Method and apparatus for installing stakes in netting for growing turf
AssigneeHighland Redi-Green Turf Farm Ltd.
InventorMacky Banns
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Abstract
A staple for maintaining netting in an installed position on a ground surface, which netting is used to enhance the growing of turf or sod. The staple has a pointed end and a medial portion extending to a distant end. The distant end has a head portion which is of a width that is greater than the width of the pointed end and the medial portion and is likewise wider that the smallest distance defining the opening in the netting. A method and apparatus for installing the staple is also disclosed.
Claims10
Stake installer apparatus having a frame which is operable to be connected to a ground moving vehicle used to lay netting on a ground surface, said apparatus comprising a foot plate for contacting said ground surface and said netting, a magazine for holding a plurality of stakes, a slide for contacting one of said plurality of stakes and operatively installing said stake into said ground surface through said netting after said netting has been laid on said ground surface, the operation of said slide being initiated when said foot plate contacts said ground surface, said installer apparatus being rotatable on a frame such that said foot plate remains substantially stationary relative to said netting while said foot plate is in contact with said netting.
Stake installer apparatus for installing a stake in netting used to cover a ground surface, said apparatus comprising a magazine for holding a plurality of stakes, a slide reciprocal on a frame for moving one of said plurality of stakes away from said plurality of stakes and installing said stake into said ground surface and through said netting and a handle for manually carrying said apparatus, said slide being biased out of contact with said plurality of stakes when said apparatus is in a raised position off said ground surface, said slide being operable to move downwardly into contact with said one of said plurality of stakes when said apparatus is in contact with said ground surface.
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