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US 8,127,490 B2Granted
Block used for landscape and related applications
OwnerJoan M. Perottiinventor
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Abstract
A block (30) useful in creating, for example, a landscape edging, a patio framing for a patio is L-shaped and includes a first member (32) and a second member (34). The block (30) is adapted to be arranged in an interlocking or interfitting fashion with other similarly configured blocks (30).
Claims12
An assembly of blocks for use in yard and garden environments comprising:
- a plurality of blocks each comprising a first member and a second member which are arranged relative to one another so that each of the blocks is L-shaped, the second member of each block having a length greater than the length of the first member of each block, with the length of the first and second members of each block being measured in the same direction, so that end portions of the second member on opposite ends of the second member in the lengthwise direction extend beyond respective end edges of the first member;
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- the blocks being adapted to be interfitted with one another so that the first member of each of the plurality of blocks is coplanar with the second member of another block.
A method of assembling a plurality of blocks in a ground setting, comprising:
- positioning a plurality of blocks on the ground, the blocks comprising a first member and a second member which together form an L-shaped block, the second member of each of the plurality of blocks having a length greater than the length of the first member of each of the plurality of blocks, with the length of the first and second members of each block being measured in the same direction, so that end portions of the second member on opposite ends of the second member in the lengthwise direction extend beyond respective end edges of the first member;
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- the L-shaped blocks being positioned on the ground so that the first member of at least one of the blocks is coplanar with the second member of another block.
A landscape border system comprising:
- a plurality of L-shaped blocks having a first section extending in a first plane and a second section extending in a second plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first plane;
- the first section of each of the L-shaped blocks defining a first length and the second section of each of the L-shaped blocks defining a second length that is less than the first length;
- a first one of the L-shaped blocks being positioned on a surface with the longer first section lying on the surface and the shorter second section extending away from the surface;
- a second one of the L-shaped blocks being assembled with the first one of the L-shaped blocks so that the shorter second section thereof is positioned on the surface and the longer first section thereof extends away from the surface, wherein the first section of the first one of the L-shaped blocks is aligned with the second section of the second one of the L-shaped blocks and the second section of the first one of the L-shaped blocks is aligned with the first section of the second one of the L-shaped blocks.
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