Lawn edging element for lawns

Abstract

lawn edging element for lawn areas comprising at least one plate section (1, 1', 1'') with a top (8) and a bottom (7) and ground anchoring means (9, 9', 12) arranged on the bottom (7), each with at least one free end pointing away from the plate section (1, 1', 1''), characterized in that the plate sections (1, 1', 1'') are connectable to each other, and that each plate section (1, 1', 1'') has at least one part of two corresponding parts (2, 3) forming a plate connection.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a lawn edging element for lawns comprising at least one plate section with a top and a bottom and ground anchoring means arranged on the bottom, each with at least one free end pointing away from the plate section.

[0002] To divide a garden into lawns, flowerbeds, or paths and clearly separate them, lawn edging elements are frequently used. These are also commonly referred to as mowing edging stones and are available in various designs. Particularly common are those made of concrete or metal, featuring a surface that can be driven over by a robotic lawnmower or lawnmower. This surface is free of vegetation and, due to its width, ensures that the entire lawn can be mowed without cutting plants in flowerbeds.

[0003] However, due to frost and other environmental influences, the unconnected lawn edging elements shift relative to each other over time, impairing both their appearance and function. The object of the invention is therefore to further develop a lawn edging element in such a way that it can be installed in a garden in a stable position over a longer period of time.

[0004] This problem is solved with the features of claim 1 and with the features of claim 14. Further developments and advantageous embodiments are specified in the respective subordinate claims.

[0005] The lawn edging element for lawns, comprising at least one plate section with a top and a bottom and ground anchoring means arranged on the bottom, each with at least one free end pointing away from the plate section, is characterized according to the invention in that the plate sections can be connected to each other, and that each plate section has at least one part of two corresponding parts forming a plate connection.

[0006] By connecting the sections of the lawn edging panels, it is easily achieved to suppress displacement of the edging panels, particularly due to frost, since the forces that typically occur are insufficient to move several edging panels together. The two corresponding parts forming a panel connection are assigned to different lawn edging panels and advantageously create a positive-locking connection.

[0007] In a further development, all slab sections that do not form end sections of the lawn edging elements each have at least both of the corresponding parts. The individual, connectable lawn edging elements can then be easily joined together to border lawns or areas thereof of any shape.

[0008] In order to create a lawn edge with as few lawn edging elements as possible, the two corresponding parts of a slab section that form a slab connection are advantageously assigned to opposite end areas of the respective slab section.

[0009] The form-fitting connection of the slab sections is achieved, according to a further development, by the two parts of a slab connection interlocking. For this purpose, the first part of the two parts forming a slab connection has an interlocking element on its underside, pointing away from the slab section. This interlocking element allows the first part to engage with a second part of an adjacent lawn edging element.

[0010] After further development, the second part of the two parts forming a plate connection is a recess in the plate section into which the first part can be hooked to form the plate connection.

[0011] The recess is further defined by a slot extending across the entire surface of the slab section, which has a curved shape. This curved shape allows adjacent lawn edging elements, which are connected via the slab joint, to be arranged at different angles to each other, thus enabling them to be adapted to differently shaped lawns.

[0012] The slot advantageously has a greater length than the interlocking element in the plane of the slab section, in particular a length many times greater than the interlocking element, so that the interlocking element engaging in the slot can move along its longitudinal extent. The width of the slot is advantageously less than the width of the interlocking element along the longitudinal extent of the slot, so that the interlocking element is guided along the longitudinal extent of the slot. The connected lawn edging elements are then arranged at a predetermined angle to each other, corresponding to the position of the interlocking element in the slot and the curvature of the slot.

[0013] To cover the largest possible angle range and allow for maximum flexibility in arranging the lawn edging elements, the slot is now at least semicircular in shape. Two slab sections to be joined can then be arranged at a right angle to each other, with the angle extending at least 180° to the center point of the slot.

[0014] An aesthetically pleasing and uniformly blended edge of the connected lawn edging elements, regardless of the angle, is easily achieved by ensuring that the end section of the lawn edging element with the curved slot has an edge profile adapted to the slot's curve, starting from the center of curvature and located opposite the slot. The end sections to be joined then exhibit a consistent overlap and a uniform edge transition, irrespective of their orientation relative to each other.

