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A retaining wall made up of a plurality of blocks shaped to prevent the escape of material used to fill the cavities of the wall while allowing dissipation of pressures exerted on the wall by the retained earth and a method of constructing the wall taking advantage of the continuous, uninterrupted v

A retaining wall made up of a plurality of blocks shaped to prevent the escape of material used to fill the cavities of the wall while allowing dissipation of pressures exerted on the wall by the retained earth and a method of constructing the wall taking advantage of the continuous, uninterrupted vertical cavities formed by the unique shape of the blocks. The shape of the blocks comprises a front portion interconnected to a rear portion which has ears on opposite sides which cooperate on adjacent blocks to create a tortuous path into a space created between two adjacent blocks. In a preferred embodiment the rear portion further comprises a cavity which, when pyramidally placed on top of two adjacent blocks, forms a continuous, uninterrupted vertical column which significantly increases the weight and strength of the wall when filled with a particulate filling material.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A block for constructing a retaining wall comprising:(a) a front portion having a front face, a back face, a top surface, and a bottom surface;(b) a rear portion having two opposed side members and a rear member, each of said members having an outer surface, an inner surf

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A block for constructing a retaining wall comprising:(a) a front portion having a front face, a back face, a top surface, and a bottom surface;(b) a rear portion having two opposed side members and a rear member, each of said members having an outer surface, an inner surface, a top surface and a bottom surface, said side members interconnected with the front portion and the rear member;(c) a defining ear extending generally laterally outwardly from one of the side members proximate the rear member;(d) a deflecting ear extending generally laterally outwardly from the other side member proximate the rear member, such that when two of the blocks are placed side by side to form a wall having a front face with a convex curve, the defining ear of one block and the deflecting ear of the other block overlap to form a tortuous path of predetermined size into an inter cavity between the two blocks defined by the adjacent front portion back faces of the two blocks, and the opposing outer surfaces of the side members of the two blocks.