Patent ID: 7434360

Claim:
A landscape stake system receiving a landscape edging board, comprising: a stake member comprising a tapered lower region for insertion into the ground, an upper region having a first channel formed therein for receiving a first portion of the landscape edging board, and an intermediate region extending between the upper and lower regions, wherein the upper region includes at least two vertical tabs extending vertically from the intermediate region in a direction opposite of the lower region of the stake member and forming opposing walls of the first channel; an edging board having a rectangular cross section in the vertical direction and being received in said first channel; and a hammer cap comprising a first region having a striking surface member and a second region having vertical legs extending from the striking surface member and forming opposing walls of a second channel for receiving a second portion of the landscape edging board, wherein the vertical legs of the hammer cap being operably couplable with the vertical tabs of the stake member wherein the striking surface member is maintained in spaced relation with the stake member, and wherein the first and second channels combine to form an open-ended edging board channel having four walls formed by the first and second vertical legs and tabs, the striking surface member and the intermediate region of the stake member that extend about the landscape edging board when received therein and allow the landscape edging board to freely extend out the open ends of the edging board channel whereby upon installation of the stake and edging board the hammer cap is removed to expose the edging board.