Patent ID: 7966766

Claim:
A raised garden bed kit comprising: a plurality of elongate panel members, each said panel member including a top wall, a bottom wall, and substantially parallel sidewalls each sidewall defining an interior surface and an exterior surface, a plurality of cross braces extending between the interior surfaces to provide strength and rigidity to said panel members as well as define generally rectangular shaped sockets for accepting said locking posts for connection to the connectors; a plurality of corner connectors, each said corner connector including a central column, at least two locking posts extending outwardly from adjacent sides of said central column at substantially right angles with respect to each other, each said locking post having a size and shape for insertion into one of said at least one sockets, each said locking post including at least one spring lock positioned on a spring tab, said spring tab constructed and arranged to allow deflection of said spring lock between a lock position and a disassembly position, said central column of each said corner connector including a stake aperture therethrough for passage of a stake member for securing said corner connector to a ground surface; whereby each of said corner connectors is constructed and arranged to connect two of said elongate panel members in a substantially perpendicular orientation with respect to each other by inserting one of said locking posts of a corner connector into a socket positioned in the distal end of each of two panel members, said top wall of each said panel member includes a protruding tongue extending substantially along the length thereof and said bottom wall of each said panel member has a corresponding groove extending substantially along the length thereof, whereby said tongue and said groove cooperate to allow aligned stacking of said panel members; at least one linear connector, said at least one linear connector including a column portion having about the same thickness and height of said panel members, at least one locking post extending outwardly from opposite sides of said column portion so that said locking posts are substantially axially aligned, each said locking post having a size and shape for insertion into one of said at least one locking sockets, each said locking post including at least one spring lock positioned on a spring tab, said spring tab constructed and arranged to allow deflection of said spring lock between a lock position and a disassembly position, whereby said at least one linear connector is constructed and arranged to connect two of said panel members in axial alignment with respect to each other by inserting one of said locking posts of said at least one linear connector into a socket positioned in the distal end of each of two panel members; a plurality of stake members, each said stake member including a shank portion and a head portion, said shank portion sized to pass through said corner connector stake aperture.