US Patent Issued to Westblock Systems on Aug. 25 for "Wall block system" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,187, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Westblock Systems Inc. (Lake Forest Park, Wash.).

"Wall block system" was invented by Eric Stanley Hammer (Antioch, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall block includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a body having a front portion, a rear portion, and an intermediate portion interconnecting the front and rear portions. The intermediate portion defines a minimum spacing between opposing outer side surfaces of the intermediate portion. The rear portion includes first and second tail sections disposed on opposite sides of a centerline of the block, each tail section having forward-fac...