Formwork for landscape edging
OwnerCraig Antony Forman, Stephen Rex Brooke-Taylorinventors
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Abstract
A system of formwork guides of consistent width and depth but of various lengths; some of which provide bends or curves or junctions is developed for easier laying of garden and landscaping edges of the type having a concrete base (and optional masonry on top). The system of guides comprises prefabricated sacrificial shuttering that delimits straight and curved edging. The guides can be cut to suit a layout. Preferred guides are U-shaped channels of vacuum-formed moulded plastic sheeting. Cross-bridging formations within the guides help maintain the walls upright and can be used to hold optional reinforcing metal rods and/or optional pipes or cables in place until concrete has been poured.
Claims25
Formwork for a settable fluid material, wherein the formwork includes a channel unit having a generally U-shaped cross-section comprised of a base and two sides extending upwardly from the base, and including at least one bridge arranged in use to extend transversely across the channel unit between the two sides.
A method for creating an edging, wherein the method includes the steps of:
- a. Laying out a course along a substrate along which the edging is to run;
- b. fitting formwork into the course, the formwork comprising a channel unit having a generally U-shaped cross-section comprised of a base and two sides extending upwardly from the base, and a plurality of bridges extending between the sides, above the base,
- c. and pouring a settable fluid material into the formwork to fill the channel unit above the level of said bridges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.