Patent ID: 6012254
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A01G,F21V,F21W

Abstract:
A landscape edging system, comprising:(a) a plurality of discrete, unconnected landscape edging anchoring members suitable for securing to a ground surface an elongated landscape edging member comprising a rail having upper and lower portions and a first substantially circular shape in cross-section, each anchoring member comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion of each anchoring member being configured to protrude or extend above the ground surface when the lower portion of the anchoring member is positioned beneath the ground surface, the lower portion of each anchoring member being configured for insertion into the ground as the anchoring member is pushed or forced therein;(b) a plurality of landscape edging blocks, each block having a bottom surface with a bottom-most portion, two opposing ends and an imaginary longitudinal axis extending between the two opposing ends, the two opposing ends of each block being configured to engage, abut or interconnect with corresponding opposing ends of other similar adjoining landscape edging blocks, the landscape edging blocks comprising a first substantially rigid material;(c) an attachment member secured or attached to the bottom surface of each block, each attachment member having a first recess of a second substantially circular or semi-circular shape in cross-section formed therein for receiving at least portions of the rail therein, the second shape corresponding to the first shape such that at least portions of the rail and the first recess are configured to engage one another when the rail is placed in the first recess, the first recess of each attachment member having upper and lower regions, the upper portion of the rail being configured to be located adjacent to the upper region of each first recess when the rail is placed in each first recess, the lower region of each first recess not extending beneath the bottom-most portion of the bottom surface of each block, the attachment member being comprising a second material different from the first material;(d) the elongated landscape edging member, the landscape edging member having no or substantially no barrier projecting downwardly therefrom and further having a plurality of second recesses disposed therethrough for receiving the plurality of anchoring members therein for securing the landscape edging member to the ground when the lower portion of each anchoring member is inserted in the ground through its corresponding second recess and the upper portion of the anchoring member is pushed downwardly onto the rail, the edging member comprising a flexible third material;wherein the elongated landscape edging member is configured to be secured to the ground surface by the plurality of anchoring members extending downwardly therethrough into the ground such that the lower portion of the rail contacts the ground surface and is disposed therealong, each block being secured to the rail by placing the rail into each second recess, the bottom surfaces of the plurality of engaging, abutting or interconnected landscape blocks then being disposed atop the ground surface, the lower region of each first recess being configured not to extend downwardly beneath the ground surface beyond the lower portion of the rail, each first recess and the rail being configured to cooperate such that at least portions of the rail may be received in each first recess without the ground beneath each block having to be excavated while the rail is secured to the ground surface, the bottom surfaces of the blocks being configured to not extend downwardly beneath the ground surface when the rail is both disposed in each first recess and secured to the ground surface.