Patent ID: 6505819
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A barrier apparatus for covering and deterring vegetation growth at and near fence bottoms, foundations, or other structures comprising:(a) an elongated member made of a relatively thin, flexible and resilient material having first and second opposite ends and opposite sides, and an intermediate portion between said opposite sides having a width, a top and a bottom, the elongated member includes a pre-formed opening near said first end and further comprising a pre-formed slot between the perimeter of the elongated member and the pre-formed opening; (b) each opposite side having an outer edge comprising a rolled under edge; the rolled under edge including a section with a radius, the section having a proximal margin integral with the intermediate portion and terminating in a distal free margin positioned slightly over 180 degrees from the proximal margin, the distal margin spaced from the bottom of the intermediate portion but facing substantially towards the opposite side of the member; the rolled under edges and intermediate portion defining an open space underneath the bottom of the intermediate portion; the distal margins of the rolled under edges adapted to snap-fit in an overlapping manner over a similar profile.