Patent ID: 8056195

Claim:
An assembly for connecting two elongate landscape edging restraints end-to-end, comprising: at least a pair of elongate edging restraints having a first hardness value; a one piece U-shaped clip having a first leg member having a first surface, a second leg member having a second surface opposing said first surface, and a bight member integrally interconnecting said first and second leg members together along respective adjacent edges thereof, said one piece U-shaped clip being made of a material having a second hardness value harder than a material of said restraints; and a plurality of pointed barbs on said first and second surfaces and extending into a region between said opposing first and second surfaces, pointed ends of said barbs being configured to slide over said material of said restraints when moved relative to said restraints in a first direction and dig into said material of said restraints when moved relative to said restraints in a second direction different from said first direction.