US4702034A
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Edging assembly
Assignee: AQUA-EDGE INDUSTRIES AUSTRALLIA PTY Ltd
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Filing: 1986-05-22
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Granted: 1987-10-27
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Expires: 2006-05-22
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to an edging assembly which may be used for bordering a lawn, garden strip, patio and the like. The edging assembly includes a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be driven in or otherwise retained by a substrate or base surface. There is also provided a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible material having a pair of downwardly extending side flanges and a top conduit with a plurality of spaced water outlets. There is also provided releasable attachment means preferably utilizing a plug-socket interengagement between the each elongate support and the continuous integral cover strip. The arrangement is such that the edging assembly may be installed in the ground by initially embedding the elongate supports at spaced intervals within the ground and subsequently attaching the cover strip to the elongate supports through the agency of the releasable attachment means where the cover strip is supported in a fixed orientation by bearing contact with the plurality of elongate supports.
Inventors
- 👤 Brian D. Ferguson
- 👤 Phillip B. Jackson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 14:02
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01G; A01G25/00; A01G25/02; A01G9/00; A01G9/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
223 words
A flexible edging and sprinkler assembly for gardens capable of following a serpentine path including: (a) a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be retained in the ground wherein each support comprises shank and a head portion, said head portion having an opposed pair of spaced-apart side edges, each side edge, having a side edge recess and a taper extending outwardly from top to bottom; and (b) a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible resilient material having: (i) a top conduit having a plurality of spaced water outlets; and (ii) a pair of side flanges divergingly depending from the top conduit and each having: (a) an outwardly extending rib whereby a respective rib is engageable in snap fit relationship with a plurality of said side edge recesses; and (b) a taper similar to the taper of the side edges to define, between the side flanges, a recess for receiving support head portions so that the spaced-apart side edges of each head portion face in a direction transverse to the cover strip, each side flange in the pair of side flanges comprising: a side flange surface facing toward the other side flange in the pair and wherein the side flange surfaces extend on respective opposite sides of the head portion, and (iii) hose coupling means for coupling a hose to the top conduit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
223 words
A flexible edging and sprinkler assembly for gardens capable of following a serpentine path including: (a) a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be retained in the ground wherein each support comprises shank and a head portion, said head portion having an opposed pair of spaced-apart side edges, each side edge, having a side edge recess and a taper extending outwardly from top to bottom; and (b) a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible resilient material having: (i) a top conduit having a plurality of spaced water outlets; and (ii) a pair of side flanges divergingly depending from the top conduit and each having: (a) an outwardly extending rib whereby a respective rib is engageable in snap fit relationship with a plurality of said side edge recesses; and (b) a taper similar to the taper of the side edges to define, between the side flanges, a recess for receiving support head portions so that the spaced-apart side edges of each head portion face in a direction transverse to the cover strip, each side flange in the pair of side flanges comprising: a side flange surface facing toward the other side flange in the pair and wherein the side flange surfaces extend on respective opposite sides of the head portion, and (iii) hose coupling means for coupling a hose to the top conduit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
280 words
A flexible edging and sprinkler assembly for gardens capable of following a serpentine path including: (a) a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be retained in the ground wherein each support comprises a shank and a head portion, said head portion an opposed pair of spaced-apart side edges each side edge having a side edge recess and a taper extending outwardly from top to bottom; and (b) a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible resilient material having: (i) a top conduit having plurality of spaced water outlets; and (ii) a pair of side flanges divergingly depending from the top conduit and each having: (a) an outwardly extending rib whereby the rib is engageable in snap fit relationship with a plurality of said side edge recesses; and (b) a taper similar to the taper of the side edges to define, between the side flanges, a recess for receiving the support head portions so that the spaced-apart side edges of each head portion face in a direction transverse to the cover strip, each side flange in the pair of side flanges comprising: a side flange surface facing toward the other side flange in the pair and wherein the side flange surfaces extend on respective opposite sides of the head portion the resiliency of the cover strip causing the flanges to expand outwardly in response to an outward force of the head portion side edges and to contract inwardly upon formation of an interference fit relationship between the flange side edges and the head portion side edges as the cover strip is placed over the transversely extending head portion; and (iii) hose coupling means for coupling a hose to the top conduit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
