Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Apr., 1887.
I, ROBERT HENRY PADBURY of "Mildmay" Hilltop Road, West Hampsted in
the county of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to provide and make a Garden or other border,
which can be readily fixed by anyone. And consists by preference in taking a piece
of sheet iron, say six inches wide, and three feet long, and folding it longitudinally,
but leaving a space (or hollow) of say of an inch. In this space I fix projecting
pieces, with points, to facilitate their being forced into the ground. At one end and
close to the top, (or folded edge) I also fix in the hollow a projecting piece.
The other end I leave open. So that when the first length is forced in the ground,
the open end of the seccond length, is placed over the projecting piece of the first
length, until it touches. Thus making a perfect and close joint, which may be con-
tinued untill the border is complete. According to my invention these borders may
be made in various lengths, and also in semi-circles or other designs.
OFL
La 1004
R. H. PADBURY.

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I, ROBERT HENRY PADBURY of "Mildmay" Hilltop Road, West Hampstead in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to produce garden or other bordering, which can be
cheaply and easily made, can be readily fixed by anyone, such fixing not necessitating
the employment of skilled labour, and when fixed having a neat and finished appearance,
while at the same time it is very durable.
In order that my invention may be readily understood I will describe same with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, Figure 2 is a vertical cross section on
the line y of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line ¹ y¹ of
Figure 1, shewing a portion of a length of bordering constructed according to my
invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view of two pieces of bordering such as is shewn
by the orthographic projections at Figures 1 to 3, one of the said pieces of bordering
being shown as fixed in the ground and the other before being so fixed; Figures 5
and 6 are perspective views shewing two examples of bordering constructed according
to my invention in which the shape of the section is varied.
According to my invention I take a piece of sheet metal a (say for example eight
inches wide and 6 feet long) and I fold it longitudinally, but so that there shall
remain a suitable space between the leaves a, a of the metal, as shewn by Figures 1,
2 and 3. In this space I place at intervals, pegs 6 or projecting pieces with points,
which may be fixed or loose, such pegs, together with the thin edges of the folded
metal a may be driven into the ground without it being necessary to make holes or a
trough to receive same, as is the case with ordinary bordering.
I also provide means for keeping the lengths of the bordering upright and straight
with each other, in whatever desired relative direction they may be placed. For this
purpose I provide a projecting piece cat one end of each length or segment a see
Figure 6 the opposite end of the length being left open for the reception of the
corresponding projecting part c on the next adjacent segment or length.
I usually prefer to secure between the leaves a, a of the folded metal and nearly
throughout the whole length of same, a suitably sized sheet of corrugated or zigzag
metal d thus giving the bordering great transverse stiffness without much increase in
weight or expense; and as shewn at Figures 1 to 5 such filling sheet d may extend
beyond the edge of the segment or length a and form the projecting part e before
mentioned, and the pegs may be inserted between the corrugations.
The mode of fixing bordering constructed according to my invention is as follows:
The direction of the bordering having been marked, the pegs b of the first length a, a

page_text: are driven into the ground as shewn at Figure 4; the next adjacent length marked a¹
in the latter figure is then placed in position so that the hollow end of this second
length a' comes directly over the projecting part of the length already fixed. The
pegs 6 are then driven and the projecting part e takes between the leaves of the
piece a' and the two pieces are thus held straight and together; the next piece is then
fixed in a similar manner and so on.
As will be seen by Figures 5 and 6 the sections of the bordering may be made of
a variety of ornamental shapes, and I may make lengths or segments to form angle
pieces, circles, or semi-circles or other designs and such bordering may be galvanized
painted or otherwise decorated all as desired and according to the circumstances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
In garden or other borders, the bent metal leaves or plates a, pegs b and dividing
pieces d with projections c constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings together with
any mere modifications thereof.