Granted Patent B2

US 7,306,402 · App. 10/656,699 · Granted Dec 11, 2007

Abstract

Claims (18)

1. A landscaping channel liner comprising:

a longitudinally-extending trough having a longitudinally-extending floor located between opposed first and second longitudinally-extending sidewalls extending therefrom, and having first and second opposed transverse open ends formed from the floor and sidewalls;

wherein the first and second sidewalls define a longitudinally-extending edge located opposite the longitudinally-extending floor;

a first longitudinally-extending tubular receptacle located on the longitudinally-extending edge of the first longitudinally-extending sidewall, and a second longitudinally-extending tubular receptacle located on the longitudinally-extending edge of the second longitudinally-extending sidewall;

each first and second longitudinally-extending tubular receptacle having first and second transverse openings having a cylindrical cross-section;

wherein the second transverse opening of each first and second receptacle extends to the second transverse open end formed from the floor and sidewalls, and each first transverse opening of each first and second receptacle terminates short of the first transverse open end formed from the floor and sidewalls, such that a portion of the edge extends between the first transverse opening and the first transverse open end;

wherein a portion of the floor and sidewalls located adjacent the first transverse open end is configured to be overlapped by a second landscaping channel liner;

wherein the first transverse openings of the first and second longitudinally-extending receptacles are configured to face and are connectable with openings of the second landscaping channel liner;

a removable panel section located on the longitudinally-extending floor between the first and second longitudinally-extending receptacles and not between the portion of the edges that extends between the first transverse openings and the first transverse open end so that when the second landscaping channel liner overlaps the portion of the floor of the landscaping channel liner, the removable panel section is not covered by the second landscaping channel liner;

wherein the panel section is identifiable by a plurality of perforated edges that allow the panel section to be selectively removable from the floor; and

wherein when the panel section is removed, the resulting opening in the floor is configured to receive a fence post which extends through the opening.

2. The landscaping channel liner of claim 1 , further comprising a connector having a first portion that is configured to be partially fined in the first transverse openings of the first and second longitudinally-extending receptacles, and having a second portion that is configured to be partially fitted in second transverse openings of second longitudinally-extending receptacles of the second landscaping channel liner.

3. The landscaping channel liner of claim 1 , further comprising spikes that extend from at least one of the sidewalls.

4. The landscaping channel liner of claim 2 , wherein the connector interference fits in the longitudinally-extending receptacles.

5. The landscaping channel liner of claim 2 , wherein the connector interference fits in the receptacles.

6. The landscaping channel liner of claim 1 , wherein the panel section includes a plurality of interior panel sections each of which is selectively removable from the floor.

7. The landscaping channel liner of claim 1 wherein the panel section includes a plurality of interior panel sections each defined by a plurality of second perforated edges; wherein the second perforated edges make the interior panel sections quadrilaterally shaped; and wherein a laterally-extending perforated edge from each interior panel section is coincident with one of the plurality of perforated edges from the panel section.

8. The landscaping channel liner of claim 7 , wherein the longitudinally-extending floor comprises a seam extending from the first transverse open end to the coincident perforated edge.

Assignments (9)