Stake securing a landscaping edging strip

Abstract

A stake consists of two planar panels joined on a longitudinal axis and angularly disposed with respect to one another. Lower portions of the panels converge to a tip on the axis, and an axial tang is formed at the top of the stake. An inwardly directed flange is formed near the top of each panel, the flanges being disposed substantially in a common plane, generally perpendicular to the panels. The flanges and the tang facilitate driving of the stake into a substrate by use of a power hammer, and the driven stake resists both upward and lateral displacement. It is especially adapted for the securement of edging for restraining paving and landscaping materials.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: 
     
       1. An assembly comprised of a length of edging for retaining or restraining a landscaping, covering, or paving material, including a bottom wall having front and rear edges, and a lateral wall upstanding along one or said edges of said bottom wall, said bottom wall and said lateral wall of said length of edging being substantially perpendicular to one another, said length of edging being constructed for being disposed against a supporting surface; and a stake for securing said length of edging against such a surface; said length of edging having at least one generally V-shaped aperture extending through said bottom wall thereof and consisting essentially of two slot elements connected at adjacent ends thereof and disposed at an angle of about 45° to 135° to one another, said at least one aperture in said bottom wall having an apex between said adjacent ends of said slot elements and being oriented with said apex proximate said lateral wall of said length of edging, and said stake being constructed for being driven, lengthwise through said aperture in said bottom wall of said length of edging; said stake having a top, a bottom, and opposite lateral edges, and being comprised of two generally planar panels joined to one another along a common rectilinear longitudinal axis and disposed with an internal angle corresponding to the angle between said slot elements of said aperture through said bottom all of said length of edging, each of said panels providing one of said opposite lateral edges extending substantially along the entire length of said stake, said lateral edges of said panels converging, at least along a lower portion of said stake, to form a tip on said common, longitudinal axis at the bottom of said stake, each of said panels having a flange portion at the top of said stake spaced from said longitudinal axis, said flange portions extending inwardly of said stake and being disposed substantially in a common plane that is generally perpendicular to the planes of said panels, said panels cooperatively forming a tang portion at the top of said stake, on said longitudinal axis, extending upwardly beyond said flange portions. 
     
     
       2. The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said stake is fabricated from, a strong, rigid metal. 
     
     
       3. The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said stake is integrally formed, as a single piece. 
     
     
       4. The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said slots of which said aperture consists essentially are disposed at an angle of about 90° to one another. 
     
     
       5. The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said stake is substantially symmetrical about said longitudinal axis. 
     
     
       6. The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said length of edging is fabricated from a synthetic resinous material. 
     
     
       7. The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said tang portion of said stake is of V-shaped transaxial cross section. 
     
     
       8. A stake constructed to be driven lengthwise into a surface, and having a top, a bottom, and opposite lateral edges, said stake being integrally formed as a single piece from a strong, rigid metal, and consisting essentially of two generally planar panels joined to one another along a common rectilinear longitudinal axis and disposed with an internal angle of 45° to 135° therebetween, each of said two panels providing one of said opposite lateral edges extending substantially along the entire length of said stake, said lateral edges of said two panels converging, at least along a lower portion of said stake, to form a tip on said common longitudinal axis at the bottom of said stake, each of said panels having a flange portion at the top of said stake spaced from said longitudinal axis, said flange portions extending inwardly of said stake and being disposed substantially in a common plane that is generally perpendicular to the planes of said panels, said panels cooperatively forming a tang portion, of V-shaped transaxial cross section, at the top of said stake, on said longitudinal axis, extending upwardly beyond said flange portions. 
     
     
       9. The stake of  claim 8  wherein said internal angle has a value of about 90°. 
     
     
       10. The stake of  claim 8  wherein said stake is substantially symmetrical about said longitudinal axis.