Patent ID: 7628385

Claim:
A fence and guard assembly comprising: a chain link fence having links and a bottom edge; a fence edge guard having an elongated channel-shaped body member of extruded plastic; said body member having a planar and horizontal bottom, a planer and upstanding sidewalls extending upwardly from opposed side edges of said bottom and terminating at an open top, and an open longitudinal channel defined by said bottom and said sidewalls; said sidewalls outwardly angled in a direction from said bottom to said top; a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings along said bottom; a plurality of coil springs spaced longitudinally along said body, each coil spring having a first end engaged with the chain link fence, and a second end engaged with one of said plurality of longitudinally spaced openings; said body member being free from an interconnecting members extending between said sidewalls above said bottom; wherein said springs secure said body along the bottom edge of the chain link fence such that said bottom is urged upwardly towards the bottom edge of the chain link fence to prevent damage to a cutting line of a line trimmer and to prevent vegetation from growing up through the links of the fence.