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US4905409A
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Landscaping timber
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-11-09
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Granted: 1990-03-06
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Expires: 2007-11-09
Abstract
Abstract A landscaping system for the building of retaining walls for decorative borders comprised of landscaping units which are interlocked and secured together to form various regular and irregular formations. The landscaping units include two identical timber members which are fastened together in an overlapping, but longitudinally offset, relationship, which thereby define a projecting portion which extends outwardly at each end of the unit. In forming the designs, the projecting portions of different units are overlapped and joined together to form the border or wall.
Inventors
- 👤 Clayton K. Cole
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 02:03
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01G; A01G9/00; A01G9/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A landscaping system for building borders or walls on the ground, said system comprising a plurality of units which are interlocked and secured together, wherein said units each include: a pair of identically shaped non-rectangular members fixedly coupled together such that said members are in an overlapping but longitudinally offset relationship, said members each defining parallel, aligning side surfaces and a projecting portion at each end thereof, the projecting portion at each end overlapping the projecting portion of an adjacent unit, said projecting portions each including spaced, parallel surfaces adapted to abut against an adjacent member, said abutting surfaces being nonperpendicular to said aligning side surfaces so that the system defines non-rectangular borders or walls; and joining means for interconnecting said overlapping portions and for staking the units to the ground, each said non-rectangular member having first and second parallel side surfaces, said first side surface being shorter than said second side surface, and wherein said members are positioned in each said unit such that said aligning side surfaces are defined by first side surfaces being aligned in the same plane and said second side surfaces being aligned in the same plane.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A landscaping system for building borders or walls on the ground, said system comprising a plurality of units which are interlocked and secured together, wherein said units each include: a pair of identically shaped non-rectangular members fixedly coupled together such that said members are in an overlapping but longitudinally offset relationship, said members each defining parallel, aligning side surfaces and a projecting portion at each end thereof, the projecting portion at each end overlapping the projecting portion of an adjacent unit, said projecting portions each including spaced, parallel surfaces adapted to abut against an adjacent member, said abutting surfaces being nonperpendicular to said aligning side surfaces so that the system defines non-rectangular borders or walls; and joining means for interconnecting said overlapping portions and for staking the units to the ground, each said non-rectangular member having first and second parallel side surfaces, said first side surface being shorter than said second side surface, and wherein said members are positioned in each said unit such that said aligning side surfaces are defined by first side surfaces being aligned in the same plane and said second side surfaces being aligned in the same plane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The landscaping system of claim 1 in which said joining means including a joining hole provided in each said projecting portion of each unit, each of said holes being aligned with a corresponding hole in another unit, and stake means extending through aligned holes for joining two units together.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The landscaping system of claim 1 in which said members are trapezoidal in shape.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The landscaping system of claim 3 in which each said member includes a coupling bore, wherein said coupling bores are aligned with each other when said members are assembled into said unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The landscaping system of claim 1 in which said projecting portions are parallelepipedal in shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The landscaping system of claim 5 in which said units are of varying overall length, and in which said projecting portions of each said unit are of equal dimensions, whereby said units of different overall lengths may be coupled together.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The landscaping system of claim 1 in which each said member is identically shaped and each provided with a forward face, and said members are positioned in any one unit such that said forward faces are flush against one another.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The landscaping system of claim 1 in which said members are parallelepipedal in shape.
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