[0015] According to another refinement, the panel section, the ground anchors, and the two corresponding parts, particularly the first and second parts, of a panel connection are formed in one piece. In particular, an advantageously metallic lawn edging element can then be cut or stamped from a single sheet, enabling particularly cost-effective production. In a subsequent step, only the interlocking element and the ground anchors need to be bent onto the cut or stamped lawn edging element. Furthermore, the lawn edging element can be powder-coated to protect it against environmental influences and to allow for customized color design.

[0016] Following further development, the ground anchors are positioned along the edges of the underside of the panel section. The lawn edging elements, which are intended to be pressed into the ground or soil up to the underside of the panel section, are then secured at opposite edges in the ground or soil, making them difficult to pry out.

[0017] According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a continuous earth anchoring means is arranged along one longitudinal side of the plate section, thereby providing it with further improved stability.

[0018] To adapt the lawn edging elements to different subsurface conditions, another design provides that the ground anchors have at least one bendable section characterized by a material weakening. At this bendable section, the ground anchors of a lawn edging element can be easily detached from the element without tools, if necessary. Thus, the lawn edging elements can be adapted to obstacles in the ground or soil, such as existing foundations, by at least partially removing the ground anchors. If the ground anchor runs continuously along one longitudinal side of the slab section, the material weakening is designed so that only partial sections of the ground anchors can be detached.

[0019] The invention also relates to a lawn edging system. According to the invention, this system is characterized by being formed by at least two of the aforementioned interconnected lawn edging elements. The individual lawn edging elements have a width such that a lawnmower approaching them can drive along them far enough to completely cut the lawn, without the mower or robotic mower entering an adjacent area, such as a flower bed. To ensure this, the lawn edging system can, in particular, be designed as a modular system consisting of lawn edging elements of different shapes.

[0020] In a further embodiment, at least two lawn edging elements are connected by the fact that adjacent plate sections are connected to each other in such a way that an interlocking element of the other plate section, which engages in the recess of one plate section, is hinged to the underside of the plate section carrying the interlocking element.

[0021] An embodiment of the invention, from which further essential features of the invention may emerge, is shown in the drawing. Identical parts are designated with the same reference numerals in all figures of the drawing. The drawing shows: Fig. 1: a top view of a first embodiment of a lawn edging element according to the invention; Fig. 2: a perspective view of the lawn edging element according to Fig. 1; Fig. 3: a perspective view of a second embodiment of a lawn edging element according to the invention; Fig. 4: a perspective view of a third embodiment of a lawn edging element according to the invention; and Fig. 5: a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a lawn edging element according to the invention;

[0022] From the top view according to Fig. Figure 1 shows an elongated plate section 1 of a lawn edging element according to the invention. This plate section 1 has, at its opposite end regions 1a, 1b, each part of two corresponding parts 2, 3 forming a plate connection. At the first end region 1a, an interlocking element 4 of the first part 2 of the plate connection is arranged. The second end region 1b has a semicircular slot 5 as the second part 3 of a plate connection.

[0023] The semicircular slot 5 is arranged opposite an edge 6b of the end region 1b of the plate section 1, starting from its center of curvature 5a, the edge 6b also being semicircular. The end region 1a is similarly shaped with its edge 6a, the interlocking element 4 being centrally located on the semicircular edge 6a.

[0024] When joining two plate sections 1, the end regions 2, 3 of the two different plate sections 1, with their edge profiles 6a, 6b, are to be arranged congruently with one another, whereby the plate section 1 of end region 1a, with the interlocking element 4, rests as intended with its underside 7 (as shown in the further figures) on a top surface 8 of the plate section 1 of end region 1b, and the angled interlocking element 4 projects into the slot 5. The slot 5 has a length multiple of the width of the interlocking element 4 along the longitudinal extent of the slot 5. In order to guide the interlocking element 4 securely and without tilting in the curved slot 5, its width along the longitudinal extent of the slot 5 is also greater than the width of the slot 5.

[0025] The view in Fig. Figure 2 discloses one of two ground anchoring devices 9 arranged at the edges of parallel longitudinal edges of the plate section 1. The ground anchoring device 9 is formed by a continuous beveled section along the longitudinal edge, which extends away from the underside 7 of the plate section 1. The free ends of the ground anchoring device 9, pointing in the direction of a subsoil, in particular earth or soil, form triangular prongs 10, the tips of which point away from the plate section 1. A bend is also formed between the triangular prongs 10 and the plate section 1, wherein the ground anchoring devices 9 have a material weakening 11 in the bend in the form of a recess corresponding to each prong 10. This allows individual prongs 10 of the ground anchoring device 9 to be easily detached.

