greatly expand the operative cor~r~ectiori range avaiiabte to a practitioner. ~'referabiy, tile stop surfaces 38, 4C~, and 58 will be located a c~:rtain, axed distance meas~~red from a feature common to all of the blocks, such as the viewable surface 3~. The boltom fim of the block 34 includes corresponding bottom support surFaces t;2, $~4 that are configured to operatively contact top support surfaces of underlying courses of blocks ~3ee~ i=1G3. 3-9). ~'he bottoms ~t~ of the block d~ includes a projection t;fi that constitutes the other hart of the operati~~e connection between adjacent courses of blocks. The projection fti extends downwardly fr~rrs the lower surface 3~ of the web ~~- and dovvn~wardly relative tc~ the bottom support surfaces ~2, . The projection 6~ includes an indexing surface 68 that is corDfigured to cperativelcontact the step st~nace{s) of an adjacent course of blocks. As will be described later in greater detail, the indexing surface 63 differs fr~rr~ the stop surface;5 in that there are a plurality of fixed distances me.asurert fror~~ a feature corr~mon f~ afi of the t~iorks, such as the viewabie surface 34, at which an indexing surface b~ may be located.
~0~7As described previously, and as shown in the ~~1~. ~, tfae thickness of block 30 may be fom~aed incrementally. 'that is, the horizontal blocks rnay be formed in such a manner to allow stacked blocks 3t9 to be equal ire height to a vertical block g0. And, while the increrrtentai units ~:hosen may be quite small, the preferred increr~entat thicknesses ara approxirr~ateiy r~rae-~th'srd, one-half, and two-thirds of the height of a. vertical block g0. f=or e~xarnple, the horizontal blocks may have incremental t~icknesses of one, two and three units, while [On41] P.s described pr~evioa~sly, and as shown in the I"I~. 1, the height of the vertical block 9U is based upon an incremental snit, sash as the thickness of the thinnest horiz~ntal black.
[ia0~42] Before describing FIf3~. 6, i and 8 in detail, it should be understood that the operative connection between vertical and horizontal blocks is essentially the earns and the blocks depicted in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 could be any corrBbination of horizontal and vertical blocks. I=or purposes of sirr~pliflcation, however, the blocks shorn in FIGS. fi-9 will be identified and described with the e~nventiors that each upper course block is a vertical block JO and each lornrer course block is a horizontal block 30. Using' the afc~rementionec~
convention, the operative connections between adjacent courses of vertical blocks as depicted in ~iG~o 6, '~ and ~, will now be discussed.
[0~3~.3] FiG. 6 illustrates an operative connection in ws~ich a viewable surface 94 of vertical block 9J is offset from a viewable surfar~.~ ~d. of a horizontal block 30 by a first predetermined distance 16. ~1s can be seen, the bottom support surfaces 122, 124 of the vertical block 90 are in substantial contact with the top support surfaces 52, 54 of the horizontal block ~U, any! the indexing surface 126 of the pro~ec ion 1~6 of verticai block ~~~0 is in substantial contact with the stop surface X369 4~g 56) of the back surface 36 andlor recess 56 of the horiz~ntal block 3.a.
[OOd~4j FIG. '~ illustrates an operative connection in which a viewable surface 94 of vertical block 90 is offset from a viewable surface 34 of a horizontal block 30 by a second predeter~tined distance 16. And, FIG. 8 illustrates an ..15_ operative connection in which a viewable surface ~~ of vertical block 90 is coplanar with a viewable surface 34 of a horizontal block 30. It should be noted ttnat the recesses depicted in the aforerr~entia~ned ~1~. ~, 7, and 8 are configured to be sufficiently large enough to accommodate projections of varying sues, and the Manly surfaces at which a cordtacting relation must be established in order to operatively connect or restrain adgacent courses of bloclzs so that they are able to resist forges exerted by retained material are the stay and indexinrt sus-faces of the recesses and projections, respectively.
X00451 FI~. ~ illustrates an embodiment in which a plurality of horizontal blocks having different inGrererata! thicknesses are operatively connected to each other in a plurality of stacked relations, or groups. As described previously, and as shown in the i'i~3. t a~~d J, the thickness of hortzcntal block 3~ may be formed incrementally to allow stacked horizontal blocks 30 to be aqua! in height to a vertical black ~g0. i=or example, a preferred horizontal block 30 incremental thickness of one, t~~v~ and three units with approximately one-third, one-half, and twc~-triirds c~f the height of a vertical block 90 is shown in I'IC~ 9 by horizontal blocks 30~$ 300 and 30C respectively.
[OU4.6j Further shown in FICA. 9 are tire viewable surfar:es of th~ tyro lowermost horizontal blocks 30~, 30~ that are offset from each other by a first predetermined distance '10. The viewable surfaces of the second anti third horizontal blocks 30C, 30B are offset from each other by ~~ second predetermined distance ~ 8, and the viewable surfaces of the two uppermost horizontal blocks 303, 300 are coplanar ~p 0 Araot~er predeterr~ir~ec~ rolafi~a ~ for ~osatior~ig tie docks ~ is a sett~ack ~nra~~
_ y_ 3g. low o hBook in ~ r~r~ning bond pattor~ rney be o~od feteraiiy es rrict~h ~s dosirod in either diroc~:is~n, pro~r'sdirag more optiorms end pattorr~se 005] Tt~e present inweration h~vi~g thus k~sen described, otl~or rnodifio~tiorts, ~n

