Landscape edging connector
A landscape edging installation includes ends of landscape edging joined together by a connector. The connector may have holes in lugs that are aligned with holes in the landscape edging tabs to receive a ground spike therethrough. The connector conceals a gap between the adjacent edging pieces.
1. A landscape edging system comprising:
at least one landscape edging section;
a generally vertical upstanding wall of the at least one landscape edging section with a front face and a back face joined by an upper edge of the upstanding wall;
a first and a second longitudinal end of the at least one landscape edging section; and
a connector joining the first and second longitudinal ends of the at least one landscape edging section;
a back wall of the connector;
a front wall of the connector generally parallel to the back wall;
a cap joining the back wall and the front wall, a profile of the back wall, the front wall and the cap forming a generally inverted U-shaped channel;
wherein the first and second longitudinal ends are seated within the channel to thereby join the first and second longitudinal ends together;
a lug projecting from a lower portion of the one of the front wall and the back wall and being oriented generally perpendicular to the front wall;
a spike coupled to the lug to secure the connector and the first and second longitudinal ends to a ground surface; and
an aperture in the lug receiving the spike therethrough.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the cap is located proximate an upper edge of the back wall and an upper edge of the front wall.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first and second longitudinal ends are spaced from one another within the channel to define a gap therebetween.
4. The system of claim 3 further comprising:
a rib within the gap joining the back wall and the front wall.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein a height of the front wall is less than a height of the back wall.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein a height of the front wall and a height of the back wall is not constant along a length of the connector.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the cap further comprises:
at least one depression and at least one undulating portion which generally conform with a shape of the top edge of the at least one landscape edging section.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one landscape edging section further comprises a first and a second landscape edging section, wherein the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end are on the first and second landscape edging sections, respectively.
9. A landscape edging system comprising:
a first and a second landscape edging section each having a generally vertical upstanding wall with a front face and a back face joined by an upper edge of the upstanding wall;
a first and a second longitudinal end on the first and second landscape edging section, respectively; and
a connector joining the first longitudinal end of the first landscape edging section to the second longitudinal end of the second landscape edging section;
a back wall of the connector;
a front wall of the connector generally parallel to the back wall;
a cap joining the back wall and the front wall, a profile of the back wall, the front wall and the cap forming a generally inverted U-shaped channel;
wherein the first and the second longitudinal ends are seated within the channel to thereby join the first and second landscape edging sections together;
a lug projecting from a lower portion of the one of the front wall and the back wall and being oriented generally perpendicular to the front wall;
a spike coupled to the lug to secure the connector and the first and the second longitudinal ends to a ground surface; and
an aperture in the lug receiving the spike therethrough.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the cap is located proximate an upper edge of the back wall and an upper edge of the front wall.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein the first longitudinal ends are spaced from one another within the channel to define a gap therebetween.
12. The system of claim 11 further comprising:
a rib within the gap joining the back wall and the front wall.
13. The system of claim 9 wherein a height of the front wall is less than a height of the back wall.
14. The system of claim 9 wherein a height of the front wall and a height of the back wall is not constant along a length of the connector.
15. The system of claim 9 wherein the cap further comprises:
at least one depression and at least one undulating portion which generally conform with a shape of the top edge of the first and second landscape edging sections.