280 words
A flexible edging and sprinkler assembly for gardens capable of following a serpentine path including: (a) a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be retained in the ground wherein each support comprises a shank and a head portion, said head portion an opposed pair of spaced-apart side edges each side edge having a side edge recess and a taper extending outwardly from top to bottom; and (b) a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible resilient material having: (i) a top conduit having plurality of spaced water outlets; and (ii) a pair of side flanges divergingly depending from the top conduit and each having: (a) an outwardly extending rib whereby the rib is engageable in snap fit relationship with a plurality of said side edge recesses; and (b) a taper similar to the taper of the side edges to define, between the side flanges, a recess for receiving the support head portions so that the spaced-apart side edges of each head portion face in a direction transverse to the cover strip, each side flange in the pair of side flanges comprising: a side flange surface facing toward the other side flange in the pair and wherein the side flange surfaces extend on respective opposite sides of the head portion the resiliency of the cover strip causing the flanges to expand outwardly in response to an outward force of the head portion side edges and to contract inwardly upon formation of an interference fit relationship between the flange side edges and the head portion side edges as the cover strip is placed over the transversely extending head portion; and (iii) hose coupling means for coupling a hose to the top conduit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The assembly as claim in claim 2, wherein each side edge recess extends toward a center of the elongate support and upwardly toward a top of the elongate support, and wherein, each rib extends upwardly toward the top conduit and toward the other side flange.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
239 words
A flexible edging and sprinkler assembly for gardens capable of following a serpentine path including: (a) a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be retained in the ground wherein each support comprises a shank and a substantially trapezoidal head portion, said head portion having an opposed pair of spaced-apart side edges having a taper extending outwardly from top to bottom; and (b) a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible resilient material having: (i) a top conduit having plurality of spaced water outlets; and (ii) a pair of side flanges divergingly depending from the top conduit having a taper similar to the taper of the side edges to define, between the side flanges a recess for receiving support head portions so that the spaced-apart side edges of each head portion face in a direction transverse to the cover strip, each side flange in the pair comprising a side flange surface facing toward the other side flange in the pair and wherein the side flange surfaces extend on respective opposite sides of the head portion the resiliency of the cover strip causing the flanges to expand outwardly in response to an outward force of the head portion side edges and to contract inwardly upon formation of an interference fit relationship between the flange side edges and the head portion side edges over the transversely extending head portion; and (iii) hose coupling means for coupling a hose to the top conduit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
239 words
A flexible edging and sprinkler assembly for gardens capable of following a serpentine path including: (a) a plurality of elongate supports adapted to be retained in the ground wherein each support comprises a shank and a substantially trapezoidal head portion, said head portion having an opposed pair of spaced-apart side edges having a taper extending outwardly from top to bottom; and (b) a continuous integral cover strip formed from flexible resilient material having: (i) a top conduit having plurality of spaced water outlets; and (ii) a pair of side flanges divergingly depending from the top conduit having a taper similar to the taper of the side edges to define, between the side flanges a recess for receiving support head portions so that the spaced-apart side edges of each head portion face in a direction transverse to the cover strip, each side flange in the pair comprising a side flange surface facing toward the other side flange in the pair and wherein the side flange surfaces extend on respective opposite sides of the head portion the resiliency of the cover strip causing the flanges to expand outwardly in response to an outward force of the head portion side edges and to contract inwardly upon formation of an interference fit relationship between the flange side edges and the head portion side edges over the transversely extending head portion; and (iii) hose coupling means for coupling a hose to the top conduit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein each side flange is substantially straight from which a rib extends inwardly from the side flange.
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