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US 8,464,464 B2Granted
Edging guide
OwnerLars Rosaeninventor
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Abstract
An edging guide may include an anchor and a retailer that may be rotatably mounted to the anchor. The anchor may be buried in the ground during use and may include a post portion and a support portion. The retailer may be rotatably mounted to the support of the anchor and may function to secure hold one or more lengths of edging material.
Claims13
A guide for edging material comprising:
- an anchor including a post and a support, the support being positioned on an end of the post and defining a first mounting member;
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- a retainer for securing edging material, the retainer including an edging material receiving portion and a second mounting member, the second mounting member being mounted to the first mounting member, and the first and second mounting members being shaped so that the second mounting member is rotatable with respect to the first mounting member, whereby when the post of the anchor is positioned in the ground the retainer is rotatable about the support of the post so that the edging material receiving portion of the retainer is alignable with edging material to be receivable by the receiving portion;
- wherein the second mounting member comprises a base having an upper surface, a bottom surface and a sidewall having an exterior surface extending between the upper and bottom surfaces, and a recess being defined in the bottom surface of the retainer;
- wherein the sidewall includes a flexible clip defined by a pair of spaced apart grooves that extend though the exterior surface to the recess.
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A guide for edging material, in combination with a length of edging material, the combination comprising:
- an edging guide having an anchor and a retainer, the anchor including a post and including a first mounting member, the retainer including a second mounting member and a first plate and a second plate that each extend from the second mounting member, the plates are spaced apart to define a channel having open sides and an open top, the first plate including a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion being spaced from the second plate a greater distance than the second portion so the channel between the plates is wider in a space proximate the first portion than a space proximate the second portion, the second mounting member being mounted to the first mounting member, and the first and second mounting members being shaped so that the second mounting member is rotatable with respect to the first mounting member, whereby when the post of the anchor is positioned in the ground the retainer is rotatable about the support of the post so that the edging material receiving portion of the retainer is alienable with edging material to be receivable by the receiving portion;
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- a length of edging material having a catch portion is positioned in the channel defined by the plates, the catch is dimensioned so that the catch is received in the channel in the space proximate the first portion, so that the edging material is retained against vertical movement out of the top of the channel;
- wherein the second plate comprises a first substantially vertical portion mounted at one end to the second mounting member, a substantially horizontal cross-piece extending toward the first plate from an opposite end of the first portion, and a second substantially vertical portion extending from an end of the cross-piece opposite the end mounted to the first portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.