[0026] The lawn edging element in Fig. 3 differs from the previous one in the Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. This is achieved by the fact that the plate section 1' forms a right angle, so that the end regions 1a', 1b' are aligned perpendicularly to each other. Furthermore, due to the right-angled arrangement, the plate section 1 also has two parallel longitudinal edges, each of which is assigned a ground anchoring device 9' adapted to its length.

[0027] In Fig. Figure 4 shows a lawn edging element that differs from the one shown according to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 differs in that it has arrow-shaped ground anchors 12 arranged on a base 13 angled at a right angle to the plate section 1. The arrow-shaped ground anchors 12, like the triangular prongs 10, point towards the subsoil. The bending area is created by a multitude of openings, each representing a material weakening 11' and allowing the arrow-shaped ground anchors 12 to bend at different lengths.

[0028] Fig. 5 reveals how Fig. 3 a lawn edging element with end sections 1a', 1b' arranged at right angles to each other. In contrast to Fig. 3 the lawn edging element, however, has the design of the ground anchoring means 12 according to Fig. 4. These then also enable a rounded inner area 14 of the plate section 1''. For this purpose, the arrow-shaped earth anchoring means 12 of the inner area 14 each have a separate base 13.

[0029] All Fig. What is common to 1 to 5 is that the depicted interlocking element 4 must be deflected according to the earth anchoring means 9, 9', 12 before it can be inserted into the semicircular slot 5.

Claims

[1] Lawn edging element for lawns comprising at least one plate section (1, 1', 1'') with a top (8) and a bottom (7) and ground anchoring means (9, 9', 12) arranged on the bottom (7), each with at least one free end pointing away from the plate section (1, 1', 1''), characterized by , that the plate sections (1, 1', 1'') are connectable to each other, and that each plate section (1, 1', 1'') has at least one part of two corresponding parts (2, 3) forming a plate connection. [2] Lawn edging element according to claim 1, characterized by , that all plate sections (1, 1', 1'') which do not form end sections of the lawn edging elements each have at least both of the corresponding parts (2, 3). [3] Lawn edging element according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized by, that the two corresponding parts (2, 3) of a plate section (1, 1', 1'') forming a plate connection are assigned to opposite end regions (1a, 1b, 1a', 1b') of the respective plate section (1, 1', 1''). [4] Lawn edging element according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by , that a first part (2) of the two parts (2, 3) forming a plate connection is an interlocking element (4) pointing away from the underside (7) of the plate section (1, 1', 1''). [5] Lawn edging element according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by , that the second part (3) of the two parts (2, 3) forming a plate connection is a recess in the plate section (1, 1', 1'') into which the first part (2) can be hooked to form the plate connection. [6] Lawn edging element according to claim 5, characterized by, that the recess is formed by a slot (5) in the plate section (1, 1', 1'') extending over the entire area of ​​the plate section (1, 1', 1''), which has a curved shape. [7] Lawn edging element according to claim 6, characterized by that the slot (5) is at least semicircular in shape. [8] Lawn edging element according to claim 6 or 7, characterized by , that the end area (1b) of the lawn edging element with the curved slot (5) has an edge profile (6b) adapted to the course of the slot (5) starting from the center of curvature (5a) of the slot (5) opposite the slot (5). [9] Lawn edging element according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized by, that the plate section (1, 1', 1''), the earth anchoring means (9, 9', 12) and the two corresponding parts (2, 3), in particular the first part (2) and the second part (3), of the lawn edging element are formed in one piece. [10] Lawn edging element according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized by , that the earth anchoring means (9, 9', 12) are arranged at the edge of the underside (7) of the plate section (1, 1', 1''). [11] Lawn edging element according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized by , that a continuous earth anchoring device (9, 9') is arranged along one longitudinal side of the plate section (1, 1'). [12] Lawn edging element according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized by , that the earth anchoring means (9, 9', 12) have at least one buckling area characterized by a material weakening (11, 11'). [13] Lawn edging system, characterized bythat this is formed by at least two interconnected lawn edging elements according to claims 1 to 12. [14] Mowing edge system according to claim 13, characterized by , that adjacent plate sections (1, 1', 1'') are connected to each other in such a way that a locking element (4) of the other plate section (1, 1', 1'') engaging in the recess of one plate section (1, 1', 1'') is hinged to the underside (7) of the plate section (1, 1', 1'') carrying the locking element (4).

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