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Publication numberUSD506837 S1
Publication typeGrant
Application number29/214,204
Publication date28 Jun 2005
Filing date29 Sep 2004
Priority date
19 Jun 2001
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Front portion of a retaining wall block
US D506837 S1
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Claims
  1. The ornamental design for a front portion of a retaining wall block, as shown and described.

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a front portion of a retaining wall block according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a front portion of a retaining wall block according to our new design;

FIG. 8 is a front elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a right side elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a front portion of a retaining wall block according to our new design;

FIG. 14 is a front elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a right side elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 13; and,

FIG. 18 is a left side elevation view of the front portion depicted in FIG. 13.

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate different embodiments of the structural environment of retaining wall blocks that include the front portion of the design and are not part of the design sought to be patented.

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Reference
1"Country Manor Design and Construction Manual", Keystone Retaining Wall Systems, Inc., 2001 copyright notice.
2"Country Manor" product brochure, Anchor Concrete Products, Inc., 8 pages, 2000 copyright notice.
3"Creta Stone" product literature, Paveloc Industries, Inc., 10 sheets, undated.
4"Roman Stackstone", Mutual Materials Co., 1 page, possibly Mar. 2000.
5"Rustic" product literature, Rockwood Retaining Walls, Inc., 1 sheet, 2000 copyright notice.
65 sheets of printouts of photographs of an Oldcastle "Old Forge" block.
7Copy of copending application Scherer et al., U.S. Appl. No. 09/884,795, filed Jun. 19, 2001.
8Copy of copending application Scherer et al., U.S. Appl. No. 29/143,998, filed Jun. 19, 2001.
9Copy of copending application Scherer et al., U.S. Appl. No. 29/143,999, filed Jun. 19, 2001.
10Copy of copending application Scherer, U.S. Appl. No. 09/330,879, filed Jun. 11, 1999.
11Copy of copending application Scherer, U.S. Appl. No. 09/691,864, filed Oct. 19, 2000.
12EP Henry 2001 product brochure, EP Henry Corp., pp. 1-49.
13Oldcastle product literature, 1 sheet, undated.
14Patio Town Price Catalog 2001, pp. 1-10.
15Photographs of a large "Rugged London Stone" block produced by Concrete Products of New London, Inc., 4 sheets containing seven photographs.
16Photographs of a medium "Rugged London Stone" block produced by Concrete Products of New London, Inc., 4 sheets containing seven photographs.
17Photographs of a small "Rugged London Stone" block produced by Concrete Products of New London, Inc., 3 sheets containing six photographs.
18The Home Depot/EP Henry Idea Book for Home Landscaping, pp. 1-24, undated.