Plant husbandry – Ornamental beds
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-04
2002-01-08
Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3643)
Plant husbandry
Ornamental beds
C052S102000, C052S604000, C047S025100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06336290
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to edging systems and more particularly pertains to a new lawn and garden edging system for edging a lawn with interconnected pieces which can be lengthened and shortened.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of edging systems is known in the prior art. More specifically, edging systems heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,662,342; 5,067,273; 4,858,379; 5,715,628; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 385,050; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,535,545.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new lawn and garden edging system. The inventive device includes a first strip for inserting into a ground surface and a second strip for inserting into the first strip. The first strip is elongate and has a top side, a front side, a back side, a bottom side and two ends. A plurality of bores are located in the top side of the first strip. A plurality of first spikes for inserting into the ground surface are coupled to the bottom side of the first strip. The second strip is elongate. The second strip has a cross-section traverse to a longitudinal axis of the second strip has a generally L shape. The second strip has a short wall and long wall. A plurality of second spikes for insertion into the bores in the top wall of the first strip are coupled to and extend away from the short wall of the second strip. The spikes are oriented generally perpendicular to a plane of the long wall of the second strip.
In these respects, the lawn and garden edging system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of edging a lawn with interconnected pieces which can be lengthened and shortened.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of edging systems now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new lawn and garden edging system construction wherein the same can be utilized for edging a lawn with interconnected pieces which can be lengthened and shortened.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new lawn and garden edging system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the edging systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new lawn and garden edging system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art edging systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a first strip for inserting into a ground surface and a second strip for inserting into the first strip. The first strip is elongate and has a top side, a front side, a back side, a bottom side and two ends. A plurality of bores are located in the top side of the first strip. A plurality of first spikes for inserting into the ground surface are coupled to the bottom side of the first strip. The second strip is elongate. The second strip has a cross-section traverse to a longitudinal axis of the second strip has a generally L shape. The second strip has a short wall and long wall. A plurality of second spikes for insertion into the bores in the top wall of the first strip are coupled to and extend away from the short wall of the second strip. The spikes are oriented generally perpendicular to a plane of the long wall of the second strip.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new lawn and garden edging system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the edging systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new lawn and garden edging system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art edging systems, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new lawn and garden edging system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new lawn and garden edging system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new lawn and garden edging system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such lawn and garden edging system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new lawn and garden edging system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new lawn and garden edging system for edging a lawn with interconnected pieces which can be lengthened and shortened.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new lawn and garden edging system which includes a first strip for inserting into a ground surface and a second strip for inserting into the first strip. The first strip is elongate and has a top side, a front side, a back side, a bottom side and two ends. A plurality of bores are located in the top side of the first strip. A plurality of first spikes for inserting into the ground surface are coupled to the bottom side of the first strip. The second strip is elongate. The second strip has a cross-section traverse to a longitudinal axis of the second strip has a generally L shape. The second strip has a short wall a
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