Patent Application
20180148950
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The disclosure and prior art relates to weed control devices and more particularly pertains to a new weed control device for inhibiting weed growth beneath a fence.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a fence that extends upwardly from ground. A modular edging unit is provided and the modular edging unit is placed on the ground. The modular edging unit is positioned around each of the posts and beneath each of the segments. In this way the modular edging unit inhibits plant growth adjacent to the fence thereby enhancing an appearance of the fence.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A modular edging unit 20 is provided and the modular edging unit 20 is placed on the ground. Moreover, the modular edging unit 20 is positioned around each of the posts 14 and beneath each of the segments 16 to inhibit plant growth adjacent to the fence 12. In this way the modular edging unit 20 enhances the appearance of the fence 12. The modular edging unit 20 is comprised of a rigid and corrosion resistant material such as plastic or the like.
The modular edging unit 20 comprises a plurality of plates 22 and each of the plates 22 is positioned on the ground. Each of the plates 22 is aligned with the lower edge 18 corresponding to an associated one of the segments 16. Each of the plates 22 has a top surface 24, a bottom surface 26 and a peripheral edge 28 extending therebetween. The peripheral edge 28 has a front side 30, a back side 32, a first lateral side 34 and a second lateral side 36. Each of the plates 22 is elongated between the front side 30 and the back side 32 and the bottom surface 26 abuts the ground.
The front side 30 has a first well 38 extending toward the back side 32 and the back side 32 has a first tab 40 extending outwardly therefrom. The top surface 24 slopes downwardly between a longitudinal center line and each of the first lateral side 34 and the second lateral side 36. In this way the top surface 24 may shed water from precipitation, irrigation or any other source of water.
Each of the plates 22 includes a pair of walls 42 and each of the walls 42 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the top surface 24. Each of the walls 42 extends between the front side 30 and the back side 32 and each of the walls 42 is spaced apart from the longitudinal center line. Thus, a space 44 is defined between each of the walls 42 and the lower edge 18 corresponding to the associated segment 16 is positioned in the space 44. The space 44 may have a width ranging between 2.0 cm and 12.0 cm to accommodate a variety of widths of fences. Each of the walls 42 has a plurality of apertures 46 extending therethrough to drain that water from the space 44.
A plurality of panels 48 is provided and each of the panels 48 is positioned on the ground. Each of the panels 48 is removably coupled between an associated pair of the plates 22 and each of the panels 48 is positioned around an associated one of the posts 14. Each of the panels 48 has an upper surface 50, a lower surface 52 and a perimeter edge 54 extending therebetween. The perimeter edge 54 has a forward side 56, a rearward side 58, a first sidelong side 60 and a second sidelong side 62.
The upper surface 50 slopes downwardly between a longitudinal center line and each of the first sidelong side 60 and the second sidelong side 62 to shed water. Each of the panels 48 has an opening 64 extending through the upper surface 50 and the lower surface 52. The opening 64 insertably receives the associated post 14. The forward side 56 has a second well 66 extending toward the rearward side 58 and the second well 66 insertably receives the tab corresponding to an associated one of the plates 22. The rearward side 58 has a second tab 68 extending outwardly therefrom and the first well 38 corresponding to an associated one of the plates 22 insertably receives the second tab 68.
In use, the modular edging unit 20 is positioned on the ground to define a perimeter of the fence 12. In this way the modular edging unit 20 inhibits plant ground around the perimeter of the fence 12. Each of the panels 48 is positioned between the associated pair of the plates 22. Each of the posts 14 is inserted through the opening 64 in the associated panel. Each of the segments 16 is coupled between the posts 14 such that the lower edge 18 of the segments 16 is positioned in the space 44 corresponding to the associated plate. The first lateral side 34 and the second lateral side 36 corresponding to each of the plates 22 define a mowable edge on the ground. In this way a yard around the fence 12 may be mowed and otherwise maintained without contacting the fence 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