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1. A preformed horizontally elongated block for use in a retaining wall, the preformed horizontally elongated block comprising:
a front, a rear, first and second sides, a top and a bottom;
the front of the block comprising a viewable surface and a back surface;
a projection extending outwardly from the block top or bottom; and the block defining a recess at the opposite block top or bottom from the location of the projection, the recess extending transversely and continuously across the block, the recess comprising a stop surface that is coplanar with the back surface of the front, wherein the recess of the horizontally elongated block permits the projection of a second block to engage the back surface of the front of the horizontally elongated block.
2. A preformed horizontally elongated block for use in a retaining wall, the preformed horizontally elongated block comprising:
a front member comprising a viewable surface, a rear surface, opposing sides, opposing top and bottom surfaces, wherein the front remember has a lateral extent;
a rear member comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, opposing sides, and opposing top and bottom surfaces, wherein the rear member has a lateral extent and wherein the lateral extent of the front member is greater than the lateral extent of the rear member;

a web connecting the front member to the rear member, the web having opposing sides, opposing top and bottom surfaces; and a projection extending outwardly from at least a portion of the top or bottom surfaces of at least one of the front member, the rear member, and the web;
the web defining a recess on the opposite block top or bottom that the projection is located, the recess extending transversely and continuously across the web, the recess comprising a stop surface that is coplanar with the back surface of the front member, wherein the recess of the horizontally elongated block permits the projection of a second block to engage the back surface of the front member of the horizontally elongated block.
3. The block of claim 1, wherein the projection comprises an indexing surface and the recess comprises a stop surface, with the indexing and stop surfaces of the blocks in vertical alignment with each other, and with the indexing and stop surfaces serving to position the block in one course in a predetermined relation with another block in an adjacent course as the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent courses of blocks are brought into registry with each other.
4. The block of claim 1, wherein the indexing and stop surfaces of the horizontal block is offset from another block by a first predetermined distance with respect to the viewable surface of each block.
5. The block of claim 1, wherein the indexing and stop surfaces of the horizontal block is offset from another block by one of a plurality of predetermined distances with respect to the viewable surface of each block.
6. The block of claim 1, wherein the projection comprises are indexing surface and the recess comprises a stop surface, with the indexing and stop surfaces of an adjacent course of blocks searing to position the viewable surface of a block in one course of blocks in a predetermined relation with a block in an adjacent course as the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent course of blocks are brought into registry with each other.
7. The block of claim 6, wherein the predetermined relation is coplanar.
8. The block of claim 6, wherein the predetermined relation is offset by a first predetermined distance.
9. The block of claim 6, wherein the predetermined relation is one of a plurality of predetermined distances.
10. A retaining wall comprising:
a plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks, with each horizontal, preformed block comprising a front, a rear, opposing sides, a top and a bottom, the front comprising a viewable surface and a back surface, with the plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks stacked one above the other:

wherein each of the horizontal preformed blocks comprises:
a projection extending outwardly from the block top or bottom, each of the horizontal preformed blocks define a recess on the opposite block top or bottom where the projection is located, the recess extends transversely across the block, the recess comprises a stop surface that is coplanar with the rear surface of the front;
with the projection and the recess extending vertically in the same direction relative to the block, and with the projection of each the horizontal preformed blocks arranged and configured to engage the recess of the block in an adjacent course of blocks; and wherein the recess of the block permits the projection of a second block to engage the back surface of the front of the block, and thereby position the adjacent courses of blocks together in a predetermined relation.
11. The retaining wall of claim 10, wherein:
the plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks are stacked one above the other in a columnar fashion with one block in one course positioned directly over another block in an underlying course.
12. The retaining wall of claim 10, wherein:
the plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks are stacked one above the other in a running bond fashion with each block in one course overlapping the join between a pair of blocks in an underlying course.
13. The retaining wall of claim 10, wherein the projection comprises an indexing surface and the recess comprises a stop surface; with the indexing and stop surfaces of each block in vertical alignment with each other, and with the indexing and stop surfaces serving to position blocks in one course in a predetermined relation with blocks in an adjacent course as the indexing end stop surfaces of adjacent courses of blocks are brought into registry with each other.
14. The retaining wall of claim 10, wherein the indexing and stop surfaces of each the horizontal blocks are offset from each other by a first predetermined distance with respect to the viewable surface of each block.
15. The retaining wall of claim 10, wherein the indexing and stop surfaces of each the horizontal blocks are offset from each other by one of a plurality of predetermined distances with respect to the viewable surface of each block.
16. The retaining wall of claim 10, wherein each the projection comprises an indexing surface and each the recess comprises a stop surface, with the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent courses of blocks serving to position the viewable surfaces of blocks in one course in a predetermined relation with blocks in an adjacent course as the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent course of blocks are brought into registry with each other.
17. The retaining wall of claim 16, wherein the predetermined relation is coplanar.
18. The retaining wall of claim 16, wherein the predetermined retation is offset by a first predetermined distance.
19. The retaining wall of claim 16, wherein the predetermined relation is one of a plurality of predetermined distances.
20. The retaining wall of claim 16, wherein the plurality of horizontal preformed blocks have different thicknesses.
21. The retaining wall of claim 16, wherein the plurality of horizontal preformed blocks have the same longitudinal extent.
22. The block of claim 1, wherein the viewable surface of the front member comprises a plurality of facets.
23. A retaining wall comprising:
a plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks, with each horizontal, preformed block comprising a front member with a viewable surface, a rear member, opposing sides, a top, and a bottom, with the plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks stacked one above the other, wherein each of the horizontal preformed blocks comprises a projection and a recess, with the projection and the recess extending vertically in the same direction relative to the block, and with the projection of each the horizontal preformed blocks arranged and configured to engage a recess of a block in an adjacent course of blocks and thereby position the adjacent courses of blocks together in a predetermined relation.
25. The retaining wall of claim 23, wherein each the projection comprises an indexing surface and each the recess comprises a stop surface; with the indexing and stop surfaces of each block in vertical alignment with each other, and with the indexing and stop surfaces serving to position blocks in one course in a predetermined relation with blocks in an adjacent course as the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent courses of blocks are brought into registry with each other.

26. The retaining wall of claim 25, wherein the indexing and stop surfaces of each the horizontal blocks are offset from each other by a first predetermined distance with respect to the viewable surface of each block.

27. The retaining wall of claim 25, wherein the indexing and stop surfaces of each the horizontal blocks are offset from each other by one of a plurality of predetermined distances with respect to the viewable surface of each block.

28. The retaining wall of claim 23, wherein each the projection comprises an indexing surface and each the recess comprises a stop surface, with the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent courses of blocks serving the position the viewable surfaces of blocks in one course in a predetermined relation with blocks in an adjacent course as the indexing and stop surfaces of adjacent course of block are brought into registry with each other.

29. The retaining wall of claim 28, wherein the predetermined relation is coplanar.

30. The retaining wall of claim 28, wherein the predetermined relation is offset by a first predetermined distance.

31. The retaining wall of claim 28, wherein the predetermined relation is one of a plurality of predetermined distances.

32. The retaining wall of claim 23, wherein the plurality of horizontal preformed blocks have different thicknesses.

33. The retaining wall of claim 23, wherein:
the plurality of horizontal preformed blocks are stacked one above the other in a columnar fashion with one block in one course positioned directly over another block in an underlying course.

34. The retaining wall of claim 23,wherein:
the plurality of horizontal, preformed blocks are stacked one above the other in a running bond fashion with each block in one course overlapping the joint between a pair of blocks in an underlying course